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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-18
Concern Now Turns From. Frozen
Pipes to Sudden Thaw-Riyers J.
all Full of Ice

In the borrowed vernacular of the
barracks, "read 'em and weep" The
above are the official up and downs of
the government thermometer which
puts December 1919 on the weather
map as the champion "pipe buster"
Of the age. The month to date is a
record breaker in several particulars.
II sets a new record for extreme low
temperature, 20 degrees below zero, a
record for below zero temperatures
five nights in succession and three
slccessive days, when the mercury
never climbed above zero.
Not only does the half month just
passed beat the official records of the
weather bureau, but it outruns the
memories and the imaginations of the
old timers. And yesterday, December
"a, just when, according to Prof. Por-
ta's dope, the cold gray earth should
have been taking final high dive into
fiery crater on the suns surface, the
thermometer began to discard its red
Tendencies and get back to normal
behavior. The normal behavior con-
titinues and this evening there is real
balminess in the air, and gentle
sprinkle Of rain, and weather prophets
are beginning to predict that old Win
ter's back is broken and there is open
weather ahead.
With the coming of higher tempera-
lures and the suggestion of chinook.
fears have turned from bursted water
pipes and frozen fruit to rampaging
rivers and leaky roofs. There is more
ice in the Columbia and Yakima riv.
ers than for years and sudden thaw
may cause considerable damage to
bridges. The gravest concern is felt
for the temporary bridge and the part
ly built steel bridge across the Yaki-
ma between here and Richland. 1t is
reported that an ice field several miles
in length has formed above these two
bridges and the old bridge and the
partly constructed piers of the new
may be carried away when this field
breaks up. Another large field has
formed in the Columbia above the ~.
p. railroad bridge and some trouble
may be experienced there when the
thaw comes.
From Hover comes the report that
the river is frozen over from shore to
shore in the narrows from Hover to
the Wallula gap and enormous jam
will undoubtedly form there when the
ice starts to break up. The old Hover
ferry is reported to have been carried
down the river several days ago by
the ice, and no attempt will be made
to rescue her and put her back into
commission, as new ferry is to be
built.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-18
PEACHES WILL BE
SCARCE NEXT YEAR
General Opinion is that Next
Years Soft Fruit Crop has !.
Been Killed

Whlle there IS a<dlverSlty OF Opln-
ion as to how seriously the soft fruit
trees have been injured by the ex-
.tremely cold weather, there seems to
be genral agreement that the 1920
pAachS and apricot crop has been killed
and considerable damge done to the
sweet cherries.
Growers generally believe that the
fruit buds have been killed. Some
are Of the opinion that the branches
of the trees have been killed, and some
of the most pessimistic are predicting
that the trunks of the trees have been
frozen thru and killed, and are citing
other extreme years as basis for the
prediction. Men. who have followed
the orcharding game for years say
that while the cold was intense, that
it came at most opportune time. At
this ime of year he rees are very dor
mant; the intense cold followed ra-
ther long period of unusually low tenn
peratures.
It is claimed that fruit trees are
winter killed by alternate freezing
and thawing or by heavy freeze near
the close of an open winter. The more
optimistic maintain that the cold
weather will operate as a severe prun-
ing which peach orchard should have
every few years and that while next
years crop has been killed the ulti-
mate results of the freeze will be
good.
Altho the cold weather has been ex-
ceptionally hard on stock, generally
speaking feed has been plentiful and
losses will not be heavy. Horse Hea-
ven stoclmen report that there are
many dead animals on the hill ranges,
that horses and cattle which were in
poor condition and wer not gotten to
feed and shelter perished. The per-
centage of stock that was left uhpro-
tected on the ranges, however, was
small. There are still considerable
quantities of hay in the hands OF the
Valley ranchers who are showing but
small inclination to sell with prices
around $26 and $27 ton.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-18
HOVER PIONEER
DIES SUDDENLY
Geo. B. Schroyer Stricken while
Leading Cow to Water on
Sunday Morning

