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The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-06-17
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
AGO IN HEPPNER
Heppner Gazette, June IL. 1890.

Heppner Gazette, June IL, 1890.
All Heppner's visitors to the Port
land races have returned.
Joe Williams left Sunday for the
Greenhorn mines.
Mrs. C. N. Briggs, mother of Leon,
is visiting in Heppner.
Seventeen car loads Of wool have
been shipped from Heppner so far
this season.
Misses Belle Elder and Lizzie Mat
lock are home from St. Helen S Hall,
of Portland.
Frank Sloan, a rustling young
man of Butter creek, represented his
section here last week.
Henry Blackman's friends cele-
brated his victory here last Thursday
eve, the music of the Heppner band
and the firing of anvils being an i'm
portant feature. Mr. Blackman made
few well-timed remarks on this oc-
casion.
Uncle Jack Morrow has been ap-
pointed by the president as one OF
the Worlds Fair Commissioners, and
will leave for Chicago this week tc
be present at their first meeting, June
26th. All know that Uncle Jack will
do his share towards giving Eastern
Oregon a good representation In
1892.
]. w. Ambrose and J. A. Powell
were over from Ritter last week. Mr.
| Powell called on the Gazette Office
and in conversation with him We
learned that he and his neighbors are
| much interested in a direct road from
Heppner to Ritter. The road located
by our county court some three years
ago is the best route, he says, and i
was generally understood over in hi!
section last summer that this was al
accepted road. Acting upon this con
clusion, Mr. Powell secured a sub
scription Of 300 days work for th'
Grant county end of the route
which has been duly surveyed ant
ordered opened by their county court
Since that time the Ritterites hav
learned the true state of affairs con
cerning this road, and to some exten
they have lost interest in the project
However. the supervisor of the Gran
county division will put all his worl
on the road and many now ar
working out their subscriptions. Ful
ly realizing that the completion 0
this Ritter road to Heppner mean
trade and business for Heppner, tn
larger part of which is now going t
Pendleton, it behooves the peopl
| here to do something towards it
completion We can have all tn
trade as we'll as larger part Of it, ]
we make the effort.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-06-17
TO AUTO SPEEDERS.

1t is very evident that many auto
owners fail to observe the ordinance
governing the speeding of machines
All such will take warning that the
city ordinance will be strictly enforc-
ed, and all violators of the speed law
will be brought to account. Please
be governed accordingly and save
trouble. w. w. SMEAD,
Mayor.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-06-17

For the next sixty days we ar
making special prices on our bes
-four in quantities of five barrels AM
over, at the mill.
HEPPNER MILLING co.
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Kill The Flies.

Now is the time to swat the flies.
Kill one fly now and you will do bet
ter than killing a thousand later
Clean up all filth, thereby destroy
ing their breeding places. Every
body get a swatter and kill the flies
as they appear.
DIR. A. D. McMURDO,
City Health Officer.
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We have a fine new Bungalow, q
good barn and two lots in Lents, Ore
gon, valued at $4,000 to trade for
Morrow county land. If interested
come and see us. This property is
not over-priced.
SMEAD & CRAWFORD.
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We have a client who is thorough
ly versed in dry farming, who wants
to rent section of wheat land. If
you want to rent, let us know at once
as this man is anxious to get settled.
SMEAD & CRAWFORD.
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NOTICE.

The city council has ordered all
past due accounts on the 1914 oiling
bill, collected. Property owners who
have failed to settle their accounts in
this respect are asked to pay when
the collector calls. tt.
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NOTICE.

All parties having boxes in the
new Postoffice must learn their COM
binations and also teach the combi-
nation to parties calling for their
mail. ". A. RICHARDSON, P. NJ.
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ATTENTION MEMBERS FARMERS


The Semi-Annual meeting of the
Morrow County Farmers Union will
be held on Saturday, June 26, at the
hour of o'clock P. NJ, at the County
Court House in Heppner, Oregon. 1t
is earnestly desired that every local
of the County be represented at this
meeting.
E. R. HUSTON, President
R. w. TURNER, Secretary.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-06-17

Glasses fitted satisfactorily by DR..
Winnard, or money refunded. His
prices are reasonable, and he is where
you can always find him. No charge
| for testing eyes. tt.
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Cheap House and Lot.

