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4 Heppner Gazette Times, March 1, 1945 EDITORIAL . . Giles French Gives News and Views Of the Legislature til there is a concerted effort to raise funds. A Jittle donation now and then (and don't always mot-o if oJf1-it will cpruo oe a Inhrirnnt tn fte wen-geared machine that is functioning o J-J iSSfaiX make life worth living to those American sons u aU over Monday constitutional 50 days were ended Old Man Winter is riding in the lap of spring, and the members of the house and who have suffered plenty in the cause of liberty, senate now continue on their own. what with March coming in under a blanket of To their everlasting credit the snow. There are no complaints, especially from 4n,ewbdp" 1 , the farmers, unless they have grain to haul and can't get to the surfaced roads for a few days. In A Bigger Job Ahead When one reads that 1,000 or more wounded men are being returned to the States every day for hospitalization it brings the realization that much will have to be done to increase facilities for taking care of thrs great influx. It is easier to understand why the government established per manent hosptials at military and naval training sites when it is fully recognized that the camps themselves would pass into disuse as the demand for recruits diminished. These hospitals, many of i.U M P nnm fit a mi 111 nrnro tin Air wnrfh QQ 1I1UI11 VI Clival 111U UD 31&l, will piwru inuii "viiu Wail I IU lllV cuiiwvvw ivm,mj 1 w. , t , the war progresses, and for many years after peace the meantime, the moisture is aiding the start ot - TZZ" If and the writer thinks it may be longer than that. The major work of the more about tnai than do the members. The session will last another two comes, for it will take years to rehabilitate the tens of thounsands who will return from the field of battle broken in body or ill from tropical diseases. We of this area have an example nearby of what is going on all over the country. The McCaw anather good crop. Have you made your Red Cross donation ? Don't session is ended in that the prob- hesitate to do so. The Red Cross is doing tne iems are well in the way to settle greatest job of its history in the present war. It ment and changes in the overall will remiire $200,000,000 to carry on the work plan will be, minor unless there is General hospital at Walla Walla has been over- tnis vear. In the common parlance,-"that ain't hay" some sort of upset. But it takes crowded for months, inis wees comes me mi- and if VOu have given one dollar in the past, mase Lime lu 1 "lL uu c . . " ,7 nouncement that eleven new barracks are being built to take care of the increase due to the world wide operations of our army. The work so nobly carried on by the Blue Mountain Camp and Hos pital Council must be increased to carry the addi tional burden that these new patients coming in ever increasing numbers may not be neglected but will be encouraged to get well and return to civilian life with a desire to fill their niche in it five this year. Your boy or your neighbor's boy one ot the slowest sess.os m . can ten yothat the money won't be misspent. !TC slew of them, but that isn't the worst of PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY A. D. McMurdo, M. D. PHYSICIAN "& SURGEON Trained Nurse Assistant Office in Masonic Building Heppner, Oregon Dr. W. H. Rockwell NATUROPATHIC Physician & Surgeon 227 North Main St. Office hours: 1 p. m. to 7:30 p. m. Exam. Free. Ph. 522, Heppner. Ore- DR. L. D. TIBBLES OSTEOPATHIC Physician & Surgeon First National Bank Building Res.- Ph. 1162 Office Ph. 492 society. Let us keep this work in mind and not wait un ' Arp vnn readv for the caper drive Saturday? If it. There are not enough attorneys not get your bundles ready. The Boy Scouts will to hire for the difficult job of writ be 'around to pick it up. Rememer, every pound ing bills and checking them for of paper you turn in will do its duty towards help- imperections. ing win the' war. Don't burn anything that can Not more than a half dozer, are be packaged. You may be denying your own boy to be trusted with a hard bill and uc yayrv6 j 'uano material even they make mistakes. They are munitions because of lack of packaging material. y deky 1 " ' the end of the session. Peterson, accompanied by Mrs. C. NEW GRANDSON , time for action between the C. Dunham. Mrs. Peterson's songs , Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Case have re- poWers that spend money and the were representative of the era when ceived the announcement of the powers that are charged with re- , , tt birth of a son James Martin, to sponsibility of raising it and seeing the chapter was young. Mrs. Harvey birth ot a , administered has come Ruth chapter No. 32, Order of Coats was introduced and gave an Mrg Robert Evan9' 0f Portland, with the probable result that the the Eastern Star, was organized informative talk on Guatemala, and Mrs Evans will be remembered as schools will get an additional $3000- early in February 1895. Grand Pa- sisters, Marjorie and Winnifred Case. The baby was bom 000 as a property tax offset, a part tron John Vert of Pendleton was Caro dosed with a Feb. 24. Mr. Case says he was of which will be distributed on an the organizer and started the cnap- . nameH James because his mother average daily attendance basis and History of Ruth Chapter Recited at Anniversary Party ter off with a membership of 34. sonS- and father like the name and Mar- Of that original membership only Guests from Umatilla county were qt grandfather, two are alive toaay rars. jonn v. Mr. and Mrs. J-Joya Mcurae or rie- Patterson, "Aunt Beck" to all who Mr McCrae is Past Grand INFANT DIES a part of which on