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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-12-09
Why They Fire 101 Guns.

The origin OF the English royal sa-
lutte, which consists Of 101 guns, Is ex-
planned as follows: It was originally
decreed that the sovereign should be
saluted with 100 guns. but once when
the duke of York. afterward William
w, was being greeted by the fleet the
officers In charge lost count and or
dered another round to be fired to
make sure.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-12-09
Use Of Mica In the Industries

Mica mining In the United States
started early In the nineteenth cen
fury In New Hampshire, which state
supplied all the domestic production
until about 1868, when mining was
started In North Carolina and sub
sequently in other states. At present
the greater part OF the sheet mica is
used In the electrical industry, and
most OF the scrap mica is ground for
use II the decorative trade, especially
In wallpaper.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-12-09
ADVERTISE IN THE PILOT
Horses In the Civil War.

During tho last years of our civil
war the MISUNDERSTANDING report
shows that the consumption OF horses
and mules. on the northern side alone.
amounted to 500 day.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-12-09
Soothing Subject.

Here's an article about the ma
tons sweet tooth"
Il presume there Is nothing ia that
to alarm an ultra pacifl3t. 30 ahead
and read the statistics"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-12-09
sa.rs sm a,r~---4..
For the Canary.

A little fresh or salt pork covered
with cayenne pepper and hung in
the cage is great treat for canary
birds and does their health good.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-12-09

Let us not wait Tor chances for doing
good TO come to us, but to 20 on. TO
meet them. Too many beautiful OPP
portunities escape US otherwise, AS
charity begins at home, so should love.
We don't care much for either the
charity or love that would leave its
nearest to want for duty or affection
and 90 out into the world to work. we
find IL q delightful place TO make each
one Of our homefolks happy about some
one thing each day OF our l!ie-- plan
little surprises for their delight, do
little deeds for them, brighten u dull
hour, or congratulate them, upon some
achievement OF their own.--Ex.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-12-09
Ignorance Expensive.

The needless infantile death rate
owing to neglect and ignorance costs
this country $4,000, 900 q day.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-22

ness with the district forester's oti,a,
are residents of the territory tribl-
tary to Heppner. Many of these are
now sending in their protests to the
Heppner Commercial Club against
the removal of the Office from this
city, and our commercial body is go
ing to be able to put up such a show
ing as will convince the Bureau head
quarters that they will do a grave in
justice to the very large majority Of
the users of the Umatilla forest il
they remove the Office from Heppner
to Pendleton, or to any other place
for that matter.
1t looks to the people over this
way that Pendleton is trying to put
one over on us by committing the
head office of the forest service to a
proposition to which they have not
assented. At any rate, Heppner is
asked from headquarters to make her
showing, and this too with the under
standing that there has not as yet
been any decision made regarding the
removal of the Heppner office to
Pendleton.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-22

A banker took for security on a
loan a consignment of hams. The
loan not being repaid he went to ex-
anime his security. only to discover
that the hams had all spoiled.
Another customer applied for a
loan. The banker inquired what Sc
curity he had to offer. The customer
proposed hams: Il have had some,'
the banker said.
The housewife asks her grocer to
send her an Eastern ham-always
Eastern if she has the price. The
grocer suggests a choice country ham
home cured. She replies too
often, in substance if not in the
words of the banker, Il have had
some
When choice Eastern hams retail
at % cents, country hams bring
about II cents. Now and then a
home-cured ham is just about per-
feet, but single handed, it cannot
rise above the general reputation OF
country hams. Its market value is
the same as its inferior neighbors.
This suggests a neglected depart
ment of the county fair. Much atten-
ton is given to the live porker-too
little indeed to the hog carved and
cured for market. If a high stand
ard can be established for the home
cured product the price will rise cor
Stock Journ-
oil
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-22
RAILROADS AND THE PUBLIC.

