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The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-22

Mrs. Lena Smell Shurte reports
the following teachers engaged in
various schools of the county: Miss
Grace Leathers of Hardman, to
teach the Rood Canyon school; Miss
Margaret Osten, the 4th and 5th
grades at lone: Miss Lucille Huff, of
the Oregon State Normal, the 9Th,
7th and Sth grades at Hardman.
F. e. Burns, of Clatsop county, has
been engaged as principal of the
Boardman school for the coming
year and is now on the job. Mr..
Burns Is recommended very highly.
Teachers Institute for Morrow
county will be held this year in
Heppner on the 14th, 18th and 18th
of October. Although Mrs. Shurte,
county superintendent, has not yet
arranged her program and list Of
instructors, she expects to be able
to arrange for an excellent institute
this year
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-22

Joe Mason, formerly postmaster
of lone, but now with the American
Expeditionary Forces across the
Atlantic, sends word to his mother
and sisters that he is at present in
England, and his short letter at
tached, dated somewhere in Eng
land, was written on July 10, and
was received August 18th.
Dear Mother and Sisters:
Am we'll and feeling fine. Am
having lovely ride through the
best part of England. The coaches
are divided in five parts and each
compartment holds eight people.
No dust at all. The space is planted
to garden or grain, everything is
green. The only waste land is rocks.
1t is quite rainy and everything is
wet.
We are sleeping in tents, each
tent holding 25 men.
Am able to change and handle
English money OK and it doesn't
bother me much.
The next letter will be from some
where else. With love to all.
JOE MASON, NJ. o.
No. 2,255,740, SAT M. G. Bn., 91st
Div. A. e. F.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-22
DON'T FAIL To BUY
YOUR v. S. STAMPS

To Subscribers for War Savings
Stamps:
The fire in Heppner on July 4th
destroyed most of the pledge cards
signed by you. pledging yourselves
to thrift, economy and the pur-
chasing of these small bonds. On
this account some confusion and
doubt has arisen in the minds of
many as to what they should do.
To all such let me me say, that the
destruction of the cards can make
no difference whatever. Purchase
your stamps as you pledged your
selves to do. The stamps in your
possession will show that you have
redeemed your pledges. If it is
deemed advisable to retake the
pledges later, this will be done and
you will be credited on such new
cards with all the stamps you have
affixed to your certificates. Again
let me urge you, buy your stamps as
agreed to do.
C. e. WOODsON,
County Chairman.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-22
13 MORE DRAFT MEN
TO LEAVE TUESDAY
Class First Registration Is Almost
Depleted by Call.

Thirteen men will leave Tuesday
morning for Camp Lewis as a result
of a call recently received by the
local draft board: They are:
Nathan Dickens, Pipers Gap, Va.
Charles Jess Osmin, Heppner.
Herbert Walbridge, Heppner.
Ezra Adkins. St. Helens, Oregon.
VIM. Instone. Heppner.
Oren Grabill, lone.
w. w. Ewing, Oakland. Oregon.
Frank Otto, Boardman.
Alley May, Heppner.
Park Carmichael, Lexington.
A. Feller, lone.
Harrison Elliott, Eight Mile.
B. b. Collins, LaGrande.
The call was made for twelve men,
the thirteenth being sent to replace
one of a former contingent who was
discharged.
This call, with the one which is to
be filled between the 3rd and 9th of
September, will take all the Glass
men from Morrow county.
Preparations are being made to
give the boys proper send-off and
the Red Cross will entertain them at
the Odd Fellows hall Monday. There
is also being an effort made to
arrange for a dance in their honor,
the latter project being in the hands
of the local detachment of the Mill
tary Police.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-22

Tor special service in his college and
military work, will be ordered into
active service as a private when his
day of reckoning comes. Enlistment
Is Tor the duration of the war. If
however, the student fails to improve
his college opportunities, he may be
dismissed from college by action of
the college authorities and dis
charged from military service by the
military authorities. He would be
subject to the operation of the draft.
His enlistment may be cancelled for
other sufficient causes such as sick
ness, lack of funds, etc, upon recon-
mendation of the President of the
college and the military officer in
command at the college.
Opportunity will be given for the
ebhsted student, who so elects, to
transfer from army to navy, and vice
versa. and to be assigned to active
servce In one of the various CORDS
OF the army upon recommendation of
the college president and the proper
military authority.
regular uniforms, including hats,
shoes and oyercoats, will bt furnished
all members of the Students Army
Training Corps by the Government.
should Congress lower the age of
liability to immediate military SER
y1re, men Of the new ages not already
enlisted may find difficulty in enter
ing the service otherwise than
through the Draft Boards. In view
of this possibility, all men expecting
to enlist in the Students Army
Training Corps would do we'll to
enter promptly.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-22

