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Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-12-03
Happy Surprise

Mr.. and Mrs. L. Y. Merrill we're
the happy recipients of big, fat corn
fed turkey this week which arrived
from their daughter, Mrs. SharIon
of Biggs, Calf, for their Thanksgiv--
ing dinner. In order to share their
good fortune with their friends Mr.
and Mrs. Merrill invited in circle
Of their acquaintance Thursday and
all enjoyed real Thanksgiving dim
ner.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-12-03

after which the notification contin-
ues as follows:
"The parents or mistresses are re-
quested to see that the above-men-
toned girls are kept from intercourse
with enemy troops. All loyal sub
iects of the Irish republic are also
requested to shun public houses
which entertain members of the en-
emy army until such time as they
make reparation by complete
change of conduct"
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-12-03
SATURDAYS NEWS

The following friends and for
mer neighbors in Missouri were EN-
tertained at Thanksgiving dinner a
the home of Dr.. and Mrs. w. f. Blu
chanan, 54S Iowa street, Thursday
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Whillock and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Alphon Whillock
and son, Charles. Mr.. and Mrs. Ev-
ans and Miss Mamie Ham of Med,
ford, Miss Alma Ross of this city.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-12-03
Thanksgiving Guests

Mrs. George Robson entertained
a company at dinner at her home
on Laurel street Thanksgiving at
dinner. Those who sat down to the
table were Mr.. and Mrs. Merle Rob-
ison, Miss Goldie Beeler, Mrs. o. b.
Turner and daughter Alice, and Mr..
and Mrs. Robson.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-12-03

1.-The whole church today stands
in jeopardy.
1T has become trite saying that
civilization is imperiled; that reyo-
luton and chaos are imminent.
"At this very time the church
shows her vitality. Hence the ma
tlon-wlde campaign OF the Episcopal
church, which is using all the ma
chinery of recent drives-but its OBJ
jectiye is not money, but souls"
This is the message Rev. F. S.
Fleming, rector of the Church of the
Atonement of Chicago, one of the
most important parishes of America,
has brought to the Pacific coast dur
ing his speaking tour of the past
week.
"Can il be possible that when every
enterprise of man is being forced to
a new vantage ground the church
can remain at a standstill?" he asked.
"In this great nationwide cam
paign, which will culminate in Amer
lea December Z, with an eyery-mem-
ber canvass, the church comes face
to face with the issues confronting
it. As a result of the campaign, we
are able to say: The church is
ready.
When the war came America re-
solved itself into two parties-Amer-
leans and hyphenates. The church
is now on war basis
1--WE have to come into the open
and fight. We have to come through
with the goods It's war, but it's the
battle of Jesus Christ.
"There is but one influence today
that can save the church and save
civilization. That influence is the
church itself. In this nationwide
campaign we are mobili2ing our re-
sources in men, in prayer, in service;
we are organizing the church. We
shall have the church on war basis.
"The objective of the campaign
is to reach the last man in the church
and have him prove his fIith-his
faith in Christ, with all that he is
and all that he has. Therefore, the
whole campaign resolves itself into
challenge to the last member OF
the church to prove up his position
as a Christian"
Mr.. Fleming has been termed the
most dynamic speaker in the Ameri-
can Episcopal church today. He has
Just concluded speaking tour over
Oregon and Idaho, following hard
trip over South Carolina. He is a
notable figure in church circles and
has been greeted with immense
crowds at all of his Oregon meetings.
Mr. Fleming termed the war a
great foreign mission and said that
the man who did not believe in for
eign missions insulted his own flag.
Foreign missions mean that every
churchman must be as willing to car
ry his liberty and Christianity to
the end of the earth as Uncle Sam
was ready to carry his flag to the
same peoples" said he.
"Our men went overseas, not fol
personal aggrandizement, but be
cause they were engaged in great
mission for humanity. Our mission
is one feducation, of care for the
sick, of relief for suffering humanity
that through these ways we may tel
the story of the Master"
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-12-03
SCALLOPED EGGS

