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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-05-27
What the Referendum Means

m HE crisis is a hand.
1t is life death for popular direct government
in this 1t is life death for the initiative. referendum
recall the port of Seattle public ownership generally and
home rule for cities.
II enough signatures obtained for the referendum
petitions being circulated then there is hope for life
II the necessary signatures obtained 1T MEANS
THE DEATH BLOW TO ANY DIRECT VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE IN THEIR OWN LAWS.
No matter how rotten vicious a legislature may be-
how offensive law may be- you will
after have right of appeal the of the
people
You will have lost power to put a referendum vote
legislative You will lost the right
law for yourself.
You will lose the chance initiate law do away
with party lines, with blind foolish craftsmanship You will
get chance initiate fair first aid bill pay med
cal costs for injured workmen. etc.
II you do not to be the complete mercy OF
mere politicians then SIGN THE PETITIONS-all seven
referendum pettons-TODAY. There only few days
left in which you may do Your signature
you the people to have these awsthat is
all you ask.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-05-27
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sing a song o six pence.
England's going dry,
king and all the royalty
Cutting ont the rye.
Tommy's on the war path.
Hear the blackblrds sing
Conntry'n on the wagon,
Sitting with the king.
Wasted knowledge
lie speaks a dozen languages
With grace and fluency.
lie Ia a court OF last resort
On ctymoiogy.
Yet when II IL his fate 20 mlsa
A simple little putt.
The only words that he can speak
Are Fiddle or Tut TUT"
Contemp,
Come. now. Hemma." said the
Whiteohapei bridegroom. you're
Foin' TO h'y obey when YOU comes
to Il in the service. nin't your"
"Wot. mc7' cried the bride.
ME h'y obey TO YOU, Why.
blow me. Emery. you amt ART
me size"
Meets Them Al
Il suppose YOU meet many
kinds 81 people.
no: they're all alike" said the
shoe clerk Every woman Who
comes In here thinks she's Gin.
dereilA
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-05-27
GETTING THERE
LEAVES OUT OF THE STORY OF HOW GEORGE SAMPLE
GOT THERE WITHOUT AN ENDOWMENT OF BRAINS

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-05-27
NAVY YARD ROUTE

Steamers ~. n. Kennedy and Tourist
Leave coirnsn Dock. Seattle. sac tsseep,
sunday. 500. 1910 a m. i;s0. :. 90, ss
eep, Sunday (sunday lisol. sac .. m
saturday. iB q m
Time table subjeet to change ~ithou,
notice
Phone Main siof. Price soc Round Trip
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-05-27

. believe eczema esn he cured ca
stay. mean just what say
CUR. ED and NOT merely patched
up to return again Remember. l
make this statement after handling
nearly a half million cases Of eczema
and dsvotinE !; years 81 my life TO
It's trea tfnent | don't care what all
you have used nor how many doctors
have told you that you could not be
cured. all / ask IL just chance 60
prove my claims. n you write me
TODAY. will send you a FREE
TRIAL ~ mild. soothing. guaranteed
treatment that VIII surely convince
you as ~ has me. II you are dis
| ruated and discouraged. | dare you
TO give m. change 60 prove my
claims ny writing me today ! be.
lievs you viii enjoy more real com.
| fort than you really thought this
world hold for you. Just try u. and
| / feel sure you win rgrec with me.
IN. ,. y. rA>NADAh.
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Send this notice To some eczema
| sufferer
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-05-27

First meeting Of nav cabinet
with Premier Asquith presiding.
held today IN London.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-05-27
A Novelty in Black

THE young state OF Arizona sends invitations in
veopes with black borders to the executions tomorrow
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-05-27

ed succeed. Call that quality
~ha, you will--eourape. deter.
minssion. pvensel,y. whatever
II 10, God gave u me In lieu OF
brains"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-05-27

The pleasure OF your COM
pany." etc, etc.
Maybe that isn't the way IT
reads. but the black border i
appropriate.
= IL is fit that all the social
forms be observed. for il is 20
be gala day OF legal ven
geance.
Five men are murdererS.
They're all legally black. body
and soul.
Were they BORN to
blacknesss What of IL
Were they REARED in
blacknesss What matters ii:
Were their lives full OF
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-05-27

