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The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-04-05

For Sale or Tra0e-Belgian stall
lion, years old, weight 1900, bred
from imported horse, will sell for
$500 or trade for horses. Ge0d colt
getter. JAS Carty.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-04-05

Some z Per Cant AGnnoy 10 Loan.
Smead e Crawford have seven per
cent money to loan ON improved farm
lands and stock ranches II you de-
sire to rexdjust yonr farm loans give
them a cali. Savings Bank Building
Heppner.
The Washington times., 1917-10-06
Advice to the LOvelOrn
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX

for the simple reason that they
actually don't know how to get
out again. Next dime your father
loses his temper or sulks. or acts
brutally. run over and throw your
arms about him and say, please.
daddy. dear. don't do that" He
will probably be so surprised he
won't know what to make of Il;
but 1t can't do any harm TO try
the effect OF kindness on him, can
It? When q man feels that The
women of his own family are band
ed against him and nate him he 10
likely to look on himself As q mar
tyr-to nurse a Erudge against
them and to 70 from bad to worse.
Try love and kindness for three
months. Try to make yourself
really fond of your father. Try,
my dear. TO win your father. III
wager that in six months time. or
even three. you can bring about a
great change. II you can't there
will still be plenty of time to take
the sad and serious step Of break
ing up = family
The Washington times., 1917-10-06
Beauty Is Skin Deep

carrying it on secretly in the prI-
vacy OF her boudoir.
We have always honorsd the
sculptors OF stone, the artists OF
color, the architects who conceived
in brick and mortar: but it re-
maiued for this generation to exalt
those who make the rough places
in the human face smooth and the
crooked places straight, who can
eXalt her that has not too much
complexion, and tone down her that
has too much
Thus the modern woman takes an
inventory OF himself.
Money is mans chief asset
Beauty Is woman's chief asset.
Man makes a business of getting
money
Woman should make q business
of getting beauty.
Money opens the door to success
for man.
Beauty is womsn's open sesame
to every door she wishes to enter
Man eliminates sand from the
wheels OF his machinery.
UEliness is sand in any womans
machinery, and must be gotten rid
Of
Fear God. but fight live the
devil" says man.
Trust God. but keep an eye On
your own beauty" says woman.
Hence arise the unwritten annals
OF woman's perpetual warfsrs
against ugliness; the drawn battis
betI-een wrinkles and massage: the
summary execution OF ages spy
the first gray hair.
The Washington times., 1917-10-06
Apple Jelly.

AMONG the best apples for Jelly
making are Greetings, BaldwinH,
Northern Spies. Spitzenbergs and
Kings. but many other varieties
make good jelly either alone or in
combination with some other fruit.
Wash the apples. remove the blos-
som ends. and cut them into quar-
ters or eIghths. Add sufficient cold
water to allow them to float
Cover them and simmer them until
they are cooked to a pulp. Turn
the pulp into a jelly-bag and strain
off the Juice. A second and .
third extraction may be made from
the pulp by covering It with water
and simmerinE II for Is or 20 min
utes. So long as the alcohol test
indicates the presence OF pectin in
the Juice. Jelly can be made. II Is
well to combine the second and
later extractions IN order to OBJ
tain a more Uniform juice. Boil the
Juice for 5 minutes. add warm sugar
in the proportion OF thrse-fourths
the weight OF juice and continue
the boiling until the jelly test Is
observed. or the juice sheets off
when allowed to run from the side
Of spoon. Pour II into hot glasses
aad when. the jelly has stiffened
seal u With hot pzTSffih
The Washington times., 1917-10-06
4 Desperate Situation.