SCALLOI'ED huuS
Two-hard-boiled eggs, two cups
white sauce, one cup chopped cold
meat. half a cup of buttered bread
crumbs. Chop eggs finely. Sprinkle
bottom OF a buttered baking dish
with crumbs, cover with half the
eggs, eggs with sauce and sauce with
meat; repeat. Cover with remain.
ing crumbs. Place in oven and bake
until crumbs are brown. Ham is the
best meat to use for this dish. Veal
or fish may be used.
CODDLED EGG
Butter a ramekin or custard cup
Break an egg carefully and slip into
the ramekin. Place in a pan OF
boiling water and cook until the
white is firm.
POACHED EGGS WITH
SAUCE BEARNAISE
Poach four eggs, arrange in serv
ing dish; cover eggs with BearnaisC
sauce.
Sauce Bearnaise-Beat yolks OF
three eggs slightly, add three table
spoons olive oil, two tablespoons ho
water, half tablespoon vinegar, hal
teaspoon salt and a few grains o.
cayenne. Cook over boiling water
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-12-03
Thanksgiving Dinner

Mrs. John II. Fuller entertained at
dinner at her home in North Main
street Thursday evening. A large
company sat down TO a bounteous
Thanksgiving dinner, at which were
present Mr. and Mrs. II. T. Elmore
and children. Mr.. and Mrs. J. II.
Fulier. J. E. Fuller. Mrs. G. n. Way
and, Miss Dayton.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-12-03
Evening Card Party

The Elks Ladies' club is planning
an evening card party to take place
in the Elks Club rooms Tuesday
evening, December .. A program
will be presented and bridge and 500
will be played. All members and
their husbands will be invited to al
tend.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-12-03
Social Supper

The members of the Nazarene con-
gregation held their annual chicken
supper in Memorial nall Thursday
evening. Upwards of sixty people
were present and enjoyed the social
entertainment.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-12-03
Family Dinner

Mrs. Walter Herndon gave fam
lily dinner at her home on Beach
street Thanksgiving day, at which the
members of the Herndon, Beaver and
Yockey families who are in Ashland
at the present time were in attend
ance.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-12-03
Entertained Thanksgiving

Mrs. L. E. Gall entertained at hel
home in the Belleview district
Thanksgiving day Mrs. Lulu Van
Wegan and daughter, Miss Nellie
Perry, Mrs. f. J. Roberts, Mrs. James
Beagle and son, all OF Ashland.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-12-03
Dinner Party

Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Nininger en-
tertained at dinner Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Abbott and Mrs. Hulen and
son Billy at their home on Thanks.
giving.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-12-03
Entertained ErieItIs

Mss Blanche Hicks had as her
Thanksgiving guests at dinner Mrs.
Smelling. Judge c. B. Watson and
SON. G. W. Watson, Thursday even
ing.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-12-03

:" =
Eugene-Fruit growers now sell
apple pulp refuse for $50 ton that
was formerly hauled away as rub
bish of no value.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-12-03

McMinville-Milk at the conden3-
cry Is now worth S4.25 a hundred.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-12-03

boiling point.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-08-14

When Mrs John McCarty. recently
Of Wallowa county and a former resi-
dent Of Heppner, was visiting friends
here the last OF the week. she was
accompanied by her sister. Mrs. R. L.
Shaw OF Victoria. B. C. Mrs. Shaw
came south primarily to visit with
relatives at Echo and she was accom-
panied by her nephew, Frank Sloan,
Jr., who is a son OF Claude Sloan Of
Echo. The younger Sloan has been
making bis home with Mrs. Shaw.
He will make an extended visit thru
the south this summer and will enter
some university this fall.
Orve Rasmus is helping to take
care of the grocery department at
Minor & Co., during the absence Of
viii Ball, who is enjoying his vaea-
tion at the seashore.
Bob Hart, the candy merchant,
wants girl for clerk in his store,
Miss Collins having resigned. She
expects to attend schol in Portland
this winter.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-08-14
CHURCH
ANNOUNCEMENT
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES.
l. o. o. +. Hall.
Subject, Soul"
Wednesday evening testimonial
meeting at Mrs. Gene Slocums.
Everybody is welcome.
The Federated Church.
Sunday School 9:45 a. m.
Preaching at 11:00, also at s p. m.
Morning sermon theme, Christ in
the Orchard"
H. A. MOVES, Pastor.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-08-14