School District No. SO, known as
the Mattison school, gave a basket
social on last Saturday evening, the
purpose being to raise some money
for Red Cross work. The results
were highly satisfactory from a
financial point of view, as we'll as
furnishing thepeople of the district
most enjoyable time. From the
sale of baskets, $40 was raised, and
one party who was not able to be
present, sent in donation of $40,
thus making the proceeds of the
evening $3.50. After all baskets had
been sold, it was proposed that
donations be received to buy a new
flag for the school house, so the hat
was passed and six dollars, or better,
secured for the flag fund. The
people of the Mattison district are
fully alive to their patriotic duties
and will not fall in behind in the
procession.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-22

Egbert L. Simons died at Van
couver, Wash, on the 9th of August,
after short illness. Mr.. Simons
was for many years a resident of
Heppner, where he engaged in bus
mess with his father, j. R. Simons,
who conducted a blacksmith shop
here. Some fourteen years ago,
Bert, as he was always known by his
friends here, removed to Goldendale,
Wash, where he took up farming,
later going to LaCenter, Wn., where
he has been living with his family
for the past eight years. Mr.. Simons
was 54 years old at the time Of his
death, and leaves to mourn his loss,
the wife,. three daughters and one
son. A half brother, w. F. Ruark,
resides Twist, WASH. and his
sister, Mrs. j. 7. Kirk, lives at this
place.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-22
H0USEAT
BOARDMAN COMPLETED

The new school house at Board
man is now practically completed.
1t is strictly modern in design and
equipment and cost approximately
$4,000. There are two stories and
full basement. The first floor will
be used for class room purposes and
the second story is devoted to large
auditorium for the general public
use of the district.
Grounds consisting of ten acres
adjoining the townsite of Boardman,
were donated by the government
through the efforts of E. P. Dodd,
father of the town. The land will be
improved, partly for use as public
park and play ground and partly for
agricultural purposes.
The building stands on an eleva-
tion commanding a panoramic view
of the Columbia river. The site
faces the Columbia River highway
and the main line Of the O.-W. R.
& N, at a distance of about 500 feet.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-22
A 1920 and 1925 Case Gas Trac-
tor. guaranteed to be in good con-
dition, for sale by Vaughn & Sons,
Heppner.


The past week has been one of
many showers in this part of the
country, and the dust in Heppner
is we'll laid for a time at least.
Monday evening there fell almost an
inch and half of rain and this
shower was preceded by many
smaller ones. The rains seem to be
general all over the county, and as a
result harvesting has been delayed
somewhat and some loss has resulted.
However, it has put the summer
fallow in fine shape for fall work
and what loss there is will be more
than overcome.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-22

Robert Dexter passed away at hi.
home on upper Willow creek Tues
day evening, August 20, 1918 at the
age of 81 years. He was a native
of Polk county, and had been In
Morrow county about 40 years. For
some months past he had suffered
with acute kidney trouble and his
death was not unexpected.
He is survived by his widow and
the following children: Miss Lulu
Dexter, Mrs Mamie Robbins, of this
county, Jacob Dexter, 63rd Infantry,
Co. l., U. s. A., now enroute to
France, Isaac Dexter and Tony
Dexter at home. George Dexter of
Balm Fork, a brother, and two
sisters, Mrs. Mary Cotterell of Hepp-
ner, and Mrs. Effie Butler of
Sheridan, Oregon, also survive him.
Burial is being postponed until
Jacob Dexter, who left the Preside a
few days ago with his regiment for
France, is reached.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-22
RED c. KN|TTERS WILL
HAVE LESS YARN

