The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-07-04

Poe was, this land plowed that deep
ought to raise wheat" | didn't dis
pute his word, for its wheat we need
II We ever expect to bag the Kaiser
Taking a few notes as the cat
crawls along, | got over the fence
humming to myself THE DAYS of
Aald Lang Syne," for then any coun-
try clod hopper could held the pl0w.
| don't know how | would feel cn a
cat but judging from the way it kept
the engineer handling levers and u.s.
ing the steering wheel | concluded
that it was his business, and that |.
for one, would not exchange Jobs
with him.
At the noon hour | had the pleas
ure of meeting the engineer, H. j
Dana, a graduate OF Washington
State College, Pullman, Wash, a
young man of very pleasing appear
ance, of a quiet disposition, who
frankly gave me the information that
! might ask about the cat, and | con-
slider the half hour | talked with him
was very interesting. His able assis
tant and plOw tender is John CLARK
Scotchman and typical Chip off the
old block" John is doing good
work. That afternoon this machine
never made a stop unless changing
gears. Just think OF it, pulling Il
ploWs and not wet hair on it. when
| am sure the thermometer stood a.
bout 100 in the shade. If by hearing
people talk, and being myself jus. A
little pTejudiced as plowman of the
old school, | frankly admit that | and
my old Scotch pillow are back num-
bers. The last plowing | did in Scot
land was about 1885. They may be
1ulling their plows there now BY air
planes.
1t wouldn't be of much interest for
me to try and describe caterpillar.
tor it simply looks to me like con-
glomeration of small pieces of steel,
a mass of bolts and burrs, sprocket
wheels and sprocket chains, all being
propelled by gas engine on the sec
md deck, with pefiscope projecting
from the upper deck. This periscope
the operator seems to watch very
close when he is starting up and how
much of radius it takes in | do not
know. But how different this cater
pillar looks from the old Clayton &
Shuttworth portable engine used to
Iun in 1879.
Now Kaiser Bill has also been look
ing through periscope, after having
completed one that took in the whole
world about the year 1914 He grim
ned and snapped his teeth like hun
cry coyote, traitor and dcceiver, a
false teacher of his own countrymen.
He looks through his periscope again
and everything looks so near he starts
like a hungry wolf to have dinner in
Paris and supper in London. In his
imagiation he has captured the Brit
ish fleet and to pay off an old score
hat happened in Manila Bay, he
starts for America America can do
nothing he imagines, and he could see
through his periscope that he would
catch them mapping. Yes, he could
even see the big grain fields around
Ella growing up in mustard and fig
ured they would be quite an asset to
his eXchequer. But Kaiser Bill you
have aroused the shepherds of Ella
since 1914. Then all he was suppos-
ed to know was to eat the best NUT
ton chops and throw the rest to his
dogs; herd sheep year in and year
cut and at the end of each six months
turn his wages over to Mr.. Busch for
a few drinks of beer and then finally
his hard earned gold landed in the
kaiser's exchequer. A herder in
those days was not allowed to read
while out with sheep
Today he will find things different
in Ella, The shepherds are studying
books ranging from a ten cent die
tiOnary to the oldest history in eXis
tence, and so far they have not found
out that might shall prevail against
right. If history is true, the peoples
of olden times seemed to put consid.
cradle faith in shepherds as they were
leaders of the flock
Kaiser Bill you will find us pa.
triotic bunch of shepherds around Ell
la, We are living on bone soup ant
hard tack, and if you want a square
meal like we used to have you vii
find Ella wheat flour and Ella mtttor
chops behind the Yankee lines II
France. am sure they will give you
/ q hot and grand rpcention