James H. Wyland, pioneer stock
man OF the Hardman country, was
spending a few days in Heppner the
FIRST Of the week, meeting with old
friends and attending to some busi-
ness matters. Mr.. Wyland is one Of
Morrow county's prc sperous sheep
men, and he is entitled TO all the
prosperity there is in it, for he stayed
with the game during all those years
when hay was scarce and the price
was low. MIR. Wyland received bet
ter than SO cents per pound for his
wool this year. He recently bought
new band of ewes and is facing the
future equipped to make a still big
ger success Of his business.
John McCarty, former Morrow
county farmer and stockman, who
for the past several years has been
ranching In Wallowa county near
Enterprise, was visitor in Heppner
Saturday and Sunday. Last Fall Mr..
McCarty bought the Wallowa Lake
Park but sold 1t in very short time
without having made any effort to
run that popular resort. He has now
disposed of his Wallowa county in
terests and for the present is looking
after some property in Walla Walla.
Mrs. McCarty accompanied him here.
W. Albert Jones, a farmer of Black
Horse. was in Heppner Wednesday
attending to business matters. Mr..
Jones got fairly good crop from his
ranch this year, but owing to poor
health has about decided to give up
farming and may sell his place. He
owns 100 acres.
Roy Ashbaugh, young business
man OF Hardman, is convalescing at
the Heppner Sanatorium from an op-
Grafton which he underwent last week
for the removal OF his appendix. His
wife has been with him all the time
He is a son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Ashbaugh of Hardman.
A big White fire truck passed
through Heppner last Friday enroute
to Pendleton, where a demonstration
was given before city officials. The
truck was driven up from Portland.
John F. Vaughn and Vawter Craw-
ford motored down over the Highway
to Portland Tuesday afternoon on a
brief business trip. They returned
home Wednesday evening.
Ralph Hymer was up from the Egg
City Monday on business trip. Mr..
Hymer now has charge of the lone
BARRIERS hop, having bought out Dick
1urpin some time ago.
Miss Sue Quick of Fort Collins,
Col, arrived Saturday in Heppner to
ludht Nlslt Vi lNU Netho Ut lue
home Of her sister, Mrs. George
Thomson
LaVerne Van Marter has accepted
position. with the McRoberts-Cohn
Auto Company and took up his duties
last Monday morning.
Ernest X. Wyland, young farmer
and stockman OF the Hardman coun-
try, was Heppner business visitor
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben F. Swaggart
were In Heppner Wednesday after
noon from their farm home north of
this city.
Ernest Heliker, prominent young
farmer Of the lone section, spent =
few busy hours in Heppner Tuesday,
Mr. and Mrs. James Pointer of Lex
ington were Heppner visitors We'd
nesday.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1919-12-04

enough, or discretion, to refrain, real,
izing dimly that, not even in the re-
motest degree, had any excuse for
such action. This was no affair of
mine. Nor, indeed, would have found
much opportunity for private conver.
sation, for only moment or two
later Kirby Joined him, and the two
remained together, talking earnestly,
until the gong called us all to supper,
Across the long table, bare Of cloth,
the coarse food served In pewter
dishes, / was struck by the drawn,
CHASTITY look in Beaucaires face. he
had aged perceptibly in the last few
hours, and during the meal scarcely
exchanged a word with anyone, eating
silently, his eyes downcnst. Kirby,
however, was the life of the company,
and the miners roared at his humor-
Gus stories and anecdotes of adven-
ture-while outside it grew dark, and
the little Warrior struggled cautiously
through the waters, seeking the chan
mel in the gloom.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1919-12-04
By RANDALL PARRISH
tic. Illustrations by Irwin Myers

