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The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1916-11-23
OREG0N WOOLGR0WERS CHANGE !.
DATE OF MEETING IN THIS CITY

President w. B. Barratt of the Ore
on Woolgrowers Association has sent
Jut word the past week that the date
convention In this city has
been changed to December 1915.
This meeting was originally called for
December SO, but owing to conflict
ing dates with the Pacific lnternation-
al Livestock Exposition in Portland,
it was deemed best TO hold the CON
vention one week later.
According to President Barratt
there are numebr of important
questions that will come up for dis
cussion THE woolgrower is so pros
porous now that little or nothing is
troubling him" said Mr.. Barratt,
and it is hard to get him to take an
interest in things of vital interest to
his welfare"
However, local shcepmen anticipate
a large attendance of woolgrowers
from over the state and it is estimat-
ed that 100 members of the associa-
tion will be here for the meeting
Among number of important
matters to be considered by the sheep.
men is the question of securing roads
and trails over the public land under
the $40 acre homestead law which is
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1916-11-23
Returns to Morrow County

c. r. Hemrick and family have re-
turned to Morrow county after
spending the past year at their old
home in Sandwich Ill. Mr.. Hemrick
has not yet located permanently but
will take up farming again as soon as
he can find suitable place. For the
present he and his family will live
in Heppner. Conditions in the mid
die West do not compare with those
of the Pacific Northwest, according
to Mr.. Hemrick, and especially is this
true to farming, there being shor-
tage to crop production in Illinois
! this year.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1916-11-23
LADIES' BAZAAR
WAS BIG SUCCESS
Catholic Ladies Did Total Business
of Over $2fOO During Three
Days Sale in Masonic
Building.

The Bazaar held last week under
the auspices of the Catholic ladies OF
Heppner was an unqualified success.
Tie formal opening took place on
Thursday afternoon, MIR. S. E. Van
Vactor delivering the opening ad-
dress. The Masonic Building in which
the Bazaar was held, was transformed
into a veritable riot OF colors. Blue
and white decorated the Apron Booth,
yellow and white the Fancy Work
Booth. pink and blue the Baby Work
Booth, purple and white the Towel
Booth, maroon and white the Parcels
Post. green and yellow the Irish
Booth, while the national colors de-
corated the Country Store. From
the time the Bazaar opened until
midnight of Saturday the ladies were
kept busy. At every booth were
found articles to please even the most
critical. The Parcels Post did 4
rushing business during the three
days and the articles in every case
justified the expenditure put on
them.
The crowds were good on Thurs
day and Friday evenings but on Sat
urday evening there was not standing
room. When M. ]. Driscoll commen-
ced to auction off the articles the ex-
Aftpr Mr.
Driscolls vocal organs got husky, T..
ID. McMenamen of Portland got on
the auctioneer's stand. About 10 p.
m. the drawing for grand prizes took
place. The winners of the prizes
that were displayed in Minors Co. s
window were Hugh Bran of the First
National Bank, Mrs. Thos. Ross OF
Echo four prizes; Jas. F. Sheridan,
John ]. Keegan and Peter McNamee
of Condor. Miss Hannah Wilson
very easily won the diamond and
ruby brooch in the popularity
contest. Towards midnight when
the returns from the various booths
we're closed, the contest for the dia-
mond ring was very close, Miss Peg
gy O'Rourke being the fortunate win
ner of this coveted article.
The ladies realized peter than $2l-
90 from their sales and donations
About $500 represent the sales, al
though there are a few hundred dol
lars to collect.
Following is the amount OF busi-
ness transacted by each booth.
Irish booth, s5SS.65; Fancy booth
$1,000; Apron booth, $4,000; Can
dy booth, $222.S5; Towel booth, 222.'
as; Parcels Post, $72; Baby wear
5000; Country Store, $122.2O; a
musements, $500
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1916-11-23
Elk's Memorial Dec. 3.

Hepner Lodge of Elks No. 35S
will hold their annual memorial SER
vices this year on Sunday December
3. AS usual the services will be held
in the |. O. o. F. Hall, which is used
by the Elks as their lodge room. An
outside speaker will deliver the me
mortal address, although the commit
tee in charge is not able to announce
at this time just who the speaker
will be.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1916-11-23
Sunday School Convention Was A Big
Success.

