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TUP. GAZETTE TIMES, HBITXER. OREGON', TiU h'SDAY, XnV. 2', lfe'i.
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CRAFTY BRE'R FOX
Trappers Give Him Credit (or
Deep Cunning.
Of All Wild Animals, the Buthy-Talled
Rascal U the Hardest to Trap,
but Is Altogether Undecerv.
j Ing of Mercy.
In tlio opinion of trappers, th foi
li tlie most cunning and resourceful ef
all the wild anlumls. He often fools
the most expert trapper and the truest
and fastest of dogs. Some trappers
who are very successful In catching
many other fur-hearers slate that they
do not helleve It possible to take Rey
nard In a steel trap. This, of course,
li not the-case In fact, he Is as easy
to catch In a steel trap as the mink,
provided the trapper thoroughly un
derstands his business. All that ll
necessary Is a careful study of the ani
mal's nature and habits.
The fox lives on small game, birds,
eggs and poultry. He makes his den
In sandy hillsides, and In It the female
rears from three to aeven puppies,
which are born In the early spring.
February Is the season Reynard goes
wooing, and he travels fur and wide
In search of sweethearts, faithful to
none, for his love Is more fleeting than
the footprints hrleaves In the drifting
snow. The fox's sense of smell la
highly developed, and by It he detects
the danger of the trap. The scent left
by human hands and the scent left on
the trap by other animals caught In It
are quickly detected.
"A successful fox trapper must be
a keen observer of details," writes C.
A. Holmes, a seclnl game protector,
In a recent Issue of the New York
state conservation bulletin, In de
scribing different methods of hunting
and trapping foxes. "He must realise
that he Is pitting his wits against one
of the most cunning of animals that
roams the silent places of the hills and
valleys. Recently I made an experi
mental set which resulted In the tak
ing of one of the oldest, largest and
wisest foxes In this vicinity. I no
ticed that the fox in question did not
seem to take nlnrni at my trail over
an old woods road, and as the snow
was quite deep, would even take ad
vantage of the better traveling by fol
lowing In my tracks ns far as he
cared to go In my direction. That la
the way of the fox he Is not blindly
afraid of man, but trusts to his wits
to keep him out of trouble. He knew
that the trail was made by a man
walking, and he also knew that the
danger lay not in the trail, but In the
man himself.
"After I had traveled this old road
several times, and had noticed Mr.
Fox was In the habit of following me
nearly every night, I picked out a
lush that stood close by the trail, to
serve as a mark for locating the trap,
and here I Set two jump traps In one
of my own footprints, with a 'sheet of
clean paper beneath the traps, an
other sheet on top. and an Inch of
snow lightly brushed over all. I fas
tened the chains to clogs burled In the
snow at the side of the trail and went
on about my business.
"The next morning Reynard was
waiting for me, a trap on each front
foot I would not have captured this
fox had I not made this experimental
set In the trail, and It only goes to
show the value of observation to the
experienced trapper.
"Every spnrtsmnn should realize
that one of the worst enemies of wild
life Is the fox cunning, vicious,
bloodthirsty It kills for the love of
killing. The wHrm blood of Its vic
tims Is Its fountain of youth. Every
fox shot or caught In a trap means
Just so many more grouse, pheasants
and rabbits to say nothing about tho
value 01 tne iur. rewer iham, uiuic
sport, more' game, more fun."
Purple Ore Now( In Demand.
Purple ore Is an unknown quantity
to the uninitiated. TO the Initiated It
Is a heavy purplish powder used chief
ly as ballast by ships leaving French
ports. So little worth was attached
to the ore five months ngo that It sold
In Bordeaux for 12.50 francs a ton.
Since then It has been put to new uses,
and, with the rise In demand, there
has been a corresponding rise In price.
Purple ore tins a rich Iron content, and
that fact has been sufficient to prompt
English manufacturers to devise new
uses for the powder. Its sudden leap
Into the limelight will perhaps stimu
late Interest In Ibe residue of other
minerals, the possibilities of which
may have been overlooked In the rapid
march of all branches of engineering.
That Travelers May Read.
Borrowing a book from the public
library In me city nnd returning It
to the library In the next town where
he'mnkes a stop nmy be arranged for
the benefit of the traveling man.
The Nntlnnnl Council of Traveling
Men's associations has appointed a
committee to see what can be done
along this line and has asked the
American Library association to ap
point ft similar committee to confer.
The library association, accepting
the Invltntlon, has Just constituted Its
own committee. John Adams Lowe,
vice librarian of tho Brooklyn public
llbrnry, Is Its chairman.
Bird Plumage Bill.
Bird lovers In this country will he
pleased to Icnrn that a hill has passed
Its second reading In the British house
of commons forbidding tho Importa
tion of bird plumage. The measure Is
heartily supported by the press, but Is
meeting with soinif opposition from
certain members of parliament.
The Teaching of Grammar.