| manded, cor I'll throw my cards in
| your face"
| The insinuating sneer on Kirby's
| lips changed into the semblance of q
smile. Slowly, deliberately, never
once glancing down at the face of his
| cards, he turned them up one by one
with his white fingers, his challenging
eyes on the Judge; but the others saw
| what was revealed--a ten-spot, n
knave, queen, a king and an ace.
"a straight flush!" someone yelled
eycitedly. Odd If 1 ever saw one
| before!"
For an instant Beaucaire never
| moved, never uttered sound. He
seemed to doubt the evidence Of his
| own eyes, and to have lost the power
| of speech. Then from nerveess
hands his own cards fell face down
ward, Still unrevealed, upon the table.
The next moment he was on his feet,
the chair in which he had been seated
flung crashing behind him on the deck.
You thief' he roared. "You dirty,
low-down thief; I held four aces
where did you get the fifth one?"
Kirby did not so much as move, nor
betray even by change of expression
his sense of the situation. Perhaps he
anticipated just such an explosion and
was fully prepared to meet it. One
hand still rested easily on the table,
the other remaining hidden.
$50 you claim to have held four
aces" he said coldly. "Where are
theyT'
McAfee swept the discarded hand
face upward and the crowd bent for
ward to look at four aces and a king
"That was the judges hanG," he de-
clared Soberly. II saw it myself be-
fore he called you, and told him to
stay"
Kirby laughed-an ugly laugh show
ing his white teeth.
"The HI you did? Thought you
knew good poker hand, 1 reckon.
Well, you see I knew better one and
it strikes me | am the one to ask Gucs-
tionS," he snecred. "LoOk here, YOU
men; / held one ace from the shuttle.
Now what l want to know is where
Beaucaire ever got his four? Pleas
ant little trick of you two-only this
| time it failed to work"
Beaucaire uttered one mad oath, and
| endeavorcd to grasp him but missed
my clutch. The force of his lurching
body as he sprang forward upturned
the table, the stakes jingling to the
deck, but Kirby reached his feet in
time to avoid the shock. His hand,
which had been hidden, shot out sud
denly, the fingers grasping revolver,
but he did not fire. Before the Judge
had gone half the distance he stopped,
reeled suddenly, clutching ut his
throat, and plunged sideways. His
body struck the upturned table, but
McAfce and l grasped him, lowering
the stricken man gently to the floor.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1919-12-04
CHAPTER w.
Kirby Shows His Hand.

That scene, with all its surround
ings, remains indelibly impressed upon
my memory. 1t will never fade while
VI live. The long, narrow, dingy cabin
of the little Warrior, its forward end
| unlighted and in a. shadow, the single
| swinging lamp, suspended to black
| ened beam above where the table had
stood, barely revealing through its
| smoky chimney the after portion show
side, some standing ajar, and that
| crowd of excited men surging about
| the fallen body of Judge Beaucaire,
unable as yet to fully realize the exact
nature of what had occurred, but con
Scious of impending tragedy. The
overturned table and chairs, the mo-
! tIonleSs body of the judge, with Kirby
standing erect just beyond, his face as
clcar-cut under The glare of light as
Il cameo. the revolver yet glistening In
| his extended hand all composed II
picture not easily forgotten.
Still this impression was only that
OF a brief instant. With the next /
was upon my knees, lifting the fallen
| head, and seeking eagerly 10 discern
some lingering evidence of life in the
inert body. There was none, not so
much as the faint luttcr of Il pulse, OF
| suggestion of Il heart thrOb. The man
was already dead before he fell, dead
before he struck the overturned table.
Judge Bcaucaire is dead" | an
nounced gravely. Nothing more can
be done for him now."
The pressing circle of men hemm!ng
us in fell back silently, revercntly, the
sound Of their voices sinking into n
Subdued murnur. AS / stood there,
almost unconscious of their presence
still staring down at that upturned
face, now appearing manly and patrI-
clan in the strange dignity OF its death
! mask, mad burst of anger swept me-
! fierce yearning for revenge-a fcri-
| ing that this was no less Il murder be-
cause nature had struck the blow.
Win hot words of reproach upon my
lips / gaZed across toward where Kir-
by had been standing moment be-
fore. The gambler was no longer
there-his place was vacant
"Where is Kirby?" l asked. incredu-
lous of his sudden disappearance.
For moment no one answered; ;
then voice in the crowd croaked
hoarsely:
"IIe just slipped out through that
after door to the dsck-hjm and Bill
Carver"
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1919-12-04