The Sunday School convention held
in this city last week was big sue
cess, both from the standpoint of at
tendance and the interest taken in all
the sessions. Rev. C. A. Phipps, Sec
retary of the Oregon State Sunday
School Association was the principal
speaker during the three days ses-
sion.
At the conclusion of the convention
S. E. Notson of Heppner was elected
president, Chas. O'Neil of lone was
elected vice-president and Mrs. C. E.
Woodson of Hepner was reelected
secretary and treasurer.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1916-11-23
Official Bulletin.

A schoolmistress asked her class to
explain the word bachelor" and was
very much amused when a little girl
nswered, "a bachelor is very happy
man."
"Where did you learn that?" asked
the mistress.
Father told me-" the little girl re-
piled.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1916-11-23

McTavish and Macpnrrson are a
drift at sea in an open boat.
McTavish Con his knees)-O Lord
l ken I've broken maist O. my COM
mandments. And I've been hard
drinker all my days. But, o Lord
if we're spared this time, promise
never
Mcpherson--I widna commit my
sell over far, Donald. l think l see
land."-Life.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1916-11-23
Over $14.00 Spent BY Normal Com
mittee.

The statement of expenses field
with the Secretary of State shows that
the Pendleton Normal school COM
mittee made an outlay of 14,962.56
In the campaign for the establishment
of State Normal school in Pendle-
ton. The statement of S. A. Barnes
shows expenditures Of $707.71 made
in the effort of Weston citizens to de-
feat the easure.-Pendleton Tribune.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1916-11-23
Literary Society Will Present Pro-
gram.

The Ciceronian Literary Society of
the local high school will present it's
first program of the school year i'll
the auditorium ON November "a.
The feature of the program will be
debate, resolved that capital punt
shment should be abolished" Gar
net Barratt and Neva Hayes will up
hold the affirmative and Ruth Van
Vactor and Earl Gordon will speak
on the other side.
Following is the program which the
Ciceronians will present in their first
appearance.
l. Song Girls Glee Club
2. Essay Margaret Crawford
8. Solo Edith Thorley
4. Debate. te.-RESOLVED: That capi-
tai punishment should be abolish
ed.
Garnet Barratt
Alternatives:
Neva Hayes
Ruth Van VactoI
Negative:
Earl Gordon
5. Song Boys Glee Clut
6 Reading Devore
7. Music
s. The Effect of the European Wal
upon the U. S.
8. Song High School Chorus
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02
MUSTER 0F MILITIA PRACTICALLY OVER Only Ambulance, Hospital and General Staff Not in
  Regular Army

Montgomery, July 1.-(Special.) )-With the exception of the ambulance, hospital corps and general staff, every unit of the Alabama National Guard, now a part of the United States army, had been musterede into the federal service by to- night. The muster rolls vii be com pleted tomorrow
 Brig. Gen. Charles R. BricIen, commander of the brigade, and his staff service tomorrow morning. The enlist ment oath was taken this afternoon.
 General Bricken's staff will be com posed as follows:
 ade; Maj. Cliff s. Price, inspector of small arms practice, and Maj John Watts, surgeon.
 In addition to these officers, General Bricken will have two aides, assigned from the line, with the rank of lieu tenant; three sergeants from each regi- ment, one quartermaster sergeant one clerk and several orderlies. Less than 40 men of the entire brigade refused to sign the oath of enlistment. The work of ex- aminng the officers and men Tor phy- sical fitness progresses slowly, and it is estimated that it will be at least two weeks before the examinations are com pleted. This would seem to indicate that the soldiers will be encamped here until after the middle of tEe month, perhaps longer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02
SHIELDING CHILD, MRS. NAFF DIES IN
 AUTO ACCIDENT
I olomite Lady Crushed to Death When Automobile Truck Turns Turtle.
 Child Uninjured

