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The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-07-31
WAS PRISONER AMONG
INDIANS FOR TWO YEARS

Mrs. Eugene Merrill was in town g
few days this week on her way TO
John Day from Freewater. where she
has been picking berries. Mrs. Mer-
rill was prisoner among the Indians
for nearly two years and was tortured
by them, causing her to have blood
poison in her feet. Her legs were
amputated at the knees on this ac-
count. She wears shoes made to or
der and gets around splendidly; has
a one-horse rig with her camp outfit
and stops wherever night comes. AL
though sixty years old and crippled.
Mrs. Merrill is very independent and
never asks help of anyone. For COM
pany besides her horse, she has a pet
chicken.-Long Creek Ranger.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-07-31
Return From Auto Trip
To Western Washington

Mr.. and Mrs. B. R. Patterson re-
turned the last Of the week from a
two-weeks auto trip up the Washing
ton coast to Tacoma and Seattle and
on into British Columbia. This is
the second time Mr.. and Mrs. Patter-
son have made this trip and they are
enthusiastic over it. The scenic
beauties to be encountered in the
north are multitudinous and beyond
the power of description. Mr.. Pat
terson says the conditions of the
roads in general are not as good as
might be expected. They were accom-
panied home from Portland by the
Misses Katherine and Margaret West,
charming young daughters of Mr.. and
Mrs. Tom West of Portland.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-07-31

II U. s. Congressman Louis b
Gocdall of Maine should ever de-
sire to run for the presidency he
could expect the solid support OF
the laundrymen and cleaners OF
the world. for he makes claim TO
being the inventor OF pain
beach" cloth.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-07-31

Laborers are arriving daily in Fos-
sill for the construction of the 13-mile
stretch of the John Day highway from
Tilley's to Spray, and are proceeding
directly to their work. They will
work from both the Spray end and
the Service Creek end and $50 men
will be employed. 81 men came in
on truck Wednesday evening. The
machinery is expected to arrive this
week. ]. H. Tilley will deliver sup
plies for the camp at this end, having
purchased a Ford truck for the pur-
pose. c. A. Johnson has contract
to furnish the meat. The work is
being done by Copenhagen Brothers
Company and Mr.. Frank Wilson Of
Portland is In charge.-Fossil Jour
nal.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-07-31

Norton G. Winnard, son of DR..
and Mrs. N. E. Winnard, arrived in
Heppner Sunday evening from Eu-
gene. where he has been attending
the University of Oregon. Norton
expects to remain in this vicinity for
the remainder of the summer return
ing to his Eugene home In time to re-
enter the University In the Fall.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-07-31

D. W. Boitnott, superintendent Of
Heppner schools, returned the first
OF the week from an extended auto
tour of Wallowa, Union and Baker
counties. Professor Boitnott says
the extreme dry conditions prevail
there as in the other sections of the
Northwest.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-07-31

John E. McEntire, south Heppner
farmer and stockman, sold a bunch
of fine beef cattle to Gene Penland
during the past week. Mr.. McEntire
raised a bumper crop Of hay on his
ranch this year and at the present
time three mowers are at work cut.
ting it.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-07-31

H.. v. Gates, president of the Hepp-
ner Light & Waler Company, arrived
in the city Monday evening and will
spend Sc, eral days here looking after
ma..ers pertaining to the operation
vi the company.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-07-31

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Responsible young couple without
children may have the use of piano
for summer months for care and
storage Of instrument. Address Mrs.
G. Merrill, Corvallis, Oregon.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-07-31

Preparatory to moving into the
Noble building on Main street, R. M.
Hart is having the place thoroughly
renovated, re-papered and painted.
Dan Engleman is doing the painting.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-07-31

Miss Cleone Andrews returned tc
her home In Portland Monday after
spending two weeks as a guest of Miss
Mary Clark in Heppner.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-07-31

Chaplain F c, Thompson. 1.-The
Fighting Preacher" with the A.
E. F., is the champion grenade
hurler of all nations. He won this
honor while competing In the big
inter-aIlied games at the new
Pershing stadium in Paris recent
". Thompson was formerly at
Princeton university and was
holder of worlds all around cham
piop>in 1910, 1911 and 1913
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-07-31

r. D. Allstott, Rhea creek farmer,
was a business visitor here Tuesday.
Mr. Allslott has Just completed his
1919 harvest.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-07-31