PEARLS smile frose on her lips.
The Spider leaned forward clutch
ing the sides of the boat. Tom
seized the steering post and sought
to steer by II, but could not
He looked up at the steamer Just
ahead. 1t was an old fashioned
boat. with a huge side paddle wheel
and 1t was directly toward this
wheel they were headed.
Can't you turn herr? Easped the
Spider hoarsely.
NO" answered Tom. The steer
ing gear is brokenr
Wed better jump. then" cried
the Spider
Both men turned to Pearl. Came
ly, she rose. to take her chances in
the water once again. But ere she
could drop over the side into the
river-she began to sway weakly.
and throwing out her hands to
brace herself, collapsed.
Il can't" she whispered. I'm
tagged out. You try it. Jump
both Of you!"
NO" said Tom. drawing nearer.
TIL take my chance with you!"
He turned to the Spider and said:
Better jump while there's time.
Good Iuck!"
TIL stick" said the Spider sim
ply.
No. no-both EoI Both 20" in
sisted Pearl
They made no answer. All three
raised their eyes toward the hugs
revolving wheel Just ahead On the
steamboat the passengers were IN =
panic Women were screaming and
faintinE. bells were ringing. off,
GERS were shouting commands
Straight ~ an arrow from . bow
the motorboat darted for the pad
dle-wheel. The three tiny human
creatures crinEed and shrank back
as the smaller craft plunged head
long into the revolving paddles.
To BE CoAtinued Monday.
The Washington times., 1917-10-06
By NELL BRINKLEY
easynEAt. 1917. Ist.rnsuo..I New ssr.is~
BY WILLIAM F.
KIRK

or Yankees some are kind of dumb
And some are awful clever.
But one anc all should now Play
Ball!
Ths Stars and Stripes forever"
That's got a kind Of good swing
to it," sad the Head Barber. Il
hope he sells a lot of them"
He won't. though" declared the
Manicure Lady. The only way Will
fred could sell a lot OF anything
would be to get a job in the post
office. selling stamps"
The Washington times., 1917-10-06

his birds. and that he just took and
ate them raw!"
IL D. nj gave Renheld . strong
opiate tonight, enough to make even
him sleep, and took away his pocket
boolo to look at IL. The thought that
has been buzzing about my brain
lately is complete, and the theory
proved. Ny homicidal maniac II OF
q peculiar kind. / shall have to in
vent a new classification for him. and
call him a zoophagous Qife-eating)
maniac, what he desires Is to absorb
as many lives as he can. and he has
laid himself out to achieve II in .
cumulative way. He gave many
dies to one spider and many spiders
to one bird. and then wanted 4 cat
to eat the many birds.
What would have been his later
steps? 1t would almost be worth
while to complete the experiment. II
might be done II there, were only
4 sufficient cause. Men sneered at
vivisection. and yet look at. its re-
suits today Why not advance scisncs
in its most difficult and vital aspect
the knowledge OF the brain? Had I
even the secret of one such
mind-did l hold the key to the
fancy OF even one lunatic-I
might advance my own branch of
science to a pitch compared with
which Burdon-Sanderson's physi-
ology or Ferrier's brain-knowIedgs
would be as nothing. II only
there were a sufficient causei I must
not think too much Of this. or may bs
tempted: a good cause might turn the
aCa1a wTiths Z ~ -
exceptional BRAIN eongenitaliyi
How well the man reasoned; lunatics
always do within their own scope. 1
wonder at how many lives he values
man. or II at only one He has closed
the account most accurately, and today
begun a new record. How many of Us
begin q new record with each day OF
nur lives?
To me It seems only yesterday that my
whole life ended with my new hope, and
that truly 1 began a new record. So IL
will be until the Great Recorder sums
me up and closes my ledger account
with a balance to profit or loss. Oh.
Lucy. Lucy. cannot be angry with you.
nor can / be angry with my friend
whose happiness is yours: but ! must
only wait on hopeless and work Work.
work!
II only could have as strong a Gauss
as my poor mad friend there-a good.
unSelfsh cause to make me work-that
wond be indeed happiness.
Nina Murray's Journal.
Is JULY am anxious. and Il sootheS
me to express myself here; 1t Is like
whispering to ones self and listening at
the same time And there Is also some
thing about the shorthand symbols that
makes 1t different from writing I am
unhappy about Lucy and about Jona-
than 1 had not heard from Jonathan
for some time. and was very concerned
but yesterday dear Mr.. Hawkins. who is
always so kind, sent me q letter from
him. l had written asking him IL he
had heard, and he said the inclosed had
Just been received It Is only a line
dated from Castle Dracula. and says
that he is just starting for home. That
is not like Jonathan: ! do not under
stand II. and II makes me uneasy. Then,
too. Lucy, although she is so well. has
lately taken to her old habit Of walking
in her sleep.
The Washington times., 1917-10-06
krVVY YELL. George. I guess our
folks up home n. has. has don. on.