ONT1. society NBNN-
DON THEM blackness from their cradles their
ders:
IL is too late ask.
THEY MUST DIE.
No what their fitness live. No wha,
their possibilities of redemption usefulness
No how their mothers children suffer and perish
Throttle them upon the ungodly principle of eye for
eye
Into the blaekness of death with them, Give God no
chance!
Christ is a failure!
Justice blndfolded lest she behold her madness
"Thc pleasure OF your company" the legal murder o
five men.
Forsooth. murder have its formalites. Backness
if black enough entitled its eca Come early and
bring your lunchl Get front
Behold people, great by the mercy OF God granted sal
walton by the agony Of Christ STAY without respect for
heaven, without mercy for humanity
A great show! Baekness striking blackness. in the
dark
Five souls railroaded hell. in the of justice
AFTER prayers!
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-05-27
Made Your Income
Tax Report Yet9

Have you made report of your in
come to the internal revenue collec-
tor ? If you haven't, now is your
time to get wise to the income tax
law and clean up the slate. Thad.
Sweek, special employee in charge of
the income tax for Eastern Oregon
Is in town and is making his head
quarters at the Palace hotel. Mr..
Sweek is interviewing all delinquents
who are in the dark about making
their income tax reports. and he in
vites everybody in this vicinity to call
and talk over tax matters with him.
The income tax law has been in effect
for two years, but during that time,
the majority of the citizens have fail
ed to come through with report to
the revenue collector. Many of them
are ignorant as to the law, but this is
their only chance to wise up, for Mr..
Swick will be the only representative
of the government coming here this
year. The year closes July 1. If
you fail to see the representative
while he is here, it will be your fault
and not his, and you will be held
liable accordingly, and the law pro-
vides heavy penalties for delinquents.
Mr.. Sweek will be in town three or
four days. If you havn't made your
income tax report, you had better see
him.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-05-27
GRAIN is NOW MAKING
A SPLENDID SHOWING

Chas. r. Pointer, of Lexington, was
in Heppner on Monday and made
this Office pleasant call. Mr.. Pointer
is one of the successful wheatraisers
of his part of the country, and man
that never fails to boost Morrow
county as a good wheatraising sec
tion. Like a great many of his
neighbors, Mr.. Pointer was compelled
to reseed in the early part of the
Spring, and for time it looked like
there was to be no wheat. But
this has all changed and he says
present prospects point to 25bushel
crop, and this may be greatly in
creased if good growing weather pre-
walls. AS it is, there is no chance to
beat those people out of crop this
season. The conditions prevailing
in the immediate vicinity of Mr..
Pointers also largely prevail all
about Lexington, and as stated in
this paper last issue, the prospects for
a fair wheat crop in Morrow county
are growing brighter day by day.
Some think that little more sun
shine at the present time would per-
haps cause grain and other crops to
grow little faster but it seems that
the warm showers are doing the work
quite we'll, and our farmers will have
to be content. We are glad to receive
such reports as made by Mr.. Pointer.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-05-27
Christian Church Notes.

The Sunday School contest with
Pendleton closes next Sunday morn
ing. We want every member present
at Sunday School with a liberal Of
fering and each one remaining for
church. All these points count in
the contest. We are not very far
ahead of Pedleton at this time. We
need every one present next Sunday
at ten o'clock.
Rev. c. F. Swander of Portland,
State Secretary of our mission work,
will speak at II o'clock. Rev. Swan
der is an interesting speaker. The
public is especially invited.
In the evening the Junior choir
will have charge of the program and
render the Children's Day exercises.
Mrs. o. G. CrawforS will conduct the
service.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-05-27
CLUB FAVORS EARLY
WORK ON ROADS
Heppner Commercial Body Would
Have County Court Begin Work
at Once on Heppner-Lexing-
ton Road.

