The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-06-06
KAISER BILL EFFECTS
PEOPLE |NELlA DISTRICT
Great Things Are Being Done There
And Many Cats" Are In
Evidence.
By Alex Lindsay, lone, Ore.

By Alex Lindsay. lone, Ore.
The effects of Kaiser Bill are very
noticeable in the Ella district, north
of lone, as viewed by sheepherder.
1t is strange why it would take
such calamity as the Kaiser is try
ing TO bring upon us before people
will wake up. When the Titantic
went down in mid-Atlantic | sat in
about the same spot and read of the
awful calamity. Ella then was bar
ren waste, turned over to the squir-
rels, jack rabbits and few Irish and
Scotchmen, who thought all it ever
was good for was to herd sheep over,
Fences then were all down, roads
were blocked with dead and green
weeds and houses and barns were in
a dllapidated condition.
But today while out with the lone
demonstrating weeder read of cal
antilles in the North Sea and off the
coast Of Ireland that make the Tt
tanic disaster drop in the bucket, in
comparison with the shipping loss to-
day But the Ella of yesterday has
given away to a great change for the
Ella of today. Does it take great ca
lamity and the fear of Kaiser Bill and
his ruthless destruction to wake a ma
ton, state, or county, or the Ella
district up? No. Is the American
farmer drone in the time of peace?
No. Is he a coward in the time of
war? No. In Ella, as all over the
world, the man that stands for justice
and right could see that he was to be
, trampled under if he wasn't up and
doing. Ella of today has awakened
! as never before with the grim deter
mination to do her bit. The chug,
chug of the caterpillar running %
hours in the "a is bringing about a
great change. A few years ago all
you could see going along the road
was cayuse team hitched to a light
buggy, a lady with few crates of
eggs tied on behind the rig, headed
for lone. Yesterday on the same
road | saw a Caterpillar headed for
lone for load of supplies. Judging
from the size of the wagon the "cat"
was pulling, our genial merchants,
Ed and Bert. must have had their
| hands full Yet another of the con-
trasts of the days of yore. Coming
| from the west | could see through a
haze of dust what | thought was
circus train, but no, 1t was simply
Paige car pulling feed rack that
looked to me to be about so feet long
and watering trough behind long
enough to water 80 head of horses
and mules. | couldn't be exactly sure
Of the length Of the feed rack, but in
making the turn in 60-foot road and
gate 80 fee; wide, the car hooked
INTO the gate post. In the drivers
madr ush to be doing his bit, never
looking to see if he could make 1t,
snap, snap, and the Paige plunged
ahead, leaving part of the car and its
load fast in the gate. But with the
true Yankee genious chat will make
the Kaiser take notice before long,
md not to be outdorc. he turned the
car, hitChed to the front axle and In
rcvcrse he soon disappeared over the
ill. | could still give you another
example, such as Dodge roadster
7ulling a wagon and 1900 pounds of
ireight up the Rietmann hill. The
caterpillar is going to revOlutionize
farming in Ella. McMurray, who re-
Gently bought the Reed place, Is run
ling "cat" day and night. He tells
me he has plowed 1900 acres and
eeded 1000 acres already this spring,
nartly in Ella and partly in Franklin
2ounty, Washington, where he owns
a large tract of wheat land. Then we
have the Forbes and Baker "cat," the
Willis cat" you might say, all on ad-
Joining farms and the Rietmann' S
with a mule team Of As head.
thought the day of the lone demon
stration weeder would have to give
way or be plowed under, but it is still
on top, and | might say, Still doing
its bit.
have had one eve thai has had
ten lambs in four years. Even the
dumb brute is trying to do its bit and
help the soldiers in France over the
top. At this writing wheat and Jim
Hill mustard need rain.
Editors note. The lone demon
stration weeder referred to by Mr..
Lindsay in the foregoing communica-
ton is an allusion to his fine band OF
oxford sheep.
l.. A. Duncan, representative for
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