EVY YELL, George. I guess our
" folks up home has done
their share to help win
this war" said the Manicure Lady.
what's the big idea7' asked the
Head Barber.
"oh, this here conservation" re-
piled the Manicure Lady. We got
enough canned fruit up home to feed
three families. and father was say
ing this morning that he looks for
ward to a mighty sweet Winter.
wilfred, he is looking forward as
much As the old gent. seeing as
how he amt working and has made
his plans to be a kind OF home body
this coming winter"
I'VE got aome fruit and stun
canned up home. too" said the Head
Barber. THE Missus was planning
to send some of il to the boys in
France, but / shooed her of on that
idea. telling her how 1t would never
have a chance to get there on ac-
count of them C-boats. Her and me
can eat what she canned. the way l
nEure."
You wouldn't never be accused
OF being too patriotic. George" said
the Manicure Lady. Its a good
thing them old forefathers OF ours
was gated different than you. or
they would have left George Wash
inEton nat instead OF sticking
around with him at Valley Forge
and Gettysburg. or wherever II was
they fought them French and In
dian wars. The young men OF to-
day should ought to try harder.
George. to be like them glorious
old warriors which MADE our coun-
try safe against kings before you
was born"
Maybe your. right. Kid" said
George Maybe amt careful
enough about keeping up my inter
est In this here jam across the water.
but business has fell on I=reIy and
sei k,nd II niur - 90
dsrtnG Nho's sOIns " IA. SII the
The Washington times., 1917-10-06
Do You Know That---

5oo-ton locomotive Jib crane capa-
BILE, of lowering. raising. or swing
ing a 5s-ton load at Its maximum
working radius OF 81 feet.
Edward Stinson recently estab-
Iished what is pronounced a new
worlds record for uninterruptedly
looping the loop in an aeroplane
with a passenger. Accompanied BY
. woman passenger. he executed
thirty-four consecutive loops with
out q break
A substitute for celluioid or glass
non -breakabIe and non-lniammable
has been introduced In England. for
use In WIndshie'ds. as an acceptance
wing covering. for map covers. etc.
Its weight Is about one-sixtn that
of glass.
An astronomer at Mt. Wilson OBJ
servatory recently discovered a now
star In the constellation OF Ceaheus.
rr the .ll1tiUns Of Draco
80 ,.LssIOYvIA.
The Washington times., 1917-10-06
The Manicure Lady

That helps some, but It Amt
enough" declared the Manicure
Lady. THE gents that is too old or
too married to go to the front can at
least join some singing club and sing
them patriotic songs. Brother will
fred has wrote another and he
thinks IT Is Eoirg to have a big
saIe. though goodness knows we
don't paw no attention TO his songs
or their big sales-not no more. I
rem,mter the chorus OF this new
jizgle Cf ais. and it goes like this:
"oh. who could be so base and low
In this great time OF danger
As not to take one healthy blow
1T any warlike stranger?
The Washington times., 1917-10-06
DRACULA,
Or
THE VAMPIRE
csTnKED
SYNOPSIS OF STORY
By BRAN STOKER.