There was regular meeting of the
Heppner Commercial Club on Mon
day evening, with rather small at
tendance. Several matters of i'm
portance were taken up and dis
cussed, among these being the re-
moval of the Forestry Office to Pen
dleton, the Hardman Monument
stage route, and the roads question.
Communications were read from the
Forestry headquarters and from the
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General,
and these were filed with the Secre-
tary. j. L. wilkins made report of
some action taken by the special
road committee in getting work done
on the Willow creek road, this per-
tanning to fencing on the Neville
place, and the action of the commit
tee was ratified by the Club, with in
structions to proceed further along
the same lines. A resolution was al
so passed that it was the sense of the
meeting that the County Court pro-
ceed at once with such work as can
be done on the Lexington-Heppner
road, provided that a reasonable bid
can be received for the work, it being
understood that only such work is
urged at this time as will not inter
fere with the present travelled road;
this move being taken to get the ad-
vantage of labor and money subscrib-
ed for this work. Motion made and
carried that the City of Heppner be
asked to put the road on the north
side of the warehouses and leading to
the city limits where it connects with
gton-Heppner road, in good con-
dition at once, and the committee on
City and County Affairs instructed
to present this matter to the council.
The raising of funds TO assist in car
rying on the County Fair, placed in
the hands of a committee of three
which President Notson will announ-
ce later. The committee on Railroad
and Transportation handed in the
following report:
I'VE, the undersigned, the commit
tee on Railroad and Transportation
beg to report to the CluD as fOlloWS,
to-wit
THAT we have investigated and
made examination of the records in
the matter of the hearing held before
the State Railroad Commission with
reference to better train service on
the Heppner Branch of the 0. w. R.
& N. Railroad, and from such investi-
CATION and examination we are of the
opinion that there is no sufficient
record upon which to base an appeal
from the decision of said Railroad
Commission, and that it is our judg-
ment that no reversal or changing of
the order can be had upon appeal.
I'VE therefore recommend that no
appeal be taken and that such matter
,e pursued no further.
Dated this oath day of May, 1915.
ct j. Mahoney
&c. E. Woodson,
Committee"
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-05-27

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.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-05-27
Mrs. w. C. Lacey Passes.

Mrs. W. C. Lacy, who for so many
years resided near Heppner with her
family, died at her home in Portland
on Saturday, May %, 1915, after an
illness covering many months.
Mrs. Lacy was we'll and favorably
known in this locality, where she
lived many years and had numerous
friends. With her husband she re-
sided on their farm just north of
Heppner, and together they were
very active in church circles here, be-
ing leading members in the Baptist
church at this place. Her death was
announced at the memorial services
at the Christian church on Sunday
morning and was received with many
expressions of regret. She was wo-
man highly respected by all with
whom she became acquainted.
Ellen E. Lacy was born in the
state of Ohio, May %, 1850. She
crossed the plains by team at the age
of eighteen, and arrived in Salem,
Oregon, September 2S, 1868. Later
she removed with her parents to
Southern Oregon where she was unit
ed in marriage to w. c. Lacy, May
22, 1872. In 1881 Mr.. and Mrs. Lacy
moved to Morrow county, where they
made their home for twenty-five
years and developed one of the best
farms in this section, and which Mr..
Lacy still owns. They moved to
Portland on account of Mrs. Lacy's
health in 1906 and that city has been
the home of the family ever since,
Mrs. Lacy improving somewhat in
health, but never being entirely re-
stored and her death occurred as
stated above on the 22nd day of May,
the anniversary of her birth, and also
the anniversary of her wedding. She
was 60 years of age.
She has been an active member of
the Baptist church for 25 years and
for many years an earnest worker in
the w. C. T. u, and will be remem-
bered by her many friends for the
good she was able to do along these
lines while in this life.
Mrs. Lacy is survived by her hus-
band, w. C. Lacy, daughter, Elsie E.
Alger and son, w. B. Lacy, as we'll
as one sister, Mrs. M. Belle Thomp-
son, all residents of Portland. Flu
neral services were held on Tuesday,
May 25, at p. m. at the family res
idence and the remains buried in
! Rose City cemetery.
I To the bereaved family is extended
the sincere sympathy of their many
friends residing at Heppner.
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.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-05-27
Will Grow Straw
berries at Strawberry

The Alpine Drilling Co., R. N.
Wade, president, recently completed
the drilling of 235 foot we'll with a
capacity of 10 gallons per minute, at
the old Strawberry postoffice.
The present owner, c. j. Haggerty,
recently came here from Beaverton,
Oregon, and talks about making real
Strawberries grow at Strawberry.
Mr. Wade, who lives at Sand Hol-
low, recently formed this company,
after working several years for an
other driller in Morrow county. Upon
the completion of the Haggerty well,
he Immediately moved his outfit to
Smith Towne's place near the Straw
berry schoolhouse.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-05-27
Heppner High School won the first