cabin, while 1 go up and talk with
ThrockmOrton moment. After that ]
may want few of you to go along
when l hunt up Kirby. If he proves
ugly We'll know how to handle him.
McAfee!"
I'm over here"
II was just going to say that you
better stay here, and keep the fellows
all quiet in the cabin. We don't want
our plan to leak out, and it will be
best to let Kirby and Carver think that
everything is all right; that nothing is
going to be DONE"
waited while several Of them
gently picked up the body, and bore it
forward into the shadows. l slipped
away, silently gained the door, and,
unobserved, emerged onto the deserted
deck without. The sudden change In
environment Sobered me, and caused
me to pause and seriously consider the
Importance OF my mission. Nothing
less potent than either fear, or force,
would ever make Kirby disgorge.
Quite evidently the gambler had delib
cratcly set out to ruin the planter, to
rob him Of every dollar. Even at the
last moment he had coldly insisted on
receiving q bill of sale so wOrded as TO
leave no possible lOopholc. He de.
manded all. The death of the Judge
Of course, had not been contemplated
but this in no way changed the result.
That was an accident yet / imagined
might not be altogether unwelcome,
and | could not rid my memory of that
shining weapon in Kirby's hand, or the
thought that he would have used ii
had the need arose. Would he not
then fight just as fiercely to keep, as
lie had to gain? Indeed, l had but
one fact upon which / might hope 10
base actiOn-cvery watcher believed
those cards had been stacked, and that
Bcaucaire was robbed by means of D
trick. Yet, could this be prevent
Would any one Of those men actually
swear that he had seen suspicious
move? If not, then what was there
left me except mere bluff? Abso
lutely nothing,
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1919-12-04
"Ann me nlnRerr-

"Anu the slaKeyY~
Another answered in a thin. piping
treble.
II reckon them two cusses took
along the most ov 1t. Enyhow 'tain't
yere, 'cept maybe few coins that
rolled under the table. 1t wasn't Joe
Kirby who picked up the swag, fer /
was a watchn' him. an he never onct
let 60 ov his gun. Thet damn sneak
Carver must did 1t, an then the two
ov 'em just sorter naturally faded
AWAY through that door thar"
McAfee swore through his black
beard, the full truth swiftly dawning
upon him.
"Hell " he exploded. $50 that's the
way of 1t. Then them two wus in ca
hoots frum the beginnin'. That's Whist
| told the jedge last night, but he said
he didn't give whoop; thet he knew
more poker than both ov 'em put ter
gcthcr. l tell yer them fellcrs stole
that money, an they killed Beau
caire-"
Hold on minute" broke in, my
mind cleared of it's first passion, and
realizing the necessity of control
Let's keep cool, and go slow. While
I believe McAfee is right, we are not
going to bring the judge back to life
by turning into u mob. There Is no
proof of cheating, and Kirby has the
law behind him. When the Judge died
he didn't own enough to pay his
funeral expenses. Now see here;
happen to know that he left two young
daughters. Just stop, and think OF
them. We saw this game played, and
there isn't a man here who believes II
was played on the square-that two
such hands were ever dealt, or drawn,
in poker. We can't prove that Kirby
manipulated things to that end; not
one of us saw how he worked the trick
There is no chance to get him that
way. Then what is it we ought to do?
Why, l say, make the thief disgorge-
and hanging won't do the business.
Leave this settlement with me
Then I'll go at 1t. Two or three Of you
pick up the body, and carry it to Beau
CARES StaterOom-forward there. The
rest of you better straighten up the
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1919-12-04

through sheer neglect. or some instinct
or bitter hatred-had failed to meet
the requirements Of his duty. Even
as / sat there, struggling vainly against
This suspicion, the judge himself came
forth upon the lower deck and began
pacing back and forth restlessly be-
side the rail. 1t was struggle for
me not to Join him; the impetuoslty
Of youth urging me even TO brave his
anger in my eagerness to ascertain the
i@noie truth. Get possessed sense
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1919-12-04
Abreast of the LINES.

what has become of the man who,
used to tell us how anybody could get,
rich raising chickens?'
u guess" said Farmer Corntossel,.
he has switched around and is max
in fortune cut O. plans for sellin''
chicken feed to the people he starteG
ruiSin' chickens"