As respectable an authority as
Bmnder Mathews rejoices Hint peo
ple have given up the teaching of
"formal grammar" and absurdly arti
ficial technltnlltles ns being "foreign
to the genius of our energetic nnd
masculine speech." Conscious of our
own exceeding vulnerability, we side
With hltn. English Is ns English does,
and, when we feel the need of a little
license, we propose to take It. Menn
while, tell Gilbert, or Undley or John
t go hang. Louisville Herald,
uve ceoil m urn
Misa Loin Kasterly ut Four Mile iijenl
a short time in t'wil on fuhilay.
Mr. and Mrs. 11. J. Streeter and fumily
vifOted with J. W. Unborn on Thursday.
Walter I'upe has been visiting friends
in KiKht Mite during the piiHt few days.
Mrs. Weltha Cotnbest and sister Mrs.
I'.. J. Loxan of l'ortland, visited with
Mrs. T. 11. Lowe un Monday.
A flue band of lambs beluttKlng to
Mrs. Pat Farley of the Willows passed
through Cecil on Monday.
T. V. Lowe, who has been spending
some time at Hitter Springs, returned
to his home In Cecil on Sunday.
The Mayor made a short visit to
lleppner on Saturday during the deputy
mayor's absence at the stock show In
Portland.
Joe Mason, of lone, was a busy man
in Cecil on Friday delivering his car of
potatoes to his various customers In the
vicinity.
Miss Olive Logan of Portland who Is
staying with her brother Leon at Four
Mile, visited with Mrs. Weltha Combest
on Friday.
J. M. Allyn, who has been visiting; W.
A. Thomas of Benson Canyon, left on
the local for bis home In Oakgrove on
Wednesday.
Everett Logan of Falrview arrived
on Sunday from Merrill. Ore., where he
had been called by the death of his
wife's father.
Mrs. Ista Baurenflend of lone spent
Sunday with Peter Baurenflend at Ce
cil. Mrs. Baurenflend will spend the
winter In Portland.
Harold Ahalt, who has been working
in Kcho for some time, arrived in Cecil
on Wednesday and will work at Four
Mile for the winter.
Mrs. E. J. Logan, Mrs. Oren Logan,
Mrs. Hasel Logan and children and Miss
Kttle Logan of Tacoma,. all left on the
local on Sunday for Portland.
Goo. P. Anderson, camp tender for
Hynd Bros., arrived at Butterby Flats
on Sunday from Hynd Bros.' ranch at
I'klnh with a line bunch of young
horses.
Henry Kreba of The Last Camp was
one of the many guests who attended
the dinner party on Sunday given by
Mr. nnd Mrs. Phil Brady at their home
near lone.
Ifnv RlfltiiUr nnrt alntpr MIrr TftHflie.
of Seldom Been, accompanied by Mrs.
Crabtree and family of Dotheboy's Hill,
ere culling on their friends around
recil on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ball and daughter of
fnrfrnn worn rinin? business in Cecil
on Friday, and Mr. and Mrs. George
Tlarneaty of Morgan were calling on
friends In Cecil the same day.
Mrs. Bradford and children from
Prairie City arrived In Cecil Sunday
where they will visit with Mr. Brad
ford, who Is working on some bridge
work In connection with the Cecil
Scenic Highway.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hynd of Butterby
Flats nnd Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Lowe ami
.laughter Miss Annie C. of the Highway
House, were the dinner guests of Mr
nnd Mrs. Geo. Krehs at the Last Camp
on Sunday.
Mrs. T. H. Lowe of Cecil wishes to
thank all those who have responded to
the Bed Cross call for their memeber
shlps. Anyone wishing to be a member
may leave their dollar at Cecil store
and receive their receipt and button at
same time.
F.lmer Mohr arrived at Butterby Flats
Wednesday from Hynd Bros.' ranch at
Freezeout where he has been working
for some time, Roy Scott, camptender
for Jack Hynd, and J. Underwood, herd
er, returned to Butterby Flats the same
day with a fine band of sheep which
they will winter at Butterby Flats.
Astoria, Ore. Harvesting of the 1920
cranberry crop in ClatBop county has
been finished and totals show a little
over 6000 bunhels. The season was not
an encouraging one this year, as rain
fell during Die greater part of the har
vest and probably ten percent of the
berries were lost owing to wet weather
which softened those lying on the
ground.
Gaoline Consumption.
Approximately ten gallons of uo.
line nre burned In autminiliilfs In an
hour In one block In North Meridian
street on a Suwlny evening, a statis-tliiilly-tiiellned
observer calculated af
ter counting tlie passing machines.
The observer, not being an auto
owner himself, sat In University park
and noted that It took approximately
four minutes for 1(X) machines to pnss
In Meridian street. If this average Is
kept up, he deduced, some 1 ..VjO cars
would scoot past (lie given point In an
hour. Inquiry was mude of the owner
of an automobile ax to the average
number of miles a machine travels on
a gallon of gasoline.
"Well, of course, 1 get 23 miles a
gallon out of my car," the car owner
unblushlngly replied, "but the average
Is about 15 miles a gallon."
Hence the estimate of ten gallons
of gasoline consumed each hour In the
one block of- the one street. Indian
apolis News.