For sale at bargain. Right for
a small family Good place for chick
ems. See Smead g. Crawford.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-06-17

FOR SALE-3000 Posts (in town
10c each. PHELPS GROCERY co.
10 tons good clean wheat hay
$500 delivered.
PHELPS GROCERY CO.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-06-17

Mike Szepanek was very proud OF
the fine, showing his crops were MAX
ing on his homestead near the mouth
of Sand Hollow, up to few days ago.
But now he is lamenting their sorry
condition. His wheat has been en-
tirely eaten off; moved to the ground
by the pesky black tailed rabbits in
Testing that section in such large
numbers. They have not tackled his
rye crop yet and Mike contemplates
heading them off on this in order to
get little feed for his stock. His
neighbors' crops have also suffered
damages by the rabbits and it will be
necessary to devise some means of
getting rid of this pest if the people
down that way succeed in raising any
crops at all.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-06-17

As | have rented my ranch, I will
sell my left. Holt combine. 1t is in
good shape, and l will sell at bar
gain. If. A. S. AKERS.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-06-17

A medium grade apple, no different
in any respect from other apples OF
its kind, stood on little pedestal in
the show window of local tailor
No other advertisement was used by
the tailor, but his scores of patrons
were mystified and entirely unin-
formed as to "Why the apple?" Ques-
tions were shot at the tailor, all di-
rected at what on earth the apple
signified. Finally the tailor asked
with a complacent smile
"If it hadn't been for an apple
where would the clothing business be
today?"-Brockton Enterprise.
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For SALE.

A 25-45 Rumley Oilpull engine
and plows. 6-bottom engine gang
plows, extension rims and dread
naught guides. w. P. SCRIVNER.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-06-17

DR.. McMurdo has moved his office
from the Fair building to Patterson
& Son drug store. II.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-06-17

DR.. Winnard has taken special
course in treatment of eye, ear, nose
and throat. If.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-06-17

Five pound pals pure leaf, open
kettle lard, at 75c.; los at $l.50.
Keep this under your hat. At City
Meat Market. tt.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-06-17
STORIES WITH SMILES
Ready to Risk It.

"Mr. Jones wants a windypane
twilve inches be fourteen" remarked
young Patrick Mulrooney, entering
the GLACIERS shop.
In the shop was a smart young as
sistant who wanted to have joke
with Pat.
Haven't any that size," he re-
piled gravely. "Will one founteen
inches by twelve do?"
Pat looked thoughtful for a min
ute. Then he replied,
Hes wantin it at once, and this
is the only shop in town. Give me
wan O thin. P'r'aps if we put it in
sideways no one will notice. Lon
don Answers.
The prim young woman from New
England who was devoting herself to
the education of the negro in south
ern school told one of her small
scholars to bring a bucket of water
from the spring.
Il amt gwine fetch no water" he
whined, rebelliously
ooh, Eph!' she protested you
mustn't say that Don't you remem-
Der how l have taught you: First
person, singular, am not going; sec
ond person, you are not going; third
person, he is not going. Plural:
First person, we are not going; sec
ond person, you are not going; third
person, they are not going. Now,
Eph, do you understand it perfectly ?
"Yas'm | un 'stands-ain't nobody
gwine, Golfers.
A City View.
Suburban Resident = It's simply
fine to wake up in the morning and
hear the leaves whispering outside
your window.
City Man-Its all right to hear
the leaves whisper, but | could never
stand hearing the grass mown!
Kept Busy.
Miss Yellowleaf-I frankly admit
| am loking for a husband.
Miss Guzzler-So am |.
Miss Yellowleaf-Bu | thought
you had one.
Mrs. Guzzler-So | have, and
spend most of my time looking fol
him--Judge.
Folly by the Foot.
There's one O. them dern new
styles" said Silas.
What is it?" asked Mandy, lawer
ing her eyes.
"Why, that there sign says, Shoes
shined inside Judge.
Will Beattie, dean of Kansas com
mercial travellers, once attended so
cial gathering among the 400" o.
Wichita. He found himself with {
dashing young society woman from
the east, whose idea of social stand
ing was measured by wealth. Sht
was quite taken with Beattie an(
finally she made bold to ask: "Wha
business are you in, Mr.. Beattie?'
"I'm a commercial traveller" he re
piled. The young woman stepped
back and said, smilingly, "In Holy
oke, Massachusetts, Mr.. Beattie, com
mercial travellers don't go in the bes
of society," Neither do they here,
said Beattie.-San Francisco Argo
naut.
Definition.
Flubb-What Is a four-flusher?
Dubb-It's man who makes
forty fivo cnn r i'm or iOl
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-06-17

