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The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-10-25
Domestic

Claude PiersOl was found guilty by
a jury at Springfield, Mo-, of kidnap-
ing Baby Lloyd Keet. His punish
ment was fixed at IS years. Lloyd
Keet, fourteen months old, was stolen
from his bed on May 81 while his
mother and father, J. Holland Keet,
were at a dance. The body Of the
baby was found IN a well.
An explosion in the nitro starch dry
house at the Du Pont Powder works
at Gibbstown, N. j.. resulted In the
instant death Of two wOrkmen.
A sheriff's posse Is on the trail Of
bandits who held up Deep Creek rail-
road train en- route from Salt Lake to
Goldhill, New, robbed the passengers
and wounded Charles Barberg Of Salt
Lake City, who attempted resistance.
Mrs. Lillian Stiles, noted as beau
ty "nd named by Mrs. Herbert Crane
in her suit for divorce against the Chi
cago multi-millionaire, committed sui
eide in an Aurora Qll.) hotel.
A large British steamer, loaded with
admiralty stores, principally NUM-
tons and G.OOO barrels of oil in bulk,
was towed back into an Atlantic port
with fire in her engine-roOm cOmpart-
ments under control after a 24-hour
battle to keep the ship from eXplOd
i, ing.
Rev. Lee J. Lyons, professor in
Marquette academy at Milwaukee,
was fatally injured and three boys
We're seriously injured when the rail
ing Of the bleachers ON Marquette foot
ball field gave way and plunged them
to tile ground.
The first white men to go to trial on
charges growing out of the East st.
Louis race riots of last July were
found guilty by jury in the circuit
court at Belleville, Ill. The white men
convicted are Herbert Wood and Leo
Keane. charged with the murder of
Scott Clark, a negro.
Bernard Won Hoffman in the balloon
st. Louis with his brother Albert,
fourteen years old, as aid, was de-
clared winner of the ninth internal
tional balloon race held at Muskogee,
i Okla. The Won Hoffman brothers
1 landed at Ripple, Miss. distance of
400 miles. -F
Branding him as violently pro-Ger-
man and totally 7un-American, the re-
gents Of the University of Michigan 1t
/. Ann hrisor. Mich, disc ar;yeti DR.. Carl
OI -.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-10-25
Unfair Question.

"I'n never ask Jibway to lead mo
another cent u
did he hurt your feelings?"
II should say so! asked him to
lend me a dollar until Monday and he
asked me, What MondayT"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-10-25

Some men can be eternally on tho
Job and still not accomplish much.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-10-25
Foreign

Passengers arriving at Juarez, Mex,
from the south, report seeing the
bodies of twenty Villistas hanging to
telegraph poles along the Mexican Cen
trail right-of-way between Torreon and
Chihuahua.
Mata-Harl, the Dutch dancer and adj
found guilty by court-martial on the
charge of espionage, was shot at dawn
in France.
The Amsterdam MaasbOde says it
learns that all Dutch shipping to Eng
land has been stopped on account of
the pending differences between Great
Britain and Holland.
The use of Peruvian ports by a
British squadron has been granted ny
the government. For the extension Of
this privilege President Pardo has
been thanked by the British minister.
The German minister Of marine,
Vice Admiral Eduard Won Capelle, has
resigned under fire. News of his res
ignation was given out following a
conference between liberal leaders of
the reichstag and Chancellor Michael
is, at which the deputies demanded the
resignation. Capelles resignation fol-
lows closely after his denunciation Of
the socialists in connection with the
Wilhelmshaven mutiny.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-10-25
Character.

Character.
''Is she a good nurse?"
"She must be; she's awfully home
ly."-The Lamb.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-10-25

Every occupant of an automobile
driven by Joseph J. Pohl were killed
outright when the car was struck by
Michigan Central passenger train II
miles north of Detroit. The victims,
seven in number are as follows: 10.
seph J. Poll, Mrs. Joseph J. Pohl, Mrs.
George Harvey, Mary Pohl and Thomas
Pohl, Ralph Harvey and Helen Har-
vey. All were residents of Detroit.
With. an estimated majority of 3d..
600 to $4,000 Iowa voters decided to
prohibit the manufacture and sale Of
liquor in this state by constitutional
amendment. The state has been dry
by statutory provision for two years.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-10-25
Sporting