Count to tell Of his estate and Of
the history of his family. Later
the Count orders hin 70 write bis
employer he II to stay At the
castle for q month That night hO
sees the Count crawl down the
castle wall like . lisard- A sertes
Of mysteriOus Incidents follow,
and HarkeF gains m ldea q the
strange character Of His host
One night three women aDDeaR n
his rOOm but are driven away -
the Count IN fury. ReeognAaing
HIS danger he seeks to escape. but
Ands all avenues Of escape eloseG
Harker discovers the Count wea1@
ed and believes him dead. ThAa
the strange developnezfs sre told
In q series Of letters which thso~
new Hight on the Counts wterd
personality.
The Washington times., 1917-10-06

jonathan Harker. . BOndOn -
lieltor's clerk. takes hong
Journey TO BukowIna to see Count
DraeuIa and arrange fer the
transfer Of m EaEIIsh estate -
the Count. In his diary, kept In
shorthand. he gives the details Of
his strange trip, the latter part
Allied with nysterious and thrill
InG kaDpeninEs- Upon his arrival
at Castle DraeuIa he n met by
the Count and Ands himself vsr-
tually . ErisSaer. The castle It.
self is . place Of mystery With
dsors all barred. and no servants
10 be seem The Count Ereets hin
warmly, but his strange person
ality and odd behavior cause Har-
ker much ALARM In order not to
arouse slsplelon Hnrker leads the
The Washington times., 1917-10-06
Insanity
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am q young man twenty-five
and In love with very intelligent
girl OF twenty-one, with whom l
have kept company for the past
two years and whom have known
since childhood. Directly after
the birth Of this girl her mother
was proclaimed insane and 10 yet
confined in = sanitarium. Ny old
est sister advises me not to marry
this girl because Il Is a very dan
Eerous thing to marry into a fam
fly where a case OF insanity ex-
lists Her argument is on hered-
ity. What do you advise me to
do? n. w.
A STRAY case Of Insanity need not
be hereditary. Particularly I
believe is this true when q mother
becomes insane Just after her child
IL born. What I advise you both to
DO is to consult a reputable physi-
elan. You need trained ard special
iIed medical advice, not a mere
trISndIy spinisA
The Washington times., 1917-10-06

next kind OF safety razor. But 1t
always makes me feel cheap TO talk
to you and realize how fine you look
at things and how careless l am"
"You amt exactly careless, Gtorgs
only a little bit thick about some
things" said the Manicure Lady.
II guess II it came to any kind Of
test you would do your share for
your hag as earnest a. yod look Tor
a tip, but you amt really been tried
out vet"
I'm getting too cd T. be tried
out on new things" Sgd tFe Head
Barber. "AII want to do is just
go along and keep busy and net
worry no more than can help"
The Washington times., 1917-10-06
BY EUGENE BLAIR.
~ EUUENIE BLAIR
~ EAUTY may be only skin
VII deep, but who wants to be
skinned?" ask ed the mod

VII deep, but who wants to be
skinned?" asked the mod
- ern woman.
The Lord giveth and the Lord
withholdeth beauty. Blessed be
the Lord" reasoned our grand
mothers.
But modern woman has gone far
enough into higher criticism to dis
cover that beauty, like electricity
and fire. Is not a secret jealously
guarded behind the gates OF heaven.
Beauty is no longer an accident
IL no longer falls like the rain
upon the just and upon the unjust.
II is the reward Of merit for her
who Is not too weary to brush her
hair fifteen minutes, night and
morning; who wields the nail buffer
for fifteen minutes more each night,
that her nails may resemble the
sea pearl: who faithfully messages
her face and neck for fifteen min
utes more: who does her physical
exercises with zeal: denies herself
tea and coffee and starches and ice
cream.
In openly seeking beauty woman
has cast aside the last vestige OF
medieval theology. scorn OF beauty
belongs to the time when one could
not finish with this weary world
soon enough to rap on the gates OF
heaven. Now that man has learned
to enjoy the world as he tinds II,
woman dares to do homage openly
at the shrine of beauty. instead of
The Washington times., 1917-10-06

