The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-11-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST
NEAR AND ABROAD

Reports from Berlin state that th
Kaiser has forbidden officers of thr
Army and Navy, while in uniform
to dance the tango, the one-step ant
the two-steD.
A state campaign for more indus.
tries has been undertaken by the Ore.
Ron Manufacturer. Thirty live com.
mercjal ORGANIZATIONS over the state
have pledged themselves to assist IN
such campaign.
Silas Christofferson, the airman.
who performed at the First Annual
Fair in Heppner, returned to this city
last Friday night. However, this
time ne was performing for theater
goes and was in their films at the Star
theater.
Senator Lane of Oregon thinks the
plans for opening the Columbia and
SnaEe rivers to continuous navigation
are feasible He has introduced
resolution calling on the Army enRi-
neers to submit plans and estimates to
Congress. Senator Lane says if the
channels are cleared out there is
enough water to enable vessels to pass
up to Riparia.
At recent meeting in Portland
of representative of the Willamette
Valley Exposition Association it was
determined to make the San Francisco
exhibit in the nature of diversified
farm display. 1t is expected this
will require a space not less than 20 x
100 feet and that sufficient material
will be provided to occupy similar
area in the Oregon state building.
The Pendleton Commercial Asooia-
tion has sent a bath robe to Miss |
Jesse Wilson as wedding gift. says
the East OreRonian. The bath robe
is of very pretty design and the
committee in charge was governei by
tine idea that the gift was to be rep
of Pendleton and COM
the robe being made from
wool grown in Umatilla county and |
in a Pendleton institu-
tion.
An Ohio man, Charles J. Foskett
Of Cleveland, has quit an $500 teauIl-
ing position in East High school to
accept a job as first janitOr in the
First National Bank, which carried
ialary of $2400 year. He had been
i teacher for twelve years. but said
me of his chief reasons of leaving
vas the unsanitary conditions of the
lass rooms, which endangered his
lealth.
According TO reports the old range
var between the sheepmen and cattle
nen of Eastern Oregon, has not died
ut yet. Charles Ogilvy. cattleman
f Umatilla county and Chales John
on of the same county are involved
n S3400 damage suit. Johnson is
harged in the complaint filed, with
lacing snares made of karbed wire,
n the Ogilvy range, resulting in
,rious losses to his stock 1t is said
lat these men have had range trouble
'r many years.
The report of the Junction City
reamery. lust published. proves that -
le industry has been a success in
'ery way. This creamery was organ
ed eleven months ago and during
at time "a. 900 pounds of butter has
zen made, about 5000 pounds of
hich has been used by the farmers
emselves The remainder sold for
5 ,094, butter milk for 1918 and cream
T $487, making a total Of S26, 095.
this amount the farmers received
2, 240, less l cent per pound for
nning expenses. The average price
id for butter during the last IL
1nths was 81 cents per pound and
Q farmers received 81. 200 more than
they had sold their products to
ivate creameries.
A clock that still ticks on and keeps th
good time now as it did when Was N
county embraced all of Eastern a.
eQon has been acquired by the Old u
rt Dalles Historical Society. This -
clock was the first regulator Z
,ught to The Dalles many years ago. |
long other relics. the Historical
,iety also has a bible, bearing the
re 1880; map of Virginia, dated
6; two "shin plasters; receipt
ned in 1911 by Nicholas Heddick
a pair of bullet moulds and
per that belonged to the thirty |
It regiment of the Virginia Militia
opy of the Pacific Christian Advo- |
e, Portland. April, %, 1865, con-
ming the news of President Lin
MS assassination.
President w. J. Kerr, of the Ore
Agricultural College, has recently
n in conference with the Secretary
Agriculture and other officials at
regarding larger co-opera-
! by the Government with the state
It's agricultural work, and has been
nred that the department OF farm
will contribute money
the promotion Of boys and girls
ls throughout the state and also