Heppner High School won the first
Interscholastic Track Meet at lone
last Saturday by score of 761a to
49k for the lone team, the only
other contestant in the meet.
The local athletes got 8 first places,
Z second and Z third places besides
winning the relay
Although no records were broken,
everything considered, the meet was
a good one, and fairly good time was
made in the sprints and distance
runs. The work of Merle Blake, of
lone and Emmett Hughes, of Heppner
was we'll above the rest, Blake max
ing 20 of the points for his team,
while Hughes took 16h points.
Lester Parker, the Heppner freshman
would have been high point winner
of the meet, had he not tripped and
fell just before the finish in the 100
yard dash, thereby permitting M.
easily conceded that Parker would
have won this race had he not met
with the accident. His shoulder was
badly bruised in striking the ground.
One of the surprises of the meet
was the work of Ross Brown, the
youngest entry of the meet. Brown
took first place in the so yard high
hurdles, won third in the 440 yard
dash, was a member of the winning
relay team and was a strong runner
up for honors in both the pole vault
and the high jump. 1t was thought
by all who know young Brown best,
that he would at least take second in
the high jump, but he didn't seem to
get into form in this event.
In the weights, Barlow had little
difficulty in putting the shot far out
of reach of his nearest competitor,
while Merle Blake easily won the
discus throw at 96-6.
Hughes, Parker, Peterson, Brown,
Wright, Hayes, and Barlow were
point winners for Heppner, and R.
Blake, Sperry, M. Blake, Cochran,
Pennington, E. Blake and link won
the honors for their school.
Following is the summary OF events
and the winners:
$50 yard run-R. Blake, lone, 1st;
H. Peterson, Heppner, End; Parker,
Heppner, 3rd. Time, 1852.
SO yard high hurdles-Brown, H.,
1st; Hughes, H., End and Wright, H.,
3rd. Time 81.
Discus thrown. Blake, l., 1st;
Barlow, H., End; R. Blake, l., 3rd.
95 feet, 6 inches.
100 yard low hurdles-Sperry, l.,
1st; Wright, H., End; Parker, H.,
3rd. Time 0:15.
Mile run-Peterson, H., 1st; Coch-
ran, l., End; Hayes, H., 3rd. Time,
5:55:2.
440 yard Wright, H., list;
Hayes, H., End; Brown, H., 3rd.
Time, 61:2.
220 yard dash-Parker, H., 1st;
M. Blake, l., End; Wright, H.. 3rd.
Time, 25:2.
100 yard dash-Blake, l., 1st; R.
Blake, l., End; Hughes, H., 9rd.
Time, OIL.
SO yard dash-Parker, H., 1st;
NJ. Blake, l., 2nd; E. Blake, l., 3rd.
Time, 0:5;4.
High Hughes, H., 1st;
Pennington. l., 2nd Blake, l., 3rd.
Height, feet II inches.
Pole vault-E. Blake, l.. 1st;
Hughes and Sperry tied for second.
8 feet.
Shot put-Barlow, H., 1st; NJ.
Blake, l., 2nd r. Bake, l., Srd. 35
feet, inches.
Broad jump-Hughes, H., 1st; NJ.
Blake, l., End; link, l., 3rd. 16 feet,
inches.
Relay won by Heppner
S. E. Moore and Brick" Coshow,
Concluded on page five.)
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-05-27
Leaky Sack Proves Death to Squirrels

When Paul WEBB took sack of
poisoned oats, which he had bought
from Emmett Smith on Rhea creek.
to his ranch several miles up Balm
creek. he did not realize that he was
doing an act which would not only
mean the death of hundreds of squir-
rels on his own place but rid the
land adjacent to the road, of these
pests as we'll. 1t was not until Mr.
Webb arrived home that he discover
ed the sack had a hole in it, and all
the way up the Rhea creek road it
had been dribbling out. The next
day trip over the road showed that
the poisoned grain had had its effect,
for great numbers of the dead rod
ents were lying in the highway in the
trail of the death-dealing oats.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-05-27
ATTENTION ! STOCKMEN
AND OTHERS,

Why spend your money in Pendle-
ton =? | will take you there and back
the same day for roundtrip railroad
fare; parties Of six or more. Will
also make trips to Condor on same
basis. Will return same day or day
following. See me at Heppner Auto
mobile & Machine Shop, or phone
572, e. H. KELLOGG.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-05-27
STRAYED FROM MY PASTURE
NEAR HEPPNER.
Brown 2-year-old gelding.

Brown 2-year-old gelding.
Sorrel 2-year-old mare.
9 Sorrel 2-year-old mares.
viii pay literally for any informa-
tion leading tor any information
leading to their recovery. Probably
returning towards Monument.
SHERMAN WAKEFIELD.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-05-27
Presiding Elder VIII BE Here.