the same basis as is the elementary school fund. This will about equalize between large and small schools. There is a knew her for so many years and , , - . - n f Mr good chance for a new million bucks Mrs. Maggie Emerson Reed of Port- " " " , I a- a $Z for schools as an appropriation that land. Mrs. Patterson resides at the grand representative , of the Prov- and Mrs James Monahan died Sun- wU1 have some consolidation feature Masonic home in Forest Grove. of Manitoba. Both visitors gave day at the home of the gtandpar- & m1 , . . ,. , . talks during the regular session or ents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Monanan, . These and other interesting facts , , - ar. oi.00 Wprp difficult jo.b. were given Mr, F. S. P.ker, . f. , ? "STL. Sy hi A five ,.!. dollar W .0 be secretary, to the large crowd as- . , . . ... . , - nuaruA raised tor two years lor a Dunamg , . ' , . 1 11 tt, 'j represented but gas restrictions the Phelps Funeral Home cnapei, -L-rtt, ,,cir. onri sembled at the Masonic hall Friday . , , , ffin.iat. Program for higher education and evening to commemorate the 50th ters district frQm attending ing Surviving besides the parents cUUUVtl&diy UL tile uigaiiJi,nLiuji jl a are two brothers. state institutions is being talked and it may go through or be curtailed Ruth chapter. Most of the data was WEEK-ENDED HERE m a million, but it will be enough. taken from a history written by Mr. and Mrs. Leo Gorger came TW.vpirnn nui AHOMA It is likely that some of the meas- Mrs. Patterson on the occasion of over from Walla Walla Friday to LtjAVfc OK -"iyiA ures now being battled around the the 25th anniversary of the chapter. l00k after farming interests. While Mrs. Allen Daggett and son left comimttee rooms will go to the Scanning the records, Mrs. Par- here they were guests of Mr. and Saturday for Oklahoma to join her people in a special election to be ker noted that the chapter had en. Mrs. Blaine Isom. It was their priv- husand who is based in that state. held early in the summer. This joyed periods of prosperity when ilege to attend both the 50th anni- Having completed his missions over means could be used to determine candidates were plentiful and other versary meeting of Ruth chapter seas Lt. Daggett is now an mstruc- the people's will on the matter of eras when initiatory work was the No 32, O. E. S., Friday evening and tor- new taxation (perhaps a tobacco exception rather than the rule. At the Elks annual party Saturday eve- ' tax) on millage funds for the board nrpnt it is enioine a Drosnerous ning. They reported that Mrs. Gor- HERE FOR ELK'S PARTY 0f higher education, on equalization era and the membership to date is ger s mother, Mrs. .Laura . Dris Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bibby from of school taxes and other subjects Phone 723 177 with a waiting list of candi- kell, spent the past month in Gol- Grass Valley visited at the home of that need to be settled before the dates. dendale, Wash, with another dau- Mr and Mrs. L.uke tfiboy tnis pasi legislature can De expected 10 pian Other numbers on the program ghter and family, Mr. and Mrs. week-end and were present for the much further for the future of the were two vocal solos by Mrs. Ture Clarence Schroeder. Elk's ball on Saturday night. state. " : The labor bills are not getting JOS. J. NYS ATTORNEY AT LAW Peters Building, Willow Street Heppner, Oregon J. O. TURNER ATTORNEY AT LAW Phone 173 Hotel Heppner Building ( Heppner, Oregon P. W. MAHONEY Attorney at Law GENERAL INSURANCE Heppner Hotel Building Willow St. Entrance J. O. PETERSON Latest Jewelry and Gift Goods Watches, Clocks, Diamonds Expert Watch & Jewelry Repairing Heppner, Oregon O.M.YEAGER Contractor & Builder All kinds of carpenter work., Country work especially Phone 1483 Heppner, Ore. Blaine E. Isom All Kinds of INSURANCE Heppner. Ore. New Auto Policy Modernize Your Diamonds with a Modern Mounting Some mountings are preferred for styling, others for workmanship but with our rings you get both styling and quality plus value. Mountings in yellow gold with wedding . ring to match, if desired. Inquiries are invited. PETERSON'S JEWELRY FOR EVERYONE much of any place and it is likely that there will be little change. The unemployment benefits may .be raised and the payment period lengthened, but that cannot be stated as a certainty. The forestry program is practi cally finished. The retirement and civil service bills are being passed around like hot potatoes and have a smaller chance to pass every day now. The sponsors have held to their original thought and argued against committees until no one is much interested in their bills but themselves and that isn't enough. There is an urge here to pass a retirement law similar to the fed eral government to permit the state to accept the insurance just as does any large company. It will probably be possible in a few years as it has Continued on Page Five HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Times, established November 18, 1897. Consolidated Feb 15, 1912. Published every Thursday and en tered at the Post Office at Hepp ner, Oregon, as second class matter. Subscription Price $20 a Year O. G. CRAY, FORD . Publisher and Editor Class A Class B Class C Bod. Inj. 6.25 6.00 7.75 Pr. Dam. 5.05 5.25 5.25 TURNER, VAN MARTER & CO. Phelps Funeral Home Licensed Funeral Directors Phone 1332 Heppner, Ore. Heppner City Council Meets First Monday Each Month Citizens having matters for discus gion, please bring before the Council. J. O. TURNER, Mayor Morrow County Abstract & Title Co. INC. ABSTRACTS OF TITLE TITLE INSURANCE Office in Peters Building Harry Nelson Accounting Service AUDITING INCOME TAX PAYROLL TAX REPORTS Heppner, Oregon