To determine just how far a
freight car travels IN a stated
period OF time. a cyclometer has
been devised which registers a cars
mileage much as an automobiles
mileage is recorded. This meter is
attached to the framing Of the car
truck and is provided with fric-
ton wheel which engages the car
wheel. so that the exact distance
trsversed is indicated.
In Alaska an ingenious automo-
bile owner has made his machine
servireabIe on good Winter trails
by equipplng the front wheels with
runners and the rear wheels with
heavy chains. A special body. which
also incloses the engine. Is used In
place of the regular equipment.
This arrangement imparts added
warmth to the Interior OF the car.
what Is said to he the inrzest
machine of its kind In the world has
.e built FOR install ION O.. Sc
Panama Canal st B~IVoa- u ..
The Washington times., 1917-10-06
Give Him a Chance.
nEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
NJ mother and are very un-
happy, because my father is .
brutsi Rather than be forced to
brand him thus I have kept
patience until at last I can bear
II no longer, and feel that we
must have someone to confde in
and someone to comfort and ad-
wise US. Ny father is a very self
ish man who lives purely for his
swn good" He hardly gives
any money In the house: and
yet, when he sees little on the
table, he storms at poor mother.
when 1 see this my temper Is
aroused, and / often talk back to
him. telling him that he ought to
Ss ashamed OF himself. When I
40 talk to him like this he often
keats me. ! don't care about my
self; but ! wish mother would
- let to live IN peace. He often
Oicks q quarrel for the least
little thing. though he is always
IN the wrong. At last have de-
Oided that mother, another sister
younger than me and myself
0uEht to move out OF the house.
I don't make much or a salary
only SO - but / expect = raise
very soon. Do you think that
mother. sister and I could 1--we
on that much7 B.
pAVE you ever thought OF your
fathers side OF 1t: A bad
temper hurts no ore more than its
possessor. OF course II is very evil
dent that you hate your father.
and hatred does not calm down
the brutality Of a man such as the
one you describe. Isn't It possible
that you nag at and irritste a
man who has 4 quick and uEly
temper and in this way cause him
70 act far more cruelty and dis
gracefully than he would dream
Of doing were he not bitterly con-
seious Of the fact that he isn't
EettinE what he calls a square
aeGiT often when people are in
the wrong they 20 on and get
deeper Ene deeper In hs vronG
The Washington times., 1917-10-06

He caught hold OF the wheel
You're not going to try to chop
that boat in half. are your" asked
Pearl, lightly.
No." said Tom. II think"
But he did not finish. for he had
jerked the wheel sharply around as
he spoke to steer clear of the big
steamboat-andt the wheel had come
on in his hands!
The Washington times., 1917-10-06

This story will be eostIsaed In
the Sunday afternOOn edition Of
The Times.
The Washington times., 1917-10-06