White Sox, worlds champions |!
Score for the series, four games to
two. Score of the final game, the
same. Red Faber delivered the goods
at the Polo Grounds, N. Y, and
brought home the sides of the razor
back. Benton and Perritt hurled for
the Giants. Zimmerman's error in the
fourth inning was responsible for the
SOx rally.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-10-25

sIL0 FACTS

Consider the silo: :
It means larger profits from !
the cornf1eld. {
It means less labor in feeding. !
It means better health for the :
herd.
It means a larger milk flow :
r from the dairy COW. .
It means more beef at reduced :
cost. .
It means less grain in the :
stock ration and more in the :
soldiers ration. :
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-10-25
Personal

Don NJ. Dickinson, former postmas-
ter general under President Cleveland
and one of the great Democrat lead
ers produced by Michigan during the
period of her statehood, died at his
home in Trenton, Mich.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-10-25

Pocock Named Hotel Food Conserver.
Walter A. Pocock, president of the
Northwestern Hotel Mems association,
who was recommended by "A. D. Will
son as his assistant in charge of food
conservation in hotels, has received
a telegram from Herbert c. Hoover
confirming his appointment. Mr.. Po-
cock recently mustered fifty cooks to
be sent to Camp Dodge to instruct
army cooks at the cantonment. Il
will have no definite plan for conser-
walton in hotels until have conferred
with Mr.. Wilson," Mr.. Pocock said.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-10-25
Big Bear Hunt.

Bears are attacking men and kill
ling pigs and dogs in and around
Itasca state park. An even dozen fat
porkers. worth a neat sum, have been
carried of and torn to pieces and at
least one dog killed by bears. A man
also was attacked. A big bear hunt
is planned. kilograms received at the
Capitol asked permission from Com
missioner Carlos Avery of the State
Game and Fish department to shoot
the bears. Permission was given.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-10-25

Branding him as violently pro-Ger-
man and totally un-American, the re-
gents or the University of Michigan 1t
Ann .trisor. Mich, :Sci,ar;yeti DR.. Carl
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-10-25

The state safety commission Is con-
sidering a request for an appropria.
ton of $4,000 to create and police
social hygiene zone at Fort Smell
ling. Action on the matter was de.
ferred until detailed budget of the
proposed expenditures could be sub
mitted. The request, presented by DR..
w. A. Jones and DR.. c. E. Smith, Jr.,
came in the form of resolution
adopted last week by the Minnesota
State Medical association.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-01-04
FEWER COYOTES ARE
KILLED DURING 1876

Less than half the number of coy
otes were killed in Morrow county
during 1915 as were killed in 1915.
This is the record as shown at the
county clerks office. The decrease is
due in a large part no doubt, to the
decrease in the bounty from $500 to
$3.50. During 1915 the county paid
a bounty of total of $5965.50 on
coyotes alone. There were 202S of
these predatory animals killed dur
ing 1915. During the year just end
ed the the results show a weakening
on the part of the hunters, probably
their lack of vigilance being due to
the lesser fee, for during 1916 only
S34 coyotes were slain, and for them
the county paid bounty of $1251.
During period of seven years,
Morrow county has paid out the fol-
lowing sums for coyote scalps: 1909,
s1S35.50; 1910, $191S.5O; 1911,
1885; 1912, $222S; 1913, $2441;
1914, 2639.5O; 1915, $5965.5O; 1916
$1251.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-01-04
BASKET BALL TEAM
GOES ON LONG TRIP

The Heppner High School Basket
Ball squad left Heppner Wednesday
morning on a trip which will take
them into Sherman county, and be-
fore they return home they will have
met two of the fastest teams in that
section of the State. The first game
will be played at Moro and on the
second night the boys will rnes. the
fast team representing the Grass
Valley high school.
The local boys have been hitting a
good stride since their defeat at lone
few weeks ago and it is safe to
presume that they will give good
account of themselves on this, their
first real trip. Those who are max
ing the trip are Hughes, center; Craw-
ford and Nicholson forwards Peter
son and Brown guards and Barratt
sub.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-01-04
HEPPNER ELKs WILL
JOURNEY TO C0ND0N