Martin Lovgren, we'll known farm
er of the Hail Ridge section, was 9
Tuesday business visitor in Heppner
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-07-31
Fire At R. A. Farrens Ranch
Destroys House And Contents

The house on the R. A. Farrens
ranch In the lone section was COM
pletely destroyed by fire one day last
week and nearly everything in the
house was burned. The Henry Clark
family, who are living on the place,
were able to get out few Of their
clothes and some furniture, but a
large quantity of harvest supplies
were burned. The origin of the fire
still remains o mystery.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-12-26
Pennsville's School Problem Great

The citizens of Lower Penns Neck
are UP against a great problem of
building a new school house. The
powder boom affected Penns Grove and
Upper Penns Neck Township first.
The erection of school houses in Upper
Penns Neck was partly built by the du-
Pont Powder Company. The Company
erected a four-room school house in the
summer of 1918 at Penns Neck Canal
at Lower Canal Bridge. Three rooms
were filled last ear and the fourth was
filled this year.
The Dye Works are in Lower Penns
Neck. so is dupont City on the north
side of the Canal, consequently Lower
Penns Neck population has not de-
creased any and is likely to be perma-
nent.
A new grammar school at Pennsville
is now on the program of the state
School authorities. 1t will cost about
$4,000 for an eight-room building.
If that does not cause the taxpayers
of Lower Penns Neck to have mental
spasms and half a dozen political fits
they are more docile than the tax
payers of Salem. Woodstown and Penns
Grove were.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-12-26
WOODSTOWN

The Baptist Sunday School will hold
it's annual Christmas exercises on sun
day evening, 2Sth. The committee in
charge is actively at work and a good
program is expected.
The Agricultural Department OF the
public schools is planning a short
course for the months of January and
February for young men not regularly
attending school, but who desire to nm
prove their time during the slack
of the year. Those coming for
the short course will only need to stay
an hour and a half during the after
moor thus not seriously interfering
with their home work.
1t is understood that a United States
Treasury official was here last week
to Investigates the application made by
citizens of Woodstown for a charter for
a new bank, and that he declared the
application would not be granted. 1t
is certainly up to the promoters to pro-
duce the charter or return the promo
ton money.
Harry Riley was fortunate IN bring
ing down a buck at EmmeI-
Vile. near Weymouth, last week. II
weighed 10 pouds.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-12-26
The Cotton Jubilee

The South is celebrating to-day the
most spectacular cotton jubilee it has
since the Civil War. AS the price ad-
vanced to twenty, to thirty, to forty
cents a pound-fancy long staple sold
at $1.05 in Pin Bluff, Arkansas-the
era of prosperity dawned. The tragic
days of'1914 became but a memory; the
time of feasting ad lavish spending had
come, writes William Harper Dean, in
The Country Gentleman of January
10th.
Some say that this prosperity is due
to heroic lessons taught by the boil
weevil scourge, others that economic
laws brought it about, still others that
the work of the American Cotton As
ISOLATION is responsible for it. What
ever the cause, men have been lifted
overnight from drudgery and penury
to ease and opulence.
ankers and other leaders view this
holiday scene with some misgivings.
General prosperity among the race is
filing the cities with thousands of idle
able-bodied negroes. 1t is feared that
bonanza prices for the f1eecy staple
may cause many farmers to abandon
their Observation-Disclosures
programs and go back to the one
crop-cotton-farming of the days
when cotton was ~undisputed king
Forecast of article in The Country
Gentleman for January 10th, 1920.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-12-26
Arrested For Obtaining Money Falsel,