While leading his cow to the CO.
lumbia river for a drink, Sunday
morning, George B. .Schroyer, of Ho-
yer, suffered a ceberal hemorrhage
and passed away within half an hour
without regaining consciousness. Mr..
Schroyer was found lying on the riv-
er bank by neighbor, who summoned
help and carried the stricken man to
his home, where he died within a few
minutes.
Apparently Mr.. Schroyer was in his
usual good health. He ate hearty
breakfast Sunday morning, did his ac-
customed chores. DR.. F. M. Crosby
was summoned but Mr.. Schroyer was
dead when he arrived. The physician
found no indications of heart failure
and as. he had, never suffered from or
complained of heart weakness, DR..
Crosby is of the opinion that the sud-
den death was due to blood cIot on
the brain.
Mr.. Schroyer was one of the pioneer
and substantial farmers of the Hover
district and was highly respected by
his neighbors and his many acquaint-
ances in the Valley. He leaves his wild
ow and one daughter, Mrs. Joe Small
ley, of Pendleton.
Short funeral services were held at
the family home Tuesday and burial
was in the Kennewick cemetery We'd
nesday morning.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-18
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS
AND CORRESPONDENTS

In spite of short business days,
with cold mornings and cold eve-
nings, the Courier-Reporter force
is going to make a strenuous eff
fort to put next weeks paper to
= press Wednesday evening, as there
will be rural delivery Christmas
Day, but none the day following:
Advertisers and correspondents
!" are requested to turn in their copy
not later than Tuesday afternoon.
q = . - *-< = t*
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-18

At the annual meeting Of the Tri-
State Auto club held in Walla Walla
on Monday of this week. E. w. Trep-
bath of this city was elected to the
board of trustees, as the representa-
tive from Benton county.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-18

Jay Perry left Thursday on the o.
w. on an extended trip to the Middle
West. He will stop at Weiser, Idaho
and Manhattan, Kansas, to visit with
relatives and from there will go te
Kansas City and st. Louis, Mo-, Chi
caco, Pontiac, Michigan and Milwau-
kee. Wisconsin. He expects to be gone
about six weeks and will return by
wav of the Great Northern.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-18

T. A. Warnock leaves tomorrow on
business trip to Seattle, Tacoma and
Victoria.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-18
FICKLIN CHILD DIES

Marlin, the 2hs-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. G. w. Ficklin, died shortly
after noon today at the family home
on Third street. The child was frail
little fellow and had been in i'll health
for several months. The funeral will
be held at the home tomorrow after
noon at one o'clock.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-16
EAT LESS AND TAKE
RITRC-FE0SPHATE
TO PUT ON FLESH
A PHYSICIANS ADVICE.

Frederick S. Kolle, M. D., editor of
New York Physicians, "Who's Who"
says that weak, nervous people who
want increased weight, strength and
nerve-force, should take a 5-grain
tablet of Bitro-Phosphate just before
or during each meal.
This particular phosphate is the
discovery of a famous French scien.
fist, and reports of remarkable re-
suits from its use have recently ap-
peared in many medical journals.
If you do not feel well; if you tire
easily; do not sleep well, or are too
thin; go to any good druggist and
get enough Bitro-Phosphate for two
weeks supply-it costs only fifty
cents week.
Eat less; chew your food thor
oughly, and if at the end of few
weeks you do not feel stronger and
better than you have for months; if
your nerves are not steadier; if you
do not sleep better and have more
vim, endurance and vitality, your
money will be returned, and the BIZ
tro-Phosphate will cost you nothing
adv
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-16
SAYS HOT WATER
WASHES P0!S0NS
FROM THE LIVER
Everyone should drink hot water
with phosphate in 1t,
before breakfast.

To feel as fine as the proverbiaI
fiddle, we must keep the liver washed
clean, almost every morning, TO pre-
vent it's sponge-like pores from clog
ging with fndigestible material, sour
bile and poisonous toxins, says a noted
physician.
If you get headaches, It's your liver.
If you catch cold easily, it's your liver
If you wake up with bad taste, furred
tongue, nasty breath or stomach be-
comes rancid, it's your liver Sallow
skin, muddy complexion, watery eyes
all denote liver unclearliness. Your
liver is the most important, also the
must abused and neglected organ of
the body. Few know its function or
how to release the dammed-up body
waste, bile and toxins. Most folks
resort to violent calomel, which is a
dangerous, salivating chemical which
can only be used occasionally because
it accumulates in the tissues, a,sa
attacks the bones.
Every man and woman, sick u.
we'll, should drink each moruiaE be-
fore breakfast, a glass of hot wafer
with tcaspOonful of limestone phps-
phate in it, to wash from the liver ard
bowels the previous days inGiges IDLE
material, the poisons, sour bile and
toxins; thus cleansing, sWeeten tEe
and freshening the entire alimentar!
canal before putting more food inc
the stomach
Limestone phosphate does not re
strict the diet like calomel, because il
can not salivate, for it is harmless and
you can eat anything afterwards. It
is inexpensive and almost tasteless, and
any pharmacist will sell you quarter
pound, which is sufficient for a dem
onstration of how hot water and lime
stone phosphate cleans, stimulates and
freshens the liver, keeping you feeling
a. day in and day out
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-16