Heppner Elks, their wives and
their sweethearts, will journey to
Condor on Saturday, the Goth of this
month of January. A special train
will leave Heppner about noon of that
day and it is expected that more than
one hundred people will board the
train.
A large number of Condor men are
affiliated with Heppner Lodge No.
35S and the social side of the trip
will be made the feature. Some work
will be put on by the lodge in Condor
at that time. 1t is understood that
the Condor boys are making big prep
arations for the entertainment of the
visitors. Every Elk that can possibly
get away is looking forward to the
trip with much anticipation. Tick
cts for the round trip are selling at
six dollars and are already on sale.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-01-04
FORCE USED To
GET COUNTY SEAT.
Vigorous Citizens of Madras Invade
Culver and Seize RecOrds-BoOks
Carried Away in Autos
U'Ren, of Portland Leads
Invaders.

"a number of years ago Morrow
county experienced a county seat
fight. That fight was tame when
compared with the one now being
waged in newly made Jefferson coun-
ty. The county seat is being claimed
by both Culver and Madras. Follow
ing is the report of the trouble.
Culver, Ore, Jan. 1.-W. S. U'Ren,
single-taXer, of Portland, headed a
party of rs Madras citizens today in
raid on the Offices of the county
seat of Jefferson county and cleaned
out all the offices save those of the
sheriff, district attorney and county
school superintendent. The records,
papers, furniture, were piled into ve-
hicles and taken to Madras.
A recent order of the circuit court,
following an election on the county
seat question, had transferred the
county seat from Culver to Madras.
This order was issued December 2S,
but was not filed until September 80.
Intention to appeal to the supreme
court had been voiced but the inetr-
vention of the two legal holidays
gave the Madras people the chance
to act on the recent court order be-
fore formal notice of appeal could be
filed.
The Culver people made no effort
to resist the invaders with physical
force.
Mr.. U'Ren, who led the crowd at
Culver, is the famous single tax w.
Rem of Portland, the father of the
initiative and referendum. He has
been attorney for Madras in the fight
in the courts and fearing that the SUI
preme court would not sustain the re-
cent decision of Judge Duffy took the
matter into his own hands.
Prominent citizens Of Madras TAX
iusf cart were: o. A. Pierce, bank.
er; R. T. Olson, merchant; Mr.
Rouch, merchant; B. c. Boylen, coun-
ty attorney-elect; James Wood, sher-
iff-elect; Roscoe Gard. the hold-over
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-01-04
Liquor Shipments
Less Than $4,000

Those who were of the opinion that
such great quantities of intoxicating
liquor were being shipped into Nor
row county during the past twelve
months will be surprised to find that
less than $4,000 was expended in
this way According to the affidavits
on file with the county clerk, the sum
totals $937S. This is figuring on
very liberal basis, allowing $500 for
each shipment.
This is a sum, which in the aggre-
gate, exceeds but by trife, the total
of saloon licenses paid in under the
old regime. 1t means, more than
anything else, that far less liquor is
being consumed.
Twelve months Of prohibition, with
the shipping privilege, has proved a
success from every standpoint. The
results of the bone-dry amendment
will be awaited with interest.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-01-04
Check Forgers Were Busy Here
Last Week,

Check forgers were busy in Hepp-
ner last week. Several local parties
cashed checks for George Misseldine
and now they are sorry for their act.
Misseldine wrote checks on the First
National Bank of Hepner and later it
was found that Misseldine had no
funds in the bank. In the meantime
Misseldine had skipped. He left
Heppner on the oath of December
and nothing has since been heard Of
him, other than that he went from
here to Pendleton.
Another forger by the name of
Maddox whose home is said to be
in Arlington, has ben apprehended by
local officials on a forgery charge.
1t is alleged that Maddox forged
checks on the Bank of lone.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-01-04
LOCAL POULTRY
HIGH PRIZE WINNERS
Wightman Bros. and w. Claude Cox
Take Many Prizes at Dayton
Poultry Show.-COx Tied for
Best Bird in the Show.