Ernest A. Freyer, former proprietor
of the dupont drug store, was arrested
on Saturday charged with obtaining
money under false pretences. In de-
fault Of $1,000 bail he was taken to Sa-
lem and placed in jail by Constable
Edward Becker,
Some time ago Freyen sold his drug
,atQre business to Meyer Epstein. Al
the time he took an affidavit before
Stanton B, Cole, Justice of the Peace,
that all claims against the business
would not exceed $1,000, IL was seeh
learned that his statement was ihcof-
rect. When the matter was brought to
his attention he finally. agreed that if
Epstein would pay him in full he would
see that all debts were cancelled, which
was agreed to.
On Saturday, however, Sheriff Milf
fin appeared upon the scene with a
Judgment for claims aggregating over
$500, and bills began coming in from
other quarters. He vas then arrested.
1t is understood that he owns real
estate valued at over $4,000 with only
a small incumbrance against it.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-12-26
Young Hall Held For Court

The sensational kidnapping case OF
Parker Hall, of Salem, in forclply
carving off Clara Ayars, also OF tndt
city, with the intention OF taxing hef
10 Elkton, Md, and getting married. d
frIl account of which was given IN last
1~ael-,s Record. was heard before Squire
u Harris Smith, in Salem, on TUESDAY.
As shown in our article last Week.
the kidnapping wound up in Penns
Grove. where the pair were apprehena-
ed. Miss Ayars was returned TO heF
father and young Hall was taken TO
jail. WV,
We'd and Squire E. a. McAdams, of
Penns Grove; Deputy Sheriff Thomas
Washington and Miss Ayars, of Salem.
They c~orroborated the story as
nrinted in the Record last week.
Mrs. Ward told of having taken the
girls story in Penns Grove and then
notifying her people. -
Squire MeAdams testified TO pelhs
sent for and holding young HAN ao-
wishing him of the serious nature OF MS
offense. of rebuking him for his I'M
audience and also warning him that
ANYTHING he aid might be used against
him.
to Penns Grove to arrest Hall ana re-
turned with him to Salem.
An effort was made to prove thae
Hall had a revolver on his person, put
it was abandoned as it was 1ouna I'm
der the seat of his automobile.
Miss Ayars' testimony was OF the
preatest interest. She said Hall tried
to pull off his Lotharian stunt the DAY
before the actual occurrence, and that
he followed her to school and INTO the
building to persuade her.
She also said she made an effort TO
ESCAPE from him when being brought
to Penns Grove, but that he held hef
tightly with one hand and steered the
car with the other. At times she was
hanging partly out of the car in an
effort to get away from him
After the evidence, Squire Smith held
Hall for the action of the next Grand
Juryl and fixed his bail at $500.
when the officers arrived in Penns
Gro<e last week to arrest Hall they
meAnua bull" in arresting a couple
VINO were leaving for Wilmington on
the ferryboat
Hall has been bothering Miss Ayars
for a year or more with his attentions
and had been arrested before anu
warned to keep away from her.
An amusing incident in the affair was
the fact that before starting for Penns
Grove Hall made an effort to borrow
Sheriff Mifflin's car to make the run
to Elkton. He pleaded hard, but the
Sheriff was obdurate and he finally got
a car from someone else.
The case came near being a white
slavery offense under the Federal law.
Had Hall managed to get out OF TINS
State before being apprehended the
government would have taken a hand
in the matter.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-12-26
Notice of Assessments

1t shall be the duty of every asses
sor before filing the complete assess
ment list and duplicate with the County
Board of Taxation and before annexing
his affidavit to give public notice by
advertisement in at least one paper cir
culating within his taxing district of a
time and place, when and where, the
assessment list may be inspected by
any taxpayer for the purpose of en-
abling such taxpayer to ascertain what
assessments. have been made against
his or her property, and to confer in
formally with the assessor as to the
correctness of the assessment, to the
end that any errors may be corrected
before the fling of the assessment list
and duplicatei Chapter 236, Law of
3hac
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-12-26
Carneys Point
News Items
Dye Makers DOings, Entertain
ments and Enjoyments