so hard to get ready for his party
and now it looked as if there would
not be much left after all his hard
work.
Chatterbox, the Red Squirrel, was
off with GULLY Porcupine helping
him collect food for the lunch. jim
ME Coon did feel little ashamed
of himself for he knew the party
was made for him and it did not
seem fair to eat up all the refresh
ments ahead Of time.
Benny Mink and Sammy Muskrat
and Peter Rabbit and Teddy Postum
all crept down into the cellar.
st seems a shame" said that ras-
cal, Jimmie Coon, to let all this
nice food go to waste, for Gully is SO
slow that it may be the middle of
the summer before he is all ready
for the party! Let's just eat very
little of everything then Gully will
never know the difference when he
comes to serve the supper"
So these rascals ate little of ev-
erything, and then crept up the
stairs and out of the new door which
Jimmie Coon had built Gully was
still away on his trip to get more
food and so no one knew that they
had been there.
Tomorrow-Quilly's Refreshments
Eaten
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-16
JIMMY COON MAKES A BACK
DOOR.

UOU remember that GULLY Porcu-
i pines house had only one door
and that was the front door But
Jimmie Coon found crack IN the
ceiling of the hall and he and Teddy
Possum went to work to make 1t big
ger so that at last there was sort
of a skylight, and a ladder of little
stones made nice little path-so
that now the house had two doors.
at is much safer for any house"
said Jimmie Coon, "and l feel sure
that Gully Porcupine will like it
very much"
Of course all the little animals had
to try the skylight and come down
the ladder into the front hall. Al
phonse, the white porcupine, was
asleep, hunched up in the front door,
so he didn't hear them at all. They
couldn't wake him up by talking and
chattering for he sat right in the door
and all the talking and chattering of
the squirrels and the other animals
never walked him.
Alphonse was sitting in the front
door to guard the food until the time
should come for the party. You re-
member that GULLY had it all stored
in the cellar and the only way to the
cellar was by the stairs through the
hall.
Now when these little animals
crept down through the sky-light into
the front hall, it did not take long
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-16

FOR SALE-Building lot on one
Of best sections of College street;
300 feet deep; has garage, stables
and house for meat. Terms. APP
nlv to R. P. Stackhouse. 12-6t
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-16

FOR SALE.-Ford truck worth
1925, for cash only, 1925. Good
condition, just been overhauled,
500 spent on it; good body and top;
hauls 1900 pounds easily. Reason
for selling | have a new Ford truck
that hauls 2,400 pounds, the smaller
one being too light for hauling ice.
Apply to j, w. Barwick, Leslie, Ga,
or hone &c, Leslie, Ga. 10-18t;w-4t
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-16
LOST AND FOUND

FOUND-Oval brooch with Baro-
que pearl in center Same can be
had by paying for this ad. Apply
Times Recorder. 14-tf
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-16

crept down the cellar stairs.
My! but they were all hungry.
Two fish there were and nuts and let
tuce and carrots and some shiney
beetles, and some dried grasshoppers,
some nice hemlock wood and some
lily pads, although none of the ami
mails care for the hemlock wood.
You would have felt sorry for poor
Gully Porcupine. He had worked
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-16

until their sharp noses told them
there was something good to eat in
the cellar, and so they lifted up the
trap door and softly and gently
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-16

WANTED LUMBER--AC all times,
Gum, Poplar, Ash, Oak, Maple, jun
iper and Pine lumber. Never sell
your lumber without consulting US;
there's a reason. We pay 80 per
cent cash upon receipt of shipping pa
pers. East Carolina Lumber Co.,
New Bern, N. C. 21-d&wtf
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-16
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
RAILWAY.