Rev. w. A. Orr, Presiding Elder of
the M. Il, Church, will be in Hepp-
ner on Sunday evening next and will
hold services at the church. A spec
ial invitation is extended to the men,
bers and friends of the church to at
tpp6
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-05-27
HEPPNER HIGH WINS
INTER TRACK MEET

No Records Broken AT lone In First
Field Meet Between Morrow COun-
ty High SchOOls-Merle Blake
Is Individual High Point Win
ner With Hughes Second.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-06-25

A Howl And A Hint

The manner in which those
genteel gunner who deal in
printers supplies have whoop
ed no the prices on everything
used around a newspaper
office is simply klososterous
The ink factories have shot the
price OF news ink up to point
that makes Gilderoy's justly
famous kite look like sunken
submarine. The paper barons
act as ii they thought their
wood pulp product ought to
bring as much as India bible
stock. And type! Why you'd
think type metal was composed
of two parts radium and one
part auroraborealis. Even
Aunt Mandy Jackson, in her
sealed bid for washing our
towel, quotes a figure 50 per
cent higher than that quoted
when we were thinking OF hav-
ing it washed last year. At
that, we could manage to ease
through this month if some Of
our valued subscribers would
kick in with a little OF that
emergency currency. Even
a few old-fashioned dollar bills
will do.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-06-25
''Dsdson's Liver Tone" Is Harmless II
Clean Your Sluggish Liver
and Bowels.

Ugh! Calomel makes you sick. It's
horrible! Take dose of the dangerous
drug tonight and tomorrow you may lose
days work.
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis of the bones.
Calomel, when it comes into contact
with sour bile crashes into it, breaking
it up. This is when you feel that awful
nausea and cramping. If you are slug
gish and "all knocked out" if your
liver is torpid and bowels constipated
or you have headache, dizziness, coated
tongue, if breath is bad or stomach sour,
just try spoonful of harmless Dodson's
Liver Tone tonight on my guarantee.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-06-25

will turn the front wheels
to the bottom OF the dlte h
whel the rear wheels are felt
skiddlng; he remains that way
-until he has the machine
under control The principal
OF the rule is that as long as
the wheels are kept in line Of
momentum the car cannot
turn over but as soon as the
machine is headed across the
line OF motion then it must
roll if the rate of speed at ain
ed is sufficiently great.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-06-25
ODD NEW ) NOTES

South Bond, Neb Ten years
ago Frank Herse, brakeman, los
IA leg when his foot was caught
III d switch and he was run over
by ;.n engine. Recently he lost
his cork ley in the same sort of
an accident at The same switch.
Detroit, Mich. Marjorie Davis,
the II months old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. DAVIS. has a
freak tooth. Few days ago hel
mother noticed a dark spot Oh
one OF tho baby's teeth and took
her to dentist. The dark spot
Was found TO be II perfect silver
filing. AS the baby had nevtr
visited n dentist before the filling
is looked upon rs a great curiosi-
ty.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-06-25
The Knockers Prayer

Lord please don't let this
town grow. I've been here Tor
thirty years during that time,
I've fought every public i'm
provement. I've knocked
everything and ever, body, nc
firm or Individual has estab-
lished a business here without
my doing all | could to put
them out of business. Eve
lied about them, and would
have stolen from them il | had
the courage. have done all
| could to keep the town from
growing and never have spo-
ken a good word for it, l've
knocked hard aud often.
I've put ashes OFT the children's
slide and I've made the mar
shall stop the boys playing ball
on my vacant lot. Whenever
saw anyone prosperlng or
themselves I've START
ed a reform to kill the business
or spoil The fun. Idon't want
the young folks to stay in this
town and will do all ! can by
law. rule atd ordinance to
drive them away. 1t pains me,
0 Lord, to see that IN spite Of
my knocking it is beginning to
grow. Some day | lear l will
be called upon to put down
sidewalks in front OF my prop
erty and who knows but what
l may have to help keep up
the streets that run by my
premises? This, Lord, would
be more than / could bear. 1t
would cost me money. tho all
have was made right here in
this town. Then, too, more
people might come if the town
begins to grow, which would
cause me to lose some OF my
pull. ask therefore. to keep
this town at a standstill, that !
may continue to be the chief.
Amen.