Clark Murphy, of Carneys Point re-
turned from the pine belt with a 100
pound buck which he killed o a county
road between Weymouth and Mizpah.
The deer came out in front of the stand
of William Usinger, of Elmer, VINO TOOK
it for a doe, as its horns did not snow
plain. and as he had resolved not 10
shoot at a doe he let the rhance pass:
The aimal went on to Mr.. Murphy ana
was shot down.
Mrs. James Watkins spent Christmas
with her mother in New York City.
At the usual Friday night dance IN
DUPONT club house next Friday night,
January I'd, some novelty dancing Will
be an attraction.
Mrs. Louis Grace spent Christmas
with relatives in Baltimore.
The Choral Society sang some CHRIST
mas chorals early Sunday morning. 1t
was a joyous event.
William Z. Albertson, Morris ana
Richard f.. Wells, went after deer IN
tlantic County last Friday and Satur-
day. They got a shot at one but bag
ged no game.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-12-26

The regular meeting of the Club was
held on Wednesday, December 18th and
was as follows:
Glory to God in the Highest,
Peace on Earth, zoo VIII to Men.
Roll Calls Christmas Giving a Bur-
den or a Pleasure.
Christmas Carols. Mrs. Ralph Willis.
Mrs. Budlong's Christmas, Mrs. How
ard Miller.
A committee was appointed to col
lect clothes for the needy with Mrs.
Pettibone as chairman. State Street,
Mrs. c. Ebensberger and Mrs. Leon
sharp; Broad Street, Mrs. H. F. Ash
craft; Cove, Mrs. Howard Miller; Broad
street North) Mrs. NJ. Mitchell and
Miss Rena b. Leap; Delaware Avenue
Mrs. Anna p. Barber; Pitman Street,
Mrs. 3. +. Justice; Penn Street, Mrs.
Pettibone; Harmony Street, Mrs. l.. P.
Layton; Franklin Sereet, Mrs. Samuel
NJ. Hunt
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-12-26
seasonable Christmas Weather

Christmas Day was the most ideal
day in this region for years. The tenn
perature had been between 20 and "a
on previous mornings. snow had fallen,
some melted and made notified earth
with snow and ice. The small boys
could use their sleds and skates and
have a jolly time. Christmas morning
the temperature was % and remained
below melting. This Friday morning
the temperature was 16. Ice is six
inches thick on the river and the water
is covered to the western The
Wilson Line boats cut thru IT IKE a
razor and the ferry boats to Whining
ton paddle on it.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-12-26
ADJUSTMENTS
The Broad

Manager Schweiger has another of
his fine bills for next week, with a
number of well-known photo-play
stars. Monday Creighton Hale appears.
in The Black Secret" Tuesday May
Allison in Fair and Warmer" We'd
nesday Dorothy Phillips In Destiny"
Friday Blanche Sweet in "a Woman of
Pleasure. Saturday Mary Miles Win
ter in Anne of Green Cables" On
Thursday, New Years Night a Special
attraction Twin Pawns' will be
shown There will also be a matinee
New Years Day at 2 p. NJ.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-12-26

TODAY our Government urges
everyone to produce all they
possibly can and to SAVE their
money.
This is necessary for the pro-
lection Of our industries, ou1
business and our homes.
Our CHRISTMAS CLUB offers
everyone the means of being
patriotic and at the same time
helping themselves.
JAN TODAY
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-12-26
The Riverside

A fine bill is scheduled for next week
at the Riverside Theatre. On Monday
Ethel Clayton, who is well-known to.
the lovers of photo-plays as a serial
star, will appear in a feature picture,
entitled Man, Woman and Money" On,
Wednesday night Robert Warrick will
be seen in a Special Paramount-Art-$
craft picture. A special surprise has;
been arranged in connection with five
acts of vaudeville for New Year
night.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-12-26
The Globe

The Globe Theatre under the ]
agement of j. Louis Grace is ket
up the quality of their shows.
deserve much credit n the patr.
of the theatre-going public 70
high class shows they are bring
Penns Grove. Popular prices prev
Matinee New Years Day.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-12-26


THERE is not in this city a man,
woman, boy or girl who cannot
afford to join our Christmas
Banking Club and who would not
be benefited by doing so.
It means money ahead in only
so weeks. It brings opportunity
knocking at your door, for when
you have money, opportunities
are offered you to make more
money, that you would never
otherwise hear about.
IOTN TO-DAY
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-08-17
PORTUGAL GIFTS HrN SHIPS.