Arrival and Departure of Passen-
ger Trains, Americas, Ga.
TR AIMS ARRlN[E
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-16
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Bungalow; modern
conveniences. Miss Bell Park, phone
335. 24-12t
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-16
FAKM LOANS.

FARM AND CITY LOANS 6t-2o
interest Terms easy. Quick service,
W W Dykes. 4-25-tf
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-16
State of Ohio, City 5r Toledo.

State Of Ohio, City 81 Toledo.
Lucas County, SIS.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner Of the firm of F. J.
Cheney & Co., doing business in the City
of Toledo. County and State aforesaid
and that said firm VIII pay the sum Of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of HALLS CATARRI
MEDICINE. FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence this 9Th day IF December,
A. D. 1886. n w GLEASON
(SeaD Notary Pubic
Halls Catarrh Medicine is taken in
ternally and acts through the Blood on
the Mucous Surfaces OF the System. Send
for testimonials free
f. j. CHENEY y co. Toledo, o.
Sold by ali druggists &c
Halls Family Pills .or constipation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-16

Fine lot Abruzzi Rye for sale. See
A. B. Connors, Leslie, Ga. 14-30td;
wat
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-16
COMMANDERY MEETING.

UUMMANUERI MEEIINN.
DeMolay Commandery, No. 5,
Knights Templar, meets every third
Wednesday night at o'clock. All
visiting Sir Knights have cordial
invitation to meet with US.
W. F. Smith, Eminent Commander.
Frank J. Payne, Recorder.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-16
Classified Ads
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

WANTED-You to know that we
maintain a prompt day service in
handling baggage. Telephone 203.
CLARK'S TRANSFER. 15-tf
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-16

FOR SALE-One brood mare; two
2 IL year old mule colts; one fine
registered Hampshire boar; one fine
registered Hampshire sow; one 1-2-
ton Ford truck. R. T. Mathews,
Smithville. Ga. list
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-09-18

Have J. o. Hager saw your wood.
Phone s42 for the wood saw.
J. o. HAQER.
Ed F. Day is up from bis home In
st. Johns for a few days. Mr.. Day
Just recently completed a new SlO,-
600 garage at 81. Johns, and saya
that the cost would have been great
er had he delayed starting the work.
Mr. Day says that the tendency is for
prices to keep on going up, and es-
pecially is this true Of lumber, which
he says is very hard to get In Port
land today. The foreign demand is
very great.
F. B. Pratt. representing Morris
Brothers. a Portland bond house,
was in Heppner last Friday confer
ing with members Of the county
court regarding the disposal of road
bonds. He also Transacted business
with the mayor and city council Of
Heppner, relative to the water bond
ing issue. The city has secured the
legal services of Morris Brothers to
guide them in working out the de-
tails of the proposition.
George W. Milholland. local agent
for the Standard Oil Company, went
down to Portland this morning to
spend a few days with the boys In
the main office.
We know OF a good farmer who
would like to rent a ranch this fall.
He is a family man and has had con-
siderable experience. Inquiries at
this Office will bring you results.
LOST - Somewhere In Heppner,
purse containing lavalier. Elkstooth
and gold chain. Leave at Gazette
Times office.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-09-18

.y-aurges rrvo muHoH Teara old.
Writing on the probable antiquity
Of mosquitoes. as shown by the geo
Logical record, Prof. T. d. A. Cockrell
sf the University Of Colorado, states
that the oldest forms positively identi-
hed rs belonging to the genus Culex
or other genera Of the mosquito fam
ily have been found In Eocene rocks,
and are probably about two million
years old. A form known as Culex
damnatorum was described by Scud-
der from the Green river beds Of Wy
ominR. Another Eocene species has
lately been discovered BY Mr.. d. E
Winchester OF the United States geo
logical survey. near Cathedral Bluff.
in western Colorado, and is to be
called Culex winchesteri.-Scientifc
American.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-09-18
War.Wounded Fish.