Shielding her little 4-year-old daughter ir her arms, Mrs w Lowell Naff, aged 25 years, of Dolomite, was almost instant ly killed yesterday morning about 11:45 o'clock, when the automobile truck in which she was riding turned turtle at Forty-frst street and Gary avenue, Fair field. Mrs. Naffs head was crushed be- tween the steel ribs of the truck cover and the curbstone, while her child was safe in her arms. unnjured Mir. Naff and w. H. Roberts, who was driving the truck, were both painfully but not seri- ously injured.
 The accident was due to the right front tire on the truck blowing out as they were rounding the curve at the Fair field gates. MT. and Mrs. Naff were go- ing out to Cottage Hill with MT Rob- erts who is at the head of the Roberts Furniture Store in Ensley, to see about selling some furniture which they had stored in house, and as they reached the curve the front tire blew out and the machine turned completely over, pinning Mrs Naff beneath it, crushing her head and breaking her collarbone. The two men were thrown out of the machine, but rushed to Mrs. Naffs assistance They managed to free her body from the machine and carried her a few feet from the wreck and laid her down on the grass. Medical attention was quickly summoned but she died before it arrived without ever regaining consciousness.
 Warner & Smiths ambulance was also summoned and made a record-breakng trip to Fairfield, but Mrs. Naff was dead before they arrived. They took charge of the remains and funeral arrangements have not been announced, pending the arrival of her father w. H. Hinton of Prattville.
 Mir. Naff was painfully injured about his face and body, while Mir Roberts received several cuts about the face and neck, and his arm was badly bruised. Little Nina Vivian Naff did not receive any injuries, only from fright, and is too young to realize what has happened.
 According to the statement of Mr. Rob- erts. who was driving the machine he was unable to say how fast he was go- ing, as he said he was not a judge of speed He stated before they reached the curve he shut off the gas and just as they were rounding the curve the tire blew out and before he could realize what had happened the machine over turned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02
GOOD ROADS PICNIC
Birmingham Men to Take Part in Af-
 fair at Cook Springs

large picnic and good roads celebra- tion will be held jointly by the people of Cook Springs and vicinity and Pell City and vicinity, to promote the rapid build- ing of the Birmingham to Atlanta high way This picnic and good roads celebra- tion will be held on the mountains near Cook Springs, July 4 The county Of ficials of St. Clair county, the board of revenue Of Jefferson county, Major J. B. Elliott, Syd w. Lee John w. O'NeilI. president Jefferson County Good Roads association. and J. A. Rountree secretary of Jefferson County Good Roads associa- tion, have been invited by Lafayette Cook, president Pell City Bank and Trust company, and R. A. Carreker, Cook Springs, one of the largest shippers of holding sand in the state, to make ad- dresses at the good roads celebration
 They will will leave Tuesday morning at 6:So o'clock over the Sothern railroad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02
SAYS REALTY PRICE
 IS FIXED TOO HIGH Finder Thinks It Wrong to Have Inflated Value Put
 Upon Property
70 the Editor of The Age-Herald.

To the Editor of The Age-Herald.
 It is with a sense of regret that I mo- tice in all three of our daily papers the report of the sale of 2O-foot store on Twentieth street, between First and Sec ond avenues, as having sold for $120,00O or s6O00 per front foot.
 Upon inquiry, I am constrained to be- Heve that the facts surrounding this transaction do not justify such a report. It seems to be the impression of well in- formed real estate owners and agents that one-half of the above amount is nearer it's actual value. I have been told that our present board of tax equalizers, who have, 1t seems. a very optimistic opinion of values, have determined that the value Of the highest priced retail property in the city, i. e., that situated on Second avenue between Nineteenth and Twen- teth streets, is about $25O0 per foot, and this property is of greater depth, being 140 feet instead of 1OO.o-~.-.. .-s~-.,..s~,.-
 Now, if that is their view of it, should say that cheelot, 20x10O on Twentieth street, IS not worth exceeding 5000 per foot, or $60,000 This is fully borne out by the sale of the property just across the street on the opposite corner of the ally sometime ago, when values, according to iiS DSiiOi, WCiS SOIlSWHdI nlSner than now This property is said to have sold for $l25,000 40x100 feet, and is just as well located in my opinion.
 Conditions in Birmingham are such that business does not justify the rents that merchants are now trying to pay, and as member of the Board of Trade, I feel that It IS damaging to every interest of the city to report sales through the press where the property values are so distinct " upon an inflated basis, and upon in- Vestlgation, the disclosure is made that an exchange, and that the values put upon the properties were entirely arbi- trary, and bore no relation to what they would sell for if put upon the market and sold in regular order-some of the properties being of most indefinite value from every standpoint of business con sideration.
 This has most direct and destructive erect upon our claim that Birmingham IS already paying more than it's share of the states taxes, and in order to get our position adjusted in this respect our as- sessmentssmust be reduced, and to reduce we will have to stop the practice of de- ception in reporting sales. I have under stood that at times these arbitrary values are asserted in order to obtain larger loans than the actual value of the prop critics would justify. If this is true. it will in time create greater distrust and more serious trouble and should be stopped. JAMES Fl TTNDER
 Birmingham. July l. 1916.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02
Highway Delegates Named