Announcement Made In li~hon lhhi
~ Vc.-rls WIN Bc Received,
LISBON. Portugal. Friday. Aug
IG 1t was announced today that
.2I German ships now iu English
ports Will be- handed over TO portu-
gal
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-08-17
AUSTRlANS WANT FORMER
RULER GIVEN RECOGNITION

PARIS, Aug iG DiEnliaries Of
the former Austrian regime nave re-
Itcrnted their requests thai former
Emperor Charles assume an hclVe
part In Austrian affairs, according
To dispatch received here from
Zurich II ls said that the former
monarch wnH sounded on m" subject
before Archduke Joseph Ncizai con
troll ai budapest.
The last discussion ls reported "a
have been quite long. cmissaries At
tempting to show the orstwhile enl-
pcrnr and king that the archduke's
assumption OF power In Hungay
made hts chances brighter, but hr
was reluctant 90 consent and no de-
cislon was reached. After the con
ference had lasted for three hours
FORMER Empress Hita, who was pres.
snt. finally said
Il have hal enough talking gen
tlemen IlOfbufg was hell Tor MS.
We have done our duty To tho end
and we have suffered enough To
return Il an impossihillty
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-08-17
ESCAPES FROM PEN,
WINS HONOR MEDAL
DcimAA Returns tu seattle a. Beat
Ills Way Back IN business
and social World.

pALLAa. Tex. Aug 10 Weafer
of the coveted Victoria CroSs, won
ln service with tho British armies
after hla escape from the Texas
pruiiontlury, -. NJ pelmas has re-
turned 10 Seattle, wash, TO take
puHt0n promised him upon his
pardon by Governor W + Hobby
Twice DclmaH escaped from the
Texas prison, each tune cnlistlng In
tho British army Ills return to
Texas. after his arrest recently In
Seattle. brought his case 10 pubic
attention. and aroused storm OF
protest against his further incar-
crrAtlon.
Governor Hobby pnrdoned the
man Immediately after his return
tp the huntsville pcnitcutnry Del
mas told the governor he had a
position awaiting him In Seattle,
nud said that while he ala not doiy
his guilt. 'In the face Of death on
the battlefield a little purifying
flame spranGup In my heart burn
Ing all the HArhaRc out ut my lli'
bplmus wuH sentenced to fiNr
NfNI" NllIfI IH'INlII W v '' ~ ''.N
Hcpugits Tor % San Angelo. Texas,
Nuk after he know II was insol-
vent lie g. capped In 1919, entered
the BAush army and served until
1916. when he was discharged for
wounds
Returning 10 san FrAnclsco, pol
mas was recognized and arrested
and sont back to the Texas prison.
Iu 1917. ho asked the board ~ par
dons tD permit him 10 go to the
battle front. and when this request
was refused. hc again escaped ana
rciuinpd the Bririgh forces
when discharged last March,
Dclmns went Co Seattle ana OBJ
tniued work Ifc was again 90.
cognized by detective, arrested
and senl back to prison. with np-
proximntely half his term still un-
rerved lie declared he had iu.
tended to lay his case before Gov
ornor Hobby us soon aS he had
established himself as firm de-
.lrlhIc citizen
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-08-17

Fire wakes Him Up.
NGNCENNEs. Ind. Aug. IA
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-08-17
DEATH EDICT FAILS
TO WIPE OUT LIQUOR
Saloons Running Wide open In Many
Mexican Cliiesg nigh Prices
Charged and Paid

DOUGLAS, AriL. Aug 10
Though death has been the penalty
pronounced by Gen. 4. Elias Gales.
governor OF sonora. Mexico, for the
mAklGG or selling ~ liquors In that
state, public sentiment was 30
strongly against the decree that
while arrests were being made In
other parts of the state. In tho Cnpi-
tol, IIermosillo, recently liquor never
was moro plentiful nor cheaper since
prohibition first went into effect IN
1918.
Americans reaching here recently
from llermoEillO said beer was being
sold az t26 gold case OF 60 pinis
and toquila was selling ai 50