Get home-cured bacon; none bet
ter, and keep your money at home
City Meat Market sells the best in the
land at zoe. the pound. If.
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REDUCED PRICES FOR ROUGH
DRY WORK.

We have reduced the price OF
Rough Dry work to cents pound
We iron all sheets, table cloths
towels and other fiat work and
starch and dry the other pieces
ready to dampen and iron.
No rough dry bundle taken fol
less than fifty cents.
If. HEPPNER LAUNDRY.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-06-17

Highest cash prices paid for hides
and pelts.
II. HEPPNER MILLING co.
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Definition.

Flubb-What is a four-fusher?
Dubb-It's a man who makes a
Observation-Disclosures demonstration
and fires thirty-two-caliber projec-
tile.-Judge.
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A City View.

Suburban Resident = It's simply
fine to wake up in the morning and
hear the leaves whispering outside
your window.
City Man-It's all right to hear
the leaves whisper, but I could never
stand hearing the grass mown
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-26
MAY TAKE ACTION.
state Department Has Received
Many Complaints.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-That the case
" Consul-General Gafney is likely TO
he taken up again at the state De-
partment and may result in summary
action was Indicated to-day. Attention
has now been attracted 10 the matter
ny reports hat the Austro-Hun-
sarian Consulate In New York accepted
for forwarding to Mr.. Gaffney in Munich
a letter written by a friend in New
York. II was pointed out that IL Is a
most unusual proceeding for Il foreign
consulate in the United States to accept
for forwarding mail intended for an
American official In another country.
The letter in question was written by
Denis A. Spellissy OF New York, treas
urer of the American Committee OF the
Irish National Volunteers. In view of
the nature of that Organization Mr..
Garney's anti British expressions during
the present war. for which he has been
reprimandcd by the State Department.
and the fact that Sphellissy was unwill-
ing To send his letter TO Gaffney through
the state department, it was said In
ofiicia. quarters here to-day that the
differences that might he dra yn from the
case are not altrghcther pleasant.
That Spellissy was anxious 10 avoid
scrutiny Of the letter by State Depart
mont officials T. established 10 tho salts
faction OF authorities here by the fact
that inquiries were made in advance on
behalf OF Spe,lissy TO learn whether com
municttions sent to Consuls through Ito
Sta;e Department were subject to censor
ship. For a time such letters we're CEN
sored at the state Department, but re-
Gently this was given up and now all
private letters are refused for transmits
son In the official pouches
\ number OF complaints about G1fncy
have reached the state Department In
recent months. IL may DO said on au-
tuority that acre II not for the eNtrsor-
binary situation in Europe he would
have been transferred. or dismissed. He
was warned that the Department was
Greatly d~isploIscd. Many Americans who
We're ca'ght in Germany when the war
started. had made complaints TO the
state Department because Of what they
described 1s the partisan attitude Of
Gaffney They said that he showed such
intense sympathy with the German
cause As To- make him most offensive to
the many British subjects in Germany
whom he wa officially required to aid,
me United states having taken over
British consular and diplomatic duties
.hc~e.
Ganncy vas said 20 have written a
letter to a German newspaper commend
ing a series OF articles designed 10 dem
ons,rate the unneutrality Of the policy
II the Government At Washington
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-26
STATE DEPARTMENT MAY
TAKE UP GAFFNEY CASE
Consul General at Munich Has Had Mail Sent to Him
Through the Austrian Consulate
in New York.