While we have a good many miles
of railroad for a new country there
is urgent need for Improvement OF
those already built and the construc-
ton of many more additional miles,
leading into new territory in order
to insure its ultimate development
and settlement. Everybody is inter
ested in the expansion of the rail-
roads and everybody would like to
see as good road beds in this state as
are those in the most thickly settled
sections of the East. We cannot
afford to be e~ternally at war with the
railroads, as we want more of them
and should be disposed to encourage
their construction rather than their
destruction.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-22
MORROW COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
Thulsday, April %, 1915.
MIR. SUNDAY AND THE PRESS.

Billy Sunday. in his talk to the
New York Press Club on The News
paper and its Influence for Good or
Evil" paws a tribute to the general
integrity of the newspapers and the
newspaper editors of the country that
we believe is we'll deserved, but when
he saws that 'if the newspapers OF
New York, Chicago, St. Louis and
Boston combined in a cleanup move
ment all the gangs and thugs and
thieves and dishonest politicians
would beat it," he eXaggerates our
power for good as much as he does
in the declaration that "if every news
paper in the country was suppressed
crime would increase 100 per cent IN
twenty-four hours and all hell would
hold a jubilee. The press will blush
ingly admit that it has an influence
but it is not prepared to claim such
tremendous power as Mr.. Sunday
would so graciously confer upon it.
If it possessed such power and did
not exercise it it would very properly
be held responsible for the %cOntinu-
ance of evil in the world. Unfor-
tunately, evil is not so easily removed
as his assertion would indicate. 1t
has been firmly %intrenched upon the
earth for a good long while. and
forces more potent than could be
brought to bear by the press or any
other human organization have as
sailed it continuously for centuries,
yet it survives.
This much, however, we do assert,
that the influence of the press, what
ever it may be, is always against evil,
never for it. AS Mr.. Sunday declares
with much picturesque emphasis, the
newspapers have an influence in the
prevention of crime by the mere pub
LEGATION Of the news, but its effect
along that line is not a mere Incl
dental product of the business OF
news gathering. 1t is an active, per
sistent and united enemy of evil in
every generally recognized form. Up
on some moral questions there are
differences of opinion, some holding
a thing to be evil which others
equally honest, believe to be harmless
and newspapers which take a stand
for or against such debatable matters
are condemned or praised as the feel
ings of their readers incline. But ev-
cry real newspaper supports all tina
is unquestionably good and oppose:
all that is undoubtedly bad. We know
of no exception to the rule.-St
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-22
lone.

Mrs. Morris from Wasco was an
lone visitor last week, being the
guest of Mrs. w. ]. Blake. She also
visited with E. NJ. Shut and wife
while here.
Carp Hale and wife from the North
Yakima country were in lone a few
days the past week visiting with
friends and relatives.
l.. L. McMurray took a car load OF
hogs to Portland a few days ago and
got the top price for them. They al
lowed him $7.65 right through. Lax
understands the hog business from
A to 2 and we are glad they netted
him such good prices.
r. F. Hynd one of our old timers,
from Portland, was in lone last week
shaking hands with friends and at
tending to some business matters.
John Hosner was a passenger to
Cecil last week where he went to
help Jack Hynd during the busy sea-
son.
We see w. H. Padberg from the
Lexington country driving a 1916
Ford these days.
Miss Kittie Wilmot made a trip to
Milton last week, going wei with
her sister, Mrs. Mcmillan, In theiI
auto. They report a splendid trip,
The fish in Rhea creek are catch
ing fits or being caught these days
We counted about thirteen Jitneys
camped up and down the creek last
Sunday.
Mrs. Ellen Phelps of Baker, is Wis.
iting with her brother, Mr.. R. F
Wilmot In lone.
John Wilson from the Padbere
ranch, came down to lone last Satur'
day with a load of spuds. He was
driving a horseless carriage.
John Oiden and wife from the
Rhea creek country were in town last
week with a Jitney load of eggs anc
butter, taking out a goodly supply Of
eats to help feed the hungry rancl
hands.
Sox Morgan from near Rheas Sid
ing and Jim Franklin from Cecil
were lone visitors last week.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-22