Heppner poultrymen featured
prominently in the poultry show held
in Dayton Wash last week. Wight
man Brothers entered 25 Barred
Rocks and Claude COX entered Is
White Wyandottes. Mr.. Cox won IA
prizes and tied for first for the best
bird in the show. His score in this
event was "a u. Mr.. Cox's winnings
were as follows: 1st cock; 1st, End
and 3rd cockerel, 1st, End and 3rd
hen; 1st, End, 3rd and 4th pullet;
1st pen. Mr.. Cox was awarded The
s25 cup for the best pen American
class and the $40 cup for the best pen
of Wyandottes in the show and also
carried away several other specials.
Mr.. Cox sold his pen of young birds
for $35.
Wightman Brothers won the dis
tinction of having the highest scoring
bird Judge Nelson ever judged.
Wightmans walked away with nearly
everything in the Barred Rock class.
They won first prizes for cockerel-
bred cock, pullet-bred cock, pullet-
bred cockerel, first second, third and
fourth pullet; first, second, third and
fourth hen. They also won first pen
and cup for the best pen of Barred
Rocks in the show.
This is remarkable showing when
it is considered that the local fanciers
were in competition with the best
from Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-01-04
Cupid Did A Good
Business During 1916

AS we predicted year ago, Dan
Cupid's business for the year 1916
shows substantial increase over the
preceding year. In 1915 the number
of marriages in Morrow county fell
short of the preceding year, yet we
were of the opinion that leap year
would succeed in bringing up the av-
erage. In this we were not mistaken.
Nineteen sixteen was good year
for the license clerk, SO life certif-
Gates being issued, Contrasting this
with the 81 issued during the year
before, gives an adequate idea of the
increase of business in this depart
ment,
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-01-04

ed changes as compared with year
ago. Sheep are much higher, while
dairy cows are much lower. Some
sales of first-class ewes have been
made during recent months at close
to SO a head. Good grade dairy
COWS recently have sold at $40 to
$50 head. Horses and mules ap-
pear about the same value as year
ago, while hogs are somewhat higher.
Beef cattle values also are higher
than the prevailing values one year
ago.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-01-04

News comes from Portland that
Thomas II. West, we'll known in this
city, has been promoted to the posi-
tion of assistant cashier in the Ladd
& Tilton bank of Portland. Mr.. West
has been connected with this bank
for several years. He has taken an
active part in the affairs of the Port
land Chapter of the American Insti-
tute of Banking and is now chairman
of the Oregon thrift committee Of
that organization.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-01-04
lone MEN FORM
L|VEST0CKCOMPANY
Other Items of More Than Passing
Interest As Reported BY Our
Egg City Correspondent.

A new organization here is the
johnson Livestock Company, Messrs.
A. E. Johnson and J. T. Knappenberg
being the incorporators. They will
go into the raising Of high grade
stock. They have placed a bunch
Of fine sheep on the Johnson place
and will add to this blooded cattle
and swine and with the idea of pro-
ducing the very best. Their enter
prise will doubtless be crowned with
success.
c. R. Pointer was down from Lex
ington yesterday looking after the
buying of some mules for the big
ranch. The class of animals that
he is after is very scarce here owing
to the fact that our farmers are all
taking to the mule as farm ami
NAL and he is fast supplanting the
horse.
O. D. Forbes reports the loss Of
nearly all of his work horses on the
ranch, the so-called walking disease
getting away with them. A num-
Der of other farmers hereabouts
make similar reports.
C. W. Reynolds returned from a
visit to South Berkeley, California
on Friday last. He cortemplates
taking up the work as pastor of the
Christian church ther, shortly after
the first Of February. We under
stand that his restoration has been
rendered the :hurch at this place
but has not been accepted yet. They
are loath to give him up.
The Misses Wakefield, Jackson,
Currin and Galbraith, teachers in the
lone schools, returned on Monday
evening from their vacation, and re-
sumed labors again on Tuesday. 1t
is reported that there will be no
more vacations in the school during
the remainder of the year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Cason are absent
this week visiting with the parents
of Mr.. Cason in Heppner.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Cronan return
ed on Tuesday from short visit
with relatives in Portland.
DR.. Chick reports the arrival of
an eight pound daughter at the
country home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Somers E. McDermott on Dec. 3Oth.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Godfrey of St.
Johns, Oregon, and Mrs. c. H. De-
zell and two children of Lacrosse,
Washington departed for their homes
on Tuesday after having spent the
holiday season with Mr.. and Mrs
Bert Mason of this city.
The Willing Workers of the Chris
tian church at this place have decid-
ed to put up parsonage for the
church and will arrange to begin
work on the same at an early date
The lot next to the church will be
used for this purpose.
Miss Gwendolen Jones, who is at
tending school at the State Norma
school this year, is spending her va
| 4. l..
Rev and Mrs. ]. L. Jones in lone.
w. T. McNabb returned on Sat
urday from visit of ten days al
Great Falls, Mont. where his daugh
ter, Mrs. Earl Puyear, now resides
He reports pretty severe winter
weather up there, the mercury going
down to 35, with about a foot Of
snow on the ground. Wes lived a.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-01-04
SONG Of HATE"
TELLS STRONG STORY