Speculation has been aroused as to
why Denis A. Spelllssy, a lawyer of
$50 Broadway. sent a letter TO Thomas
st. John Gaffney, United States Con-
sul-General at Munich, Germany,
through the medium OF the Austrian
Consulate here instead of through the
usual channel Of the State Department.
Mr.. Spellissy says that the letter con-
tanned nothing but M expression Of
sympathy for his old friend Ganney be.
cause OF the attacks that have been
made on him in American newspapers
for his reported d%iscourteous treatment
OF English persons and Americans In
Germany. Mr.. Gaffncy since the be-
ginning of the war has had In charge
the affairs OF the British Consulate.
out his reception OF British subjects
has given much disatisfaction. and on
one occasion at least he is said to have
had his duty pointed out to him by the
American Ambassador
Whatever was in MIR. Spellissy's letter.
he said yesterday. he did not want It
read. as it probably would be II it were
sent through the official channels. He
was somewhat non-communicative as 10
whether or not he really sent IL. but ad-
mitted that he had written 20 the Aus
trian Consulate asking II the letter
would be forwarded from there and had
received word that 1t would be. He said
he supposes hat the letter went through
safely.
Mr.. Spellissy was reminded that the
Austrian and German representatives
IN this country nave complained that
they found II almost impossible to COM
muuicatc with their respective Govern
meuts and was asked how he felt so
confident that they could sen his letter
through.
oh. | suppose there are a lot Of lies
told on both sides wa his reply.
MIR. ianucy has brought on himself
many attacks because Of his reported
strong pro-fcrman leauiuCs. When he
was gent To England by N" state De-
pirtmout to report on the condition Of
German prisoners there he aroused much
uufaNurahlc comment iu the English
papers because 81 his alleged auti-f.ng-
l.sh remarks, and is said TO have caused
embarrassment 20 the American Am
haSSador.
HIS attitude toward some ~ those
Who applied 90 him IN Munich TO- relief
Is complained ~ iu q letter recently pub
lishod On tie New York Er'HtuG Post
and written by nr Allan Msilue Ham
iltou. who said that his s,,pitughtrr,
although ot English pIr,ntagc, vas lc-
ga'ly American ~ adoption
"Whon she made application 70" re-
lief at the consular bureau q; Munich, 90
he wrote. "~he was treated with great
49, - L. AH-V
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-26
ONFFROY DIES FROM
100 POISON TABLETS
Suicide Reveals That He and
Wife Had Been RecOnciled
Since Sept. /.

Roland u. onffroy, ij. vice-presldent
and general manager Of the United
Five and Ten Cent Stores. killed him
self yesterday morning in his apartment.
at 725 Riverside Drive. by taking an
overdose OF s%trychniue. Dr. :. Robert
schultz. $50 West l5Oth street. was
called in by a servant a few minutes
after : o'clock.
Il found Mr.. OHffroy in a CONFUSION
and suffering terribly the doctor said.
He told me he had taken strychnine.
| asked him how much, u he whis-
percd About 100 tablets"
The suic!ce brought to light the fact
that a reconcilidtion had taken place
between MIR. Onffroy and his wife, Mrs.
Kathleen Onffroy. She returned to him
about September l with their two hill
Grcn. Roland Tancrede. I. and Paul. ..
ON May l Mr.. Onffroy caused his wife
to be committed to the House of the Good
Shepherd as a confirmed inebriatc. on
july 10 She was released by Justice
Sheagu following a trial on a writ Of
hahcts corpus obtained by her counsel.
Mr. Wintner. VIII" proved that at the
hearing, which was before Magistrate
Mcguadc IN private chambers. Mrs.
punruy had not been represented by
counsel her presence had been OBJ
tanned under false p~retenses. In his
tanned under false p~retences. In his
MAGISTRATE, but scored MIR. O%nffroy. on
whose statement she had been committed
On her release Mr.. Onffroy started suit
gains her for separation and she filed a
counter suit. When she returned to
their apartments she found that her hus-
band had He'd with their two children.
ON July - -he obtained a writ from
Justice Philhin directing John Bertram.
her husbands valet, TO bring the bpC $
to court, but licrtram showed that he
did not know where they were and the
writ was dismissed. ON July 81 Mrs.
OnTroy discovered the children in a
boarding house in Cos cob, Conn. She
put them IN II waiting automobile and
after an exciting chase by a deputy
sheriff brought them to New York and
has been in possession OF them since.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-26