The ball game at lone last Satur-
day between the |. II. S. and the H.
H. S. was a dandy good one, the WIS.,
itors being victorious.
John Harbke and wife of Portland,
are visiting with friends and rela-
tives in lone these days.
w. P. Mcmillan and family of Lex
ington were visitors at lone n day
last week, stopping with r. F. Will
mot and family.
Ralph Beckett is the happy po-
ssessor of a new Ford these days and
the way he flies around is not slow.
Art Reece and wife from Topper
ish, Wash, are visiting at the home
Of Mrs. Recess mother, Mrs. l.. P.
Davidson.
Muriel Cason, Bert Mason's good
looking bookkeeper, was a visitor at
Heppner last week.
Roy Whites and wife have moved
to Heppner where they will reside in
definitely. Mr.. Whites has taken up
the insurance business.
Mr.. Sears, our paper man, has re-
moved from over the print shop to
a more secluded place over in the
neighborhood of Mr.. Halvorsen.
lone is in darkness these nights
owing to repairs being made on the
boiler. We will soon have more
light on the subject, SO in the mean
time let the coal oil do the work.
Walter Cason has moved from the
Barton residence to the B. F. Morgan
house, formerly occupied by Roy
Whites.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-22

A small farmer titled his seven
acres of clear land for years while
thirty acres of brush pasture lay idle.
He learned by accident that the hea-
Wy growth of hazel trees covering his
waste land was a valuable crop,
awaiting the harvest, and during a
single winter he and his sons cut in
to chips and sold hazel bushes enough
to buy the whole farm. Another
struggled along on a coast home
stead. He would be struggling still
but for his discovery of the demand
for cascara bark. His crop was a
competence for life, sown and grown;
all that remained for him to do was
to attend to the harvest.
Very little grows that is not con-
vertible to the use of man; very lit
tie is in reality waste. In'the home,
in business, on the farm, the net pro-
fit too often goes into the discard,
being mistaken for waste. Thrift
converts waste into the by-product.
Bread buildings, hashes and stews
try the skill of the thrifty housewife
and her back door is always a dis
appointment to the garbage collector,
The by-product becomes her hobby
when she learns that waste is the
handmade OF poverty.
The packing industry showed no
great returns until hoofs, hair, hides
and bones became the recognized
profits Of the slaughter-house. The
oil industry vas a c~atch-penny bust
ness while it vas confined to the ex-
traction of Illuminating oil from
crude petroleum; it became stipend
Gus with the utilization of the hun
dred or more petroleum by~-products.
1t is quite possible there is a pot of
gold at the end of the rainbow, but
while one is rushing thither he may
well pause and look about his feet;
it may be that, unwittingly, he has
come upon what he seeks.-Western
Stock Journal.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-22

In another column will be found an
item from the Pendieton E. o. which
states that 1t has been fully settled
that the district forest office will go
from Heppner to Pendleton as soon
as quarters are provided in the new
Federal building. 1t is stated that
this information comes direct from
the Bureau headquarters, and that
paper seems to take it for granted
that there is nothing more to the
situation. 1t also states that this
change is N that has long been de-
sired by stockmen and 1t will, of
course, be very gratifying to them.
Now we presume that this applies to
a very small bunch of stockmen resid-
ing in and Immediately around the
city of Pendleton, for it cannot be UNI
derstood to mean any considerable
number. The fact Is that the very
great majority of the stockmen who
use the forest and who have any bust
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-22

1t now seems all but certain that
prices will continue high for our re-
naming stocks. What will happen
when the new crop goes on the a
kets is something no n can clearly
foresee. There are too many un-
known and unknowable factors to
make predictions safe. The size of
the coming crop in the United States
and other wheat-groYing lands, the
influences of weather. the duration OF
the war, the status of the Dardanelles
these and other elements cloud
the problem,-Spokesman Review.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-22
H ~CHAUTAUQUA.