arc AAInObI OoilNcTAl0o- "hcn SoAHS
in he ran to me and said he wanted
to ask me a great favor-a very, very
great favor, and as he spoke he
fawned on me like a dog. 1 asked
him what it>was, and he said, with a
sort of rapture in his voice and bear
ing:
A STUDY OF THE MAN
SHOWS STRAHGE MANIA.
"A kitten, a nice little, sleek. play
full kitten, that 1 can play with. and
teach, and feed-and feed-and feed! I"
Twas not unprepared for this request,
for had noticed how his pets went
on increasing in size and vivacity, but
did not care that his pretty family
Of tame sparrows should be wiped
out in the same manner as the dies
and the spiders, so said 1 would see
about 1t, and asked him IL he would
not rather have a cak than a kitten.
His eagerness betrayed him as he an
swered:
"Oh, yes, 1 would like q cat, I only
asked for a kitten lest you should re-
fuse me a cat. No one would refuse
me a kitten. would they?" I shook
my head, and said that at present
feared 1t would not be possible. but
that 1 would see about it His face
fell. and ! could see a warning OF
danger in 1t, for there was a sudden
fierce, sidelong look which meant
killing. The man Is an undeveloped
homicidal maniac. shall test him
with his present craving and see how
1t will work out, then shall know
more.
10 .. nj have visited him again
and found him sitting in a corner
brooding. When l came in he threw
himself. on his knees before me and
implored me to let him have q cat,
that his salvation depended upon IT.
was firm, however, and told him
that he could not have II. whereupon
re went without a word. and sat
iown, gnawing his fingers. in tne
corner where I had found nim. I
shall see him in the morning early.
20 July.-visited RenfieId very
1AA Nuc went MS
rounds Found him up and humming
tune. He was spreading out his
sugar, which he had saved, in the
window, and was manifestly begin
ming his hy-catching again. and be-
ginning it cheerfully and with a good
grace. I looked around for his birds,
and not seeing them, asked him where
they were. He replied, without turn
ing around, that they had all flown
away. There were a few feathers
about the room and on his pillow a
drop of blood. / said nothing, but
went and told the keeper to report
to me IL there were anything odd
a0out him during the day.
ATTENDANT DISCLOsES
aENFIELD'S CARNIvoROUs HABIT.
IL a. m.-The attendant has lust
been to me to say that RenfeId has
been very sick and has disEorged a
whole lot Of feathers. MY belief is,
DOCTOR. he said, that he has eaten
The Washington times., 1917-10-06
Look
Who's Here {!

~ maiden after box
- Of and glade
that only the dead
safely back with the
back
the edges the about
with curiosity until
road lifted the lid and the
The Washington times., 1917-10-06
from the photo-play The
Fatal Ring.D
By Fred Jackson.
Episode 13.
Episode Is.
csuynEht. 1877. By Fred JHekSOs. all riEhts
ressrred.l

csuyrsEht. 1877. By Fred JHehSOa. all riEhts
-HE would be caught among
those moving blades and 1T
~ orally cut to pieces!
Pearl realized her danger at
glance and struggled to release
herself from the iron hook, but
could not. -. She turned ap-
peaIinEly toward Tom. knowing
that II she was to be saved, he
must save her.
But Tom. all unconscious Of her
danger, was having trouble with
the steerinK-gear Of his boat He
understood now why the strange,
little seaman had been tinkering
with it. 1t was out of order.
with difficulty he finally got the
boat turned around and looked for
PeaT.
He uaw her being dragged swiftly
through the water toward the
eiIsr'c propeller.
Good Heavensi Look! Look!
he whispered. putting on full speed
An Anxious Inquiry.
He started for her at right angles,
eaIcula ting the distance and the
speed with such a nicely that he
was able to lean out with ease and
grasp her as they came abreast
while the Spider loobened the
iron hook and helped her into the
boat
For an instant Tom forgot the
business of steering. and turned
eagerly to Pearl:
Are you all riEhtr' he Whispered.
Gnxiously.
Yes, quite all right" she ans
Uered. Don't mind me-
You aren't hurt7 surer
-Quits sure But will be hurt
q you dent attend to business"
shs answered, smiling q little and
aoddInE ever his shoulder.
He turned and saw that they were
SeartnE down upon 4 huge Hudson
River stsamboat They were head
"a for Il a. they had been headed
fer the rev boat = little while be-
fora and the crowds on board wsrs
wondering about thiL
The Washington times., 1917-10-06
PART ONE-(CentIaued)

10 July.-ws are progressing. Ny
friend has now q whole colony OF
sparrows, and his flies and spiders
are almost obliterated. When I came
In he ran to me and said he wanted
to ask me a great favor-a very, very
great favor, and as he spoke he
fawned on me like a dog. I asked
him what it>was, and he said, with a
sort of rapture in his voice and bear
ing:
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tCopyriEhted)
The Washington times., 1917-10-06

ATTENDANT DIsCLosEs
RENFIELD'S CARNTVoROUs HABIT.
IL a. m.-The attendant has just
been to me to say that Renfeld has
been very sick and has disEorged a
whole lot of feathers. MY belief is,
DOCTOR" he said, that he has eaten