that at least az far as wheat In con-
cerned the United Kingdom In ab-
solutely dependent on us-that II nus
take our supplies or starve. But that
Is "A sad mistake. and as we are now
completing in this country the ingather-
ing of a wheat crop of ~unexampled
dimensions 1t is in the highest degree
desirable that the deiusion in that
respect should be scotched.
"lndia has raised So, 100000 bushels
more of wheat this year than last.
Canada has 100000 900 bushels more,
Australia 65,O 900, 900 bushels more. In
addition Russia Is credited with an In
crease Of liz. 900, 900 bushels. This
Russian wheat-not only this years
crop hut last years too-is at present
tied up but let the operations of the
Entente countries against the Darda-
nelles he successful and 1t would come out
In a perfect deluge. That is a special
reason for speeding the Anglo-French
negotiations. for II these loan negotia-
tions should be delayed until the open
ing of the D~ardanelles then 1t would he
too late to find a market for our wheat.
"If that contingency should occur
the situation Of our whea producers
would hen become critical"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-26
AERO CLUBS PLANS
FOR WAR ENDORSED
Public Men Express Approval
of Movement to Buy Planes
for Militia.
LETTERS ARE GIVEN OUT

The efforts OF the Aero Club OF Amer
lea to supply the militia OF the various
States with a%eroplanes has called forth
much approval from Congressman and
Senators in letters published in the club
bulletin. A national a%eroplane fun OF
$780, 900 mas been raised by the club for
this purpose and Emerson MoMillin has
offered to add 10 per cent. to any sum
added 20 the fund.
Undoubtedly we must take hold Of
the development OF the aviator work
OF the army and nav in "A comprehen-
sivc way at the next session or Con-
gress," says Senator Weeks Of New
Hampshire.
Permit me to express my earnest
approval OF the efforts being mad by
the Aero club OF America toward the
establishment OF adequate military and
naval aviation equipment and person.
nell wrote Senator Wadsworth OF New
York. 1T IL apparent that the United
States Is wofully lacking in this I'M
portant element of national defence"
Everybody knows that this country
did the pioneer work in aviation" said
Franklin ID. Roosevelt. Assistant Secre-
tary OF the Navy, that hundreds Of
Ail'FlCdnS nave devoted tnelr tltnc anu
thought to the development and actual
use Of aircraft, that for military rea-
sons it is absolutely essential that the
aeronautic arms Of the army and navy
he increased. not by doubling. but u
hundred fold and most important, we
know that in this country We ave the
mechanical means and personal ability
thus To build up this branch OF essential
national defence"
GOV James withycombe of oregon
wrote
we should be able to protect our
selves In case of need, and such desira-
bility is especially apparent just now
when the possibility OF having trouble
thrust upon us-a most peace loving
nation-is evident
II am heartily In favor Of taking
some steps to establish "A strong and
we'll equipped aero force for our army"
said Congressman w. J. Cory of Wis
consin. while in San Diego recently
| visited the aviation chool and was
surprised To ind only a bunch ~ rattle
trap machines. with no two alike. 1t
Is a joke and | hope something will
be lone TO offset the helpless condition
that We would be in were We to meet
with the enemy."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-26
@. A. R. CAPTURES WASHINGTON
.5,SO0 VIII he an Hand To-day
for EncRmpmcnt.

WAsHIN.ToN. Sept. -. - Without Of
fering the slightest res stance Wash
lngton surrendered completely to-day ="
the vanguard Of the q y L. Five
thousand veterans now hold all points OF
vdntSSc and the key of tho city.
BY tomorrow night ii is expected that;
at least 25.0Uo viii he on hand for the
forty-ninth annual enCampment Of the
Grand Army and for the celebration Of
the ffticth anniversary of the Grand
Peace Review held here al the close of
the war. The encampmrut will last AL
next week and the grand review will
take place on Wednesday.
Patriotic services Will he held iu all
the Washington churches tomorrow,
those AZ the Central Presbyterian
Church to he attended by President WI
son and the members of his family.
ON Monday tho old ConsuS building,
which the veterans will use for their
encampurnt and campfire" meetings,
will be formally dedicated as Camp
Matthew q. Emery.
on page one Of the nm section Of
THE Sun to-day rii BE- JOund ne mn
programme Of crcHts.