Heppner will this year attempt her
first Chautauqua. We understand
that it has now been fully settled that
the course will be staged here early
in June. The talent that will visit
Heppner at this time will be of the
very best, and the class of entertain
ment of the highest order.
There has been some doubt in the
minds of quite a number of our peO-
pie as to whether WI will be able 10
put through to a financial success
such a large undertaking, as it means
the selling of a great number of sea-
son tickets. We believe, however,
that this idea is fast beginning to dis
appear, and as our people get warmed
up to the proposition it is becoming
apparent that the financial end can
and will be taken are of. Heppner
never falls down when undertaking
any worthy enterprise, and she will
not be the loser on this Chautauqua.
1t is now a matter of consistent
boosting and the enterprise will be a
success from the word go.
The rule has been that few places
have come out ahead the first year
on their Chautauqua, 1t being rather
hard to get people to fully realize the
worth of such a course. But after
the first year it has been found easy
to make it go.
Both Pendleton and The Dalles
have held very successful Chautau-
quas and they have undertaken larger
programs this year which are being
pushed at the present time. We be-
lieve that Pendleton gave her first
| Chautauqua last year, and it was a
great success. Many of the smaller
places have Joined the circle this
year and expect to make their Chau-
tauquas the occasion of bringing
large crowds of people to their towns,
so we shall certainly not be behind
the procession.
cOplt llOIl al ONcl tHO COuHty dlO
already becoming interested in the
coming event at Heppner and this
Chautauqua will undoubtedly bring
large numbers of people here for the
week. The entertainment features,
and also the educational value of the
course is bound to attract the people
to our town.
We will have to work to make our
first Chautauqua a success; those
that will follow on succeeding years
will be easy to handle, and we will
have established a high order of en-
tertainment and instruction that is
uplifting in its nature. Let's put our
shoulder to the wheel and lift, with
no other idea than that of making it
a complete success.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-22
EUROPE HAS NEARLY CLEANED
US OUT OF WHEAT.

Wheat is the most cratic of all
products in the markets of a war
scourged world. Prices fuctuate
violently from day to day, and the
most seasoned traders a not know
what changes an hour may bring.
Why should wheat perform puz-
zling antics when other staples Of
necessity to the warning countries
hold fairly stable in the markets?
Copper is ven of greater Importance
to the fighting nations than wheat.
In a pinch substitutes can be found
for wheat. For lead and copper
there are none. Yet these metals,
while advancing steadily in price,
have been practically free from vio-
lent oscillation.
Speculation accounts in part for
this difference. Many speculate in
grain; few in the metals. Yet cotton
is also a speculative product, and
cotton, though violently deranged by
the outbreak of the war, now holds
fairly firm at the moderate prices
that were regained several weeks
ago.
Undoubtedly foreign buyers have
done much to manipulate wheat
prices toward a lower level, but they
must now be close to the end of their
manipulating resources. American
stocks are running low and we can
not have much of last seasons crop
to spare. When existing export con
tracts have been filled the stock re-
naming will be close to the usual re-
quirements for seed, for consump-
ton pending the new harvest, and for
the quantity that is normally held on
carryover.
This means that, broadly speaking,
it is a matter of little or no concern
to the United States whether foreign
buyers take another bushel of the
present stock. Yet foreign buying,
though not so keen of late, continues
in volume more than sufficient to
clean us out. Total exports of wheat
and -four from the two coasts were
7,311,O00 bushels for the week end
ing April ia falling off Of about
100000 bushels from the proceed
ing week, but still exceeding exports
for the corresponding week in 1914
by nearly 100000 bushels.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-22
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
AGO in HEPPNER
Heppner Gazette, April 3, 1890.