Why Right Tires Wear.
Most motorists have noticed that
tires on the right side of a car wear
more than those on the left side and
many ascribe this to turning corners
to the right more than to the left.
But they are wrong, asserts an ex
pert driver. The Increased wear, he
says, Is caused by the pitch of the
road, which throws more of the car
on the right side than on the left.
The slope of the road causes the
right rear tire to carry more weight
than the left rear. The same Is true
of tlie right front as against the left
front. For this reason It Is advlsied
that tires he changed around once a
month. The order of rotation de
clared best Is right rear, left rear,
right front then left front.
Education in India.
Courses In elementary science are
to be Introduced Into the schools of
the United Provinces of India. A year
of work In agriculture will be the high
est of the six years of science planned,
so that "the schoolboys of a popula
tion of 50,000,000 may be Instructed
In an art which Is the direct means
of llvejlhood for three-fourths of this
population."
Returning to Reims.
More than 60.000 persons have re
turned to the ruins of Reims, where
they are mostly living In the miles of
wine cellars.
The Currency.
Out of a total currency supply of
about $0,000,000,000 In the country. It
Is estimated, less tlmn half is In the
!anks.
JyVHERL.TO
,EAT
The Question
Is Settled
DINE WITH US
Our New Big Dining Room
Is not exclusive to transient
trade. It's for the folks of
Heppner First, Last and AU
the Tim.
Give the wife a rest
and a treat a Sunday
dinner here.
SHORT ORDERS, TOO
Elkhorn Restaurant
Willow Street
Superior Quality
. The superior quality of the MAJESTIC RANGE
over ordinary cook stoves was clearly and conclusive
ly demonstrated at our store during the past week.
THE LITTLE EXTRA COST
in price of this super-stove is soon saved by its econ
omy in fuel, food and repairs and it outlasts three
ordinary stoves.
Don't just buy a stove BUY A MAJESTIC
RANGE.
Wo Nave It, Will Get It, Or It Is Not Made.
Gilliam &Bisbee
Transfer and General Hauling
We do a transfer and general hauling business
of all kinds.
Let us figure with you on that next job.
We will GUARANTEE SATISFACTION.
BARNARD & EMRY
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SatinE& Shell finish
RECONSTRUCTION!
Now, while the world is doing its "house clean
ing," is a good time to begin a "reconstruction
period" at home.
Whichever room you start with you will find
need for B-H Satin Egg Shell Finish. Although
intended for walls and ceilings it makes a beauti
ful egg-shell enamel on woodwork too. The
Kitchen Library Bedroom Hallway or Bath
can be made brighter, more attractive and easier
to keep clean by a coat of B-H Satin Egg Shell
finish any one of twelve shades.
Be sure to think of Bass-Hueter when consider-
ing a painting job whether a room or an entire .
house inside or out.
Let us assist you in the proper choice of mate
rials! Peoples Hardware Co.
Di a tihn t r tar
BASS-HUETER PAINT COMPANY, Sn Francisco
ROTTEN ! !
It is no wonder that is the way your car is run
ning now, with the poor gas we are getting.
Yet you are probably spending in small dribbles
an amount sufficient to give your car a thorough
overhauling putting it in A 1 condition, so that
it will give you complete satisfaction in spite of the
low quality of gasoline.
We'll be pleased to figure with you on the work.
HEPPNER GARAGE MACHINE SHOP
Largest and best equipped auto repair and machine
shop in Morrow County.
KNOWING HOW-
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serving
well
j Cleaning, Pressing, Dyeing and Repairing tor the
Whole Family
- TAILORING FOR THE MEN
Come in and save money
Lloyd Hutchinson
I cdshbaugb 'Building
Heppner, Oregon
L. MONTERESTELLI
Marble and Granite
Works
PENDLETON, OREGON
Fine Monument and Cemetery Work
All parties interested in getting work in my line
should get my prices and estimates before
placing their orders
All Work Guaranteed
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Far Better Bread!
THE KIND YOU'VE BEEN HANKERING FOR!
Here It Is!
Heppner bread is a FULL, FLUMP loaf, with the
same BODY to it that MOTHER used to make!
Does it go down EASY?
Better BELIEVE it does! Greatest domestic
bread in the world!
20c the large size; 10c the small
For sale at Thomson Bros, and Phelps Grocery Co.
SEND FOR SOME TODAY
Heppner Bakery
SHUTT
is carrying on a strictly legitimate Real Estate
Business. He will not offer for Bale any land that
' be would not be willing to buy himself at the terms
offered.
SHUTT
has had over 23 years' continuous research of Mor
row county land conditions, owning and operating
ranches, and as tax collector and business man.
Whenever he recommends to buy, you can bank
on. He has built up a big real estate business by
square dealing and efficient services. If you have
land to sell or buy, see
E. M. SHUTT
The Real Estate Man . Upstairs in Court House
PHOXE MAIX 922
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Nothing to add but water. Bake
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Flavors, Vanilla & Chocolate
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