That the millions of Red Cross
knitters may know the plans of the
Red Cross for. future knitting, Geo.
e. Scott, Acting Manager of the
American Red Cross, today issued
the following statement:
when the War Industries Board
some time ago advised the Red Cross
that future production of knitting
yarn would be greatly reduced i'm
mediately commenced to purchase all
yarns suitable for our knitting. AS
result we have today in stock or on
order 100000 pounds of yarn for
distribution to our chapters. 1t is
hoped that we may obtain some
additional yarn from wool unsuitable
for government uses. The expected
total will however be considerably
below the ten million used last year.
While the total of yarn we can
secure is being determined, we are
studying how to use our supply to
produce only garments which are
most essential When a conclusion
is reached we will announce our full
program of knitting.
"In addition to this stock of yarn,
the Red Cross has ready for dis
tribution 100000 sweaters, 1884,
600 mufflers, $4,000 wristlets, 22S,-
600 helmets and 1,32S,000 pairs of
socks, total of 3,674,000 articles.
We are hopeful that these and such
additional garments as We shall be
able to make will enable us to meet
the more urgent requirements of our
men during the coming winter. IN
this connection it will be of interest
to the women who have been knitting
to know that from September /,
1917 to June 80, 1918, the Red Cross
distributed 5,S75,0O0. knitted gar
ments to the Army and Navy of the
United States. During the same
period $4,000 knitted articles were
sent to the Red Cross Commissioners
in France and Italy for distribution
to soldiers, sailors and civilians.
"At the reques. of the War In
dustries Board, with which the Red
Cross works in close cooperation. we
have urged Chapters and individual
workers not to buy wool in the open
market but to secure their materials
through our Department of Sup.
plies"
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-22
Ships Lambs to Chicago.
C. e. WOODSON,
County Chairman

R, F. Wiglesworth, accompanied
by Oscar Borg, John Vaughn and
Will Ball, left Tuesday nlorring for
Orifino, Idaho, where he vii. lad IL
cars of lambs to be shipped TO the
Chicago market. Messrs. Borg,
Vaughn and Ball will av to Detroit
after visiting Chicago, where Mr.
Vaughn will purchase a new car, the
party coming home by antO. They
expect to visit many places of inter
est along the way and will spend a
short time in the Yellowstone Ma
tional Park.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-22
Canning Clubs Organized.

In their recent trip over the county
last week Mrs. Lena Smell Shurte
County Agent Brown and Miss Helen
Cowgirl of O. A. c. organized can.
ming clubs in Hardman, Irrigon
Cecil and Morgan. At Hardman
three clubs were organized with the
possibility of another. Two were
organized at Cecil, and there is a
possibility that one will be organized
at Heppner. The party visited
besides the places mentioned, Board
man, Pine City and Lena. In one
day on the trip they covered over
so miles.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-22
STATUS OF A STUDENT ENLISTED
In THE STUDENTS ARMY
TRAINING CORPS

A student enlisted in the Students
Army Training Corps is in military
service of the United States Be
cause he does not receive pay, he ia
classed as on inactive service but in
a national emergency the President
may call him at any time to active
service. He is called to active ser
vice each summer when he attends
camp for six weeks and receives the
pay of private.
His relation to the draft is as
follows:
Any student so enlisted, though in
the military service of the United
States, is technically on inactive duty,
and therefore must register after he
has reached draft age and upon
notice by the President, Upon stat
ing on his questionnaire that he is
already in the military service Of the
United States, he will be placed
automatically by his local Draft
Board in Glass V-D, as provided by
the Selective Service regulations.
The Darft Board will not call him
for induction so long as be remains
a member of the Students Army
Training Corps.
In order that the college student
may not even appear to enjoy special
privileges, it is agreed, however, that
when the day arrives on which ac
cording to his order number he
would have been drafted, had he not
already volunteered, the fact is re-
ported to the president of the college,
and to the Commanding Officer at the
college, who in turn reports it to the
Adjutant General. This is the day
of reckoning for the college man.
The President of the college and the
Commanding Officer will then report
to the Chairman of the Committee
on Education and Special Training
of the War Department, for what
form of military service the indivi-
dual is in their Judgment best
qualified. They will recommend
either that the student should con-
tinue his studies to prepare for work
in medicine, engineering. chemistry,
psychology, economics, etc, or that
he should go at once to an officers
training camp to prepare for an
officers commission in the infantry,
artillery, etc, or that he should he
assigned to work in the ordnance,
quartermaster or other Staff Corps
or sent Immediately to division at
one of the camps. Lieut.. Col. Rees,
commander of the entire Students
Corps, 'has authority to dispose his
men in the best way suited to meet
the emergencies of the military and
national situation at the time. The
is that, for the next
year, the largest proportion of the
student body reaching twenty-one
years will be required to supply |
large part Of the officers needed for
the national army. 1t is understood
that at least four or five times as
many officers will be required as the
total number Of students who will
graduate from all American colleges |,
and universities. Enlistments in the !
Students Army Training Corps, !
while it does not hold out |
any promise of an officers commits
sion, is at the present time the
plainest road leading in that direc-
tion.
The student who shows no ability /
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-22