Capt. Homer Mcfarland has re-
Gently received a brand new baritone
horn, the neatest in the band.
Tyson & Boyd have received the
contract for building the new hotel
foundation. Good for home talent
and enterprise.
M. D. L. French, brother of Mil
lard, is in from Indiana. He and his
brother are in the hardware business
at Remington, Ind.
VIM albridge had a runaway up
ing in one of the horses receiving
some severe cuts from a barb wire
fence.
Mr.. Taylor Dodson and family,
accompanied by Miss Eta Minor, left
last Tuesday morning for Fairhaven
where they will find their future
home. Miss Eta will remain with
them this m Mr.. and Mrs.
Dodson are old residents of Moro "
county and of Heppner, and the COM
munity can lily spare them. We wish
them prosperity in their new location.
The grand jury failed to find an
indictment against Bud Kieffer, and
he was turned loose. He celebrated
the event by striking Judge Clifford
for a half" We are not acquaint-
ed with a man in the country who
will avoid labor as skillfully, and still
labor so earnestly to bum money IN
which to get a Gag" aboard, as this
same Bud.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-22

Days like Monday and Tuesday of
this week teach us more than ever
the value of crude oil for laying the
dust.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-22
How about that May Day picnic?

Mr.. Knocker, you will please take
notice that our little city continues to
make progress along all lines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-19
Personal Breefs

Mrs Jerushy Perkins left ounce
pie on our desk tother day which we
devoured with great gusto and Jerushy
has our thanks for the same. We don't
know as we ever before tasted a ounce
pie and if we mite be allowed to make
a sujjestshion we would say that if the
ounce pie that Jerushy left had of had
a leetle mite more susger in it It would
of went better. Of course it diddent go
bad as it was but 1t puckerd our mouth
up till we amt skeercely got our mouth
Strengthened out yet.
Jim Peterson while engaged in white
warshing his front board fence splasht
some whitewarsh into his eye that
smarted him so that he jumpt up and
down and ho1lerd and yield and throwd
the whitewarsh brush very vishious and
the brush went smash through the front
winder of his house breaking out two
lights Although the fenct was only
half whitewarsht when this happend Jim
stopt right there and says that fence kin
rot for all of him afore he white
will rot too bccuz Jim allus keeps his
word when he makes a resolooshion.
Widow Henderson had a sick head
axe one day last wk and her next door
naber Hiram Wilkins told the wilder
that he could rub away her headake
with his hands and she dared him to try
it so Hiram went upon the front piazzer
where the wilder was settin and was
standing behint her chair endeavorin to
rub the headake away when Hirams
wife come outen the house and seen him
and called him so that all the nabers
heerd. Hiram marched right home and
his wife told him she wanted him to
stay away from the Wilder Henderson
The Wilder is very buxom handsome
woman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-19

cockroaches don't seem to have no more
respeckt for guvverment property than
a cat has and hes been at his wits end
to know what to do to keep. the cock
reaches from eatin the stickum often
the stamps until tother day he thort up
a skeme and tried it with good sucksess.
Eph he TUX some potato bug pizen
powder and MKT it with worter and
then he painted the sticky sides of all
his stamps with this mixtchure.
Next morning the P. o. was all lit
terd up with dead cockroaches and Eph
says he calkilates pizened stamps is
turrible good way to git rid of stitch
pests.
When Eph told US about it we called
his attenshion to the fackt that what
efeckt did he spose. that pizen would
have on person who licked the stamps
with their mouth to make EN- stick on
a letter? Eph said he haddent newer
thort of that, but in his opinion there
wassent enuf pizen on jest one stamp
to pizen whoever licked it to deth unless
of course they licked enuff stamps to
mail a duzzen letters or so and as fur
as that is concernd nobuddy ever done
that in Bingville.
To be on the safe side however Eph
posted the following notice in the P. o.:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-19

into the world, and the sooner he
stops agoin up and down street
braggin becuz hes a grand dad and
does somethink for his native town
the better he'll be thunk of.
AS for Lem Quigly, tother men,
Der of the Board, he ackts like as
if he was dead in the shell-Lens
so blamed numb and doo1ess that
he amt got enuf energy to moove
over into the shade when the sun
gifts around where it will strike him.
Unless somethink is did and did
soon by the Bingville Board Of
Trade to attrackt manufacturers
to Bingville we hereby give notise
that it wont be long until We'll rite
another red hotter eddytoriul than
thissen that will make the fur fly
often the backs of the members of
the Bingville Board of Trade.
A WORD TO THE WISE ORT
TO BE SIFFISHENT?
P. S.:-The trubble is they amt
wise-they're numb!