Decatur, July 1.-(Special)-A number of citizens of Morgan and Limestone county have been appointed by Fostmas ter William E. Crawford to represent these counties at the Jackson highway meeting to be held at Clanton, on July G. The ones appointed from Morgan county are: Mayor James A. Nelson of Decatur Mayor A. A. Hardage of New Decatur Capt. Samuel Blackwell, F. H. Pointer T. M Jones' H. A. Skeggs, William Bailey, Judge William E. Skeggs D. C. Almon and R. L. Day. The ones ap- pointed from Limestone county are: R. M. Rawles, w. T. Sanders, Henry B. Malone, Macklin Hobbs, Mon Nichols, w T. Eubanks Neal Marcks, Oscar Jonn- son, Archie Todd and Jack Grisham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02

lutely knock out malarial fever and cut. probably 50 per cent, the mortality from infant diseases of the summer months. This of course would raise another howl, but why not? We require sanitary con- nections for new buildings; the fire and building inspectors require certain con struction that cost money for the safety of the people who are to live in the houses, and as a guard against fires; the electrical inspector does the same thing
 Why should not the health department be allowed the same privilege? Isn't your health more precious than few dollars If you had to choose between a ten-dollar bill and a six weeks attack of typhoid fever how long would you hesitate? Not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02
MATTHEWS GIVEN
 9-YEAR SENTENCE

Clanton. July 1.-(Special. .)-Dr. Elm melt A. Matthews, cashier of the late Clanton bank, was sentenced today by Judge Aston to six years inn prisonment. This is in addition to the thre years on the first indict- ment. making nine years in all. Dr. Matthews is in the hands of Sheriff Harris of Chiffon county, and he will deliver the prisoner to the proper of ficer when called on to do so. w. I. Mullins, the president of the Clanton bank. was cleared of the charge in the first indictment against him. There are three other charges against pr. Mullins.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02
LIMIT TYPHOID CARRIERS

The third suggestions is just as revo- .utlonary, so far as public health. work is concerned. It is this:
 We know that typhoid fever is largely transmitted by infected drinking water, by flies and by infected food (the fly is
 here much to blame also). But our water supply in Birmingham l am sure is not responsible for our typhoid fever; the flies are nearly all killed in the winter time, and it is scarcely reasonable to SUD- pose that those that do hibernate and sur vive reappear in the spring with the live bacteria still clinging to their feet, ready to start another epidemic. Of course the surface soil is more or less infected dur ing one summer, and this infection may be washed down into the water courses by the winter rains, and account for some of the reinfection the following year; but we know that exposure to direct rays of the sun for say two hours kills the bacl- Jus, and thus it is not reasonable to SUD- pose that this reinfection from polluted
 surface soil is the sole cause of outbreaks that will recur the following year. What then is the explanation? How is the bacillus carried safely and surely through the long winter months to Areappear and multiply as soon as warm weather comes upon us?
 In my humble opinion the answer to this question will be found largely in the typhoid carrier He carries the germs in his system through the winter and the following spring it is his fecal discharges, and his urine, that again places the organism where it may be carried into the streams and left in convenient place for the typhoid fly to "put his foot in it." And here is where the health de- partment may come in, and here is the revolutionary measure in anti-typhoid work that would suggest. Let the health department in the fall and winter go back to it's summer records; hunt up the ty- phoid cases that occurred, make bacterio- logical examinations of the feces and urine of these cases, thus locating the ty- phoid carriers, and then assume super vision of their treatment until they are no longer infectious and menace to the public. You would not think of allowing a patient who had had diphtheria to leave his quarters until the health departmen. had announced that culture from his throat failed to show the presence Of diphtheria bacillus; and yet you turn an ex-typhoid patient out on the public to scatter broadcast the seeds of further sickness and death without a single test to determine whether he is infectious or not.
 This, in mA humble opinion. is the price we must pay for immunity from this annually recurring curse Is it worth it? I think so.
 J. M. LOWREY, M D.
 Birmingham, July I, 1916
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02
| Birmingham, July l. 1916.
Live Stock Association Meets