The Misses Leona Leach, Cecil
Scott, Margaret Jackson Florence
Casey and Casentia Glatt passed
through Heppner Saturday after
noon on their way to the timber.
4 he5 camped Saturday night short
way below Herren's mill, returning
to Lexington Sunday evening. Misses
Leach, Scott and Jackson are promi-
nent young ladies of Lexington, Miss
Casey and Miss Glatt have been
visiting at the Jackson farm home
near Lexington for several weeks.
They live in Portland and Woodburn.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-22
All of First Glass Will Be Taken.

Word has been received by the
local draft board that all men of
Glass ! in Morrow county will be
called between the 4th and 9Th of
September. With the contingent of
II which will leave next Tuesday
morning this order will affect "a
men, and will include those of the
1918 registration as well as those of
the 1917 registration who have not
yet been called, 1t will also affect
the registrants who were recently
advanced from deferred classification
to first class.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-22

Scene first, country schoolroom.
Young Lady Teacher-"Tommy, you
had better go out and wash your
face Scene second, the room, two
minutes and one-half later: Young
Lady Teacher-"Tommy, you've
washed your face well, but you've
not wiped it nicely; your forehead is
all wet" Tommy (loudly, being
aggrieved at unappreciated efforts)
Wiped it as high as my shirt 'ud
reach!" Young lady teachers at
tention is suddenly demanded else
where.-Judge.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-22
CAMP LEWIS HAS
SALVATION A. HUT
TwO-Story Building Erected For
Convenience of Soldiers and
Visitors.

Oregon's closest touch with the
actual war service which the Saliva.
tion Army is doing both here and
oversea-a touch that has already
been felt by hundreds of Oregon boys
is the splendid new Salvation
Army building recently erected in
Greene Park, Camp Lewis, Wash.
John M. Linden Of Chicago, WHO
has arrived in Portland to manage
the Oregon state drive for the
Salvation Army War service fund,
which opens September Is, was
present at the opening of the build
ing and in discussing its plans, pur-
poses and scope said:
When Camp Lewis became the
great cantonment that it is-the
largest in the United States-the
o.ernment found that the usual
takers were swooping down upon
the men with their we'll known
wares, hot dogs" pink lemonade
etc. Such as these were the original
war profiteers. To overcome this the
government set aside large tract of
land for recreation and legitimate
shops, moving pictures, barber shops,
haberdashers, candy and refresh
ment shops and in this tract known
as Green park, named for General
Green of the Sixty-ninth division,
the Salvation Army secured a con-
cession and erected and equipped at
a cost of $25,000 two story build
ing, 50x122, the ground -four con-
sisting of a pergola 12x5O, reading
and recreation room 4Ox50; audi
torium, 40x70, with a seating capa-
city of $50, lunch room, check room,
public telephone, writing and reading
facilities etc. The second floor in
cludes II room for visitors, each
room furnished with hot and cold
water, electric lights and all modern
conveniences.
"One of the prime objects of the
building is to accommodate the visiting
mothers and wives of soldiers and
the II sleeping rooms are exclusively
for women. 1t is the only place of
its kind where women may stay over
night for nominal sum and if there
were 150' rooms they would be full
every night. The first floor is given
over to the comfort and recreation
of the soldiers, with reading, writing
and longing rooms with games,
music and refreshments.
while was there a woman ar
rived in Camp to visit her two sons.
That she was real daughter of the
soil was apparent. Her home was in
the mountains of California, she had
ridden 80 miles on horseback and
then staged 40 miles more to the
train which carried her to Tacoma
and from there she came by auto to
the Camp, radiant in the joy of ex-
pectancy, but the two sons had
started only the day before for their
long journey ''over there" A Sal
vation Army lassie found her little
heap in one corner of the
building sobbing her heart out An
added grief was her penniless con-
lition, she had expected the boys to
have a little money to help her on
ler way home. She was given food
and room and the next day a purse
was made up and she was started on
ler homeward journey
1T is. for the purpose of doing
such work as this as we'll as minis
ering to the spiritual and physical
needs of the boys in the trenches,
hat Oregon is to be given the op-
oortunity of contributing $4,000 to
he S5,000,000 fund which is being
'aised throughout the United States"
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-22