The inspector for the British East
ern Sea Fisheries board, In q report
says "the fishery officer at Mablethorpe
informs me that Of the cod caught on
long lines one In five, and occasionally
more, had had wounds. Some were to-
tally blind. others without an eye, and
the larger number were wounded In
the body.
-The CrOmer officer told me that he
and the fishermen on the Norfolk
coast had noticed many Goldfish with
wounds and scars. The Sheringham
officer states that the packers have
come across many injured cod. some
having as many as fVe woundA One
Aaa lost Its tail"
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-09-18
| LOCAL
HAPPENINGS

Mrs. Ernest Clark left Wednesda,
morning for a two weeks visit il
Portland.
Everett Pattison went down on ths
ioea yesterday morning and will
spend few days in Portland.
Left at this Office by postmaster
bunch of keys for Corbin and Yale
locks. Owner may have same BY
calling at Gazette-Times office and
paying for advertising.
Rev. H. A. Noyes, pastor of the
Feerated church. returned last Sat,
urday from Sunnyside, Wash, where
he has been spending his summer
vacation. The Rev. Mr.. Noyes has q
fruit farm at Sunnyside and he says
there was great abundance of fruit
there this year.
Manager Cronk of the Tum-A-Lum
Lumber Company tells us that he has
Just closed a contract with Shook &
Traver for large amount of lumber
which will go into the construction
OF the new Elks building. The con.
tractors are to be congratulated up.
on the tendency they have shown fol-
buying here in town.
Frank Noble, proprietor of the Mt
vernon Hot Springs, in Grant county
came over this week from that popu-
lar resort, accompanied by his broth.
er George Noble of Winnemucca
Nevada. The men will go on to Pen.
dleton to see the great epic drama OF
the West. This is George Noble
first visit back to the old home town
in number Of years.
w. p. Mahoney, cashier of the First
National Bank, left by auto on Mon
day for Pendleton in company with
Mrs. Mahoney and daughter Miss
Vera. Miss Vera Mahoney is return
ing to Seattle to resume her studies
at the University of Washington and
Mrs. Mahoney viii go to Bonners Fer
ry, Idaho for visit with .Qld friends
before going on a more extended Wis
it oher old home in teh Dakotas.
John Beckett, son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
J. W. Beckett of Portland has been
spending few days visiting at Eight
Mile with his brothers Walter and
Charles Beckett Mr. Beckett saw
duty with the Marines in the late war
and was stationed overseas for sew
cral months. Prior to his enlist
ment he was one of the most popular
students at the University Of Oregon
and his name was on all the sport
pages Of every paper in this country,
when as captain OF the University OF
Oregon football team, his playing
was In large measure responsible
for the defeat OF the University Of
pennsylvania at Pasadena a few
short years ago. John will attend
the Pendleton Roundup before going
back to Portland and may decide to
return here later to engage In farm
ing.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-09-18
Notice of Estray,

There came to my place on Balm
Fork about two months ago one q
year-old steer. branded circle 8 on
right hip. Also branded double D
connected on left side. Crop off one
ear. under slope of Of the other.
Owner may have this animal by pay
ing pasture bill and advertising.
A. W. DYKSTRA.
Heppner, Ore.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-09-18

w. T. Matlock, we'll known local
stockman, was severely bruised about
the head the first Of the week when
he was kicked by his saddle horse
He was leading the animal and driv.
ing a band of sheep when the horse
became frightened. Mr.. Matlock
was brought to Heppner by his part.
ner. C. A. Minor. for medical atten.
tion.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-09-18

Heppner will soon have a new
boarding house II plans Of Roy v.
Whites and ]. F. Vaughn mature
They have purchased the old Elk
horn building and will move 1t onto
one OF Mr.. Vaughn's lots on the east
end Of Willow street. The building
will be thoroughly renovated and
leased to an experienced boarding
house woman who Is coming to Hepp-
ner highly recommended.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-09-18
Moves to Town to School,

Mrs. A. w. Dykstra and two Oldest
children have moved into Heppner
from their farm home on Balm Fork
and the children will attend school
here this winter. In another year
Mr. and Mrs. Dykstra expect to buy
a lot and build their own home here.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-09-18
Frank Moore Sale Last Mon.
day Was A Big Success

Frank Moore's public sale Of live
stock at his ranch two miles east Of
Lexington last Monday was very sue
eessful. all Of the cattle bringing q
good price. The sale was handled BY
the Farmers Exchange OF this city,
f. A. McMenamin was auctioneer and
F. R. Brown served as secretary.
Farmers and stockmen over the
county generally, are finding the pub
lie sale method a highly satisfactory
one for the disposal Of surplus farm
stock or other equipment.