Decatur, July 1.-(Special.)- 1.-The Morgan County Live Stock association held an enthusiastic meeting in Hartselle today The attendance was good and the in- terest very great. Mrs. w. E. Edmundson of the Decaturs. is secretary of the as- sociation and she is one of the most en- thusiastic women farmers in the south. She owns a large cotton plantation near the Decaturs, and has grown cotton very extensively. During the past few years she has been raising a good many cattle and hogs and finds it pays.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02
CHURCH NOTICES

1 pr. Henry M. Edmonds, pastor, will oc-
 cupy the pulpit of the Independent Pres
 byterian church this morning at Temple I Emanu-El at Il o'clock. Tonight he will preach at the Lyric theatre at o'clock
 His subject for the morning will be- What of the Night?". and that for the
 evening will be. "The Object of His Con-
 ing" Sunday school begins at 9:SO a. m | at the temple
 Dr. Albert Sidney Johnson pastor, will
 occupy the pulpit of the South Highlands
 Presbyterian church this morning at Il
 o'clock and this evening at o'clock 1 Sunday school begins at 9:30 a. m. l pr. Henry Pearce Atkins, pastor, will
 occupy the pulpit of the First Christian | church this morning at Il o'clock preach | ing on the subject, "The Wider Horizon '
 This evening at o'clock he will conduct
 a joint service at the First Presbyterian ] church. preaching on Another Mans
 Sermon" Sunday school begins at 9:S0
 a. m; Christian Endeavor society meets | at D. m.
 I pr. J. W. Johnson. pastor. will occupy | the pupit of the First Methodist church
 this morning at Il o'clock and this even I ing at 8 o'clock His subject in the
 morning will be, "The Stairway to God.''
 and that for the evening, "The Great Friendship" Spunday school begins at
 9:30 a. m.; Senior and Junior Epworth | leagues meet at p. m.; prayer meeting
 Wednesday evening at o'clock. | Dr. Preston Blake, pastor, will occupy
 the pulpit of the Southside Baptist church this morning at II o'clock and this even | ing at o'clock His subject for the
 morning will be, ''The Far Flung Battle Line" and that of the evening, Modern Missionary Heroes" the evening sermon | being the fourth of a series of illustrated talks. Sunday school begins at 9:30 a. m. ; Baptist Young Peoples union meets at z
 p. m.; prayer meeting Wednesday even ing at D. m.
 l The Rev. Wilmer S. Poyner. rector, will conduct an early celebration of the holy communion this morning at 730 o'clock i at St. Andrews Episcopal church. Sun day school begins at 9:30 a. m; holy com l munion and sermon at II a. m. evening prayer and sermon at o'clock; prayer
 and informal Bible study Wednesday
 evening at o'clock at the parish house l Dr. l.. c. Branscomb, presiding elder ot
 the Birmingham district. will occupy the pulpit of the North Highlands Methodist church this morning at Il o'clock. This evening at 745 o'clock the Rev Marvin R. Heflin, pastor, will occupy the pulpit
 preaching on the subject. Watch" Sun-
 day school begins at 9:30 a. m
 l Services will be held at the First
 Church of Christ, Scientist this morning
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02
L. & N. Identifying Track

Decatur. July 1.-(Special )-The Louis- vile and Nashville Railroad company have built an iron fence around plot of ground along their tracks. commencing at the Union station in Decatur and ex- tending west along the tracks more than a square. They will grade these grounds and plant them in grass, trees and flow CTS. The plot contains more than two acres and will make most beautiful park.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02
Approve Fertilization Bill

Washington. July 1.-Approval of a con ference report on the biggest fortifica- tions appropriation bill ever sent to the White House was voted today by the House and Senate. It carries $25, 748, ,O5O ln cash appropriations and $13,SO0,0O0 for authorized contracts. The Senate added A.SS005O to the House total, largely in- creasing items for reserve ammunition