F. c. DollaThide, foreman of the
road construction work at Jones
hill, who was hurt by blast about
the middle of last month, returned
from Portland on Monday, fully re-
covered from his injuries. We are
glad to state that the surgeon was
able to save the sight of both Mr..
Dollarhide's eyes. At the time of
the accident it was feared that one
eye had been entirely destroyed and
the other was seriously injured.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-22

Mrs. Frank Hopkins of Arlington.
spent a few days in Heppner this
week at the home of her aunt, Mrs.
Lena Smell Shurte. Mrs. Hopkins
just recently returned from San
Francisco where her husband has
been stationed. Frank is now en-
route for the eastern coast where he
will likely be stationed some time
before going across. He is in the
National Army.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-22
Portland Property For Farm Lands.

Wanted, by owner, lands for equity
in $50 feet on Burnside street and
four fiat buildings; income 500;
walking distance block to Morrison
st car. Price $40, mtge. $4,000.
Box 1876, Heppner, Oregon.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-22
STRAY

There came to my place, 4 mile
north and Y mile east of the Fair
view schoolhouse, about weeks
ago, one brown 2-year-old mule,
branded "a on left shoulder. Owner
may have same by calling at my
place and paying pasturage and
advertising bill.
w. l.. BARLOW.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-22
Moving to Alberta.

M. H. Gillette, a we'll known wheat
rancher of the lone country is in
Pendleton today. Mr.. Gillette is
moving with his family to Barons,
Alberta, Canada, where he will con-
tinue in the ranching game.-E. o.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-22

Miss Ruth Tash and her young
sister, daughters of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Tash, returned home from
Hood River on Wednesday. They
have been visiting with relatives
there for several weeks past.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-22

Sidney Smith, general superlntend-
ent of the road construction work in
this county. returned Tuesday even
ing from shcrt visit to Portland.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-22
ENTERTAINMENT FOR Is
BOYS LEAVING TUESDAY

There will be a program in honor
Of the boys in the next contingent
al Odd Fellows Hall on the evening
Of the 26th. All are invited to be
present.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-22
NOTICE

Those owing the Red Cross for the
geranium which was auctioned of
some time ago will please settle with
Mrs. Phelps. We have the names Of
great many whom we think have
just overlooked this.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-22

We wish to thank the manage
ment of the Star Theatre for their
contribution of half the expenses at
this place of entertainment for the
boys who left in the last contingent.
We also wish to thank J. A. Waters
who was kind enough to look aftc
the entertainment of the boys.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-22

DR., Leonard r, Purkey is now
located in Portland, being associated
with DR.. Whitney, with offices SOL
Morgan building.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-08-22

This Chapter extends thanks to
Mrs. JAS. Thomson for the donation
of yarn for a sweater that was knit
by Mrs Gene Campbell.
Thanks to Mr.. and Mrs. Carter for
the donation of the dollar they left
for tickets for the cord of wood they
donated. Same having been de-
stroyed in the recent fire.
We wish to thank Mr.. Denisee for
donating the labor on our cabinet
for yarn
Geo H. Clark, VIM. A. Ayres, T.
l.. Siandliss, Homer c Frank, Thos.
Ingrum, w. H. Chapel. VIM.
O'Rourke. Herbert Haguewood, Le-
roy Yardley, Floyd B. Cobt, recent
contingent of boys, donated S6.13
for which they have the thanks of
our Chapter.
An allotment of comfort kits for
the Navy will reach here soon. Also
one OF the shirts for refugees.