1.-THE Song of Hate" which is
based upon Sardou's celebrated, mod
ern dramatic work, LA Tosca," re-
veals story singularly we'll adapted
to the dramatic talents of Betty Nan
sen, the royal actress, who has al
ready been seen in such William Fox
successes as "The Celebrated Sean
dal," Gamma Karenina," "A Woman's
Resurrection" and Should Mother
Tell" The story of "The Song of
Hate is one that strikes deep to the
tie-ribs of the sexual relations be-
tween modern men and women. Writ
ten in Sardou's most trenchant style,
it bites and scorches like acid the
frailties of our modern civilization.
Briefly, the plot of this latest William
Fox success is as follows:
Mario de Campo, romantic young
artist (played by Fritz de Lind)
meets Floria Tosca betty Nansen) in
dreamy, old-world town, where "it
is always afternoon" La Tosca is a
celebrated opera singer. She is ad-
mired by Baron Scarpia, perfect Of
police who becomes furiously jealous
of Marios attentions to the stage
idol. Scarpia determines, with the
power that is invested in him, by vir-
tue of his office, to wreck vengeance
| upon Mario Steven Andrassi, Mar
| los best friend, is the tool which
Scarpia elects to use to attain his
ends. Andrassi is arrested as spy
and sentenced to the dungeons of St.
Angelo, and ordered to be shot. An
drassi is a brother of Countess Fedor,
who is a warm personal friend OF La
Tosca. The Baroness bribes An
drassi's jailor, and he escapes. Scar
pia seizes his opportunity. Mario
is arrested for completely in the es-
| cane of Andrassi. His capture has
been brought about through the jeal-
ousy of Floria La Tosca for the
Countess. Scarpia, who stops at
nothing when he has an end to attain,
straps Mario to chair of torture
and. as the iron band eats its way
into the artists forehead, Scarpia
with a cruel smile on his lips, sends
for La Tosca. She realizes now that
her heart and soul are bound in Mar
los keeping. Scarpia names his
price for Mario's life. 1t is the honor
of La Tosca. But her great love
knows no price too great to pay for
the safety of Mario. She consents to
meet Scarpia's demand. She meets
him in a private room in a fashicn-
able restaurant; but the last moment,
as Scarpia's greedy hands touch her,
and his hot breath polutes her lips,
she shrinks from his Satyr-like braces
and leaning back in last desperate
moment, clutches a knife from the
dinner table. Again and again, she
plunges 1t deep into Scarpla heart'
As he falls back. with his lustful eyes
glazed in the grip Of death, the fear
full realization Of what she has done,
suddenly overwhelms La Tosca. But
her sacrifice has been made. Black
hearted to the last. Scarpia has play
ed the traitor even with his debased
bargain. La Tosca's realization of
the way in which she has been tricked
and the consequences which ensue
from her maddened grief leads "The
Song of Hate" to terrific climax, in
which Miss Nansen's superb art and
wonderful command of dramatic emo.
tion are seen at heights to which this
greatest of all dramatic artists has
never before attained.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-01-04

]. w. Cradick, Morrow county
pioneer, passed away at his home on
Hale Ridge after lingering illness
of many months. Mr.. Cradick had
been a sufferer from complication
of diseases. The remains were laid
to rest in the cemetery at Hardman.
The deceased leaves wife and two
children.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-01-04
Sheepman Will Go To Salt Lake
Convention.

A special train carrying a large
number of Eastern Oregon's promin-
ent woolgrowers, will leave Pendleton
next week, for Salt Lake City.
where the visitors will attend the Ma
tional Woolgrowers' Convention.
Nearly twenty sheepmen from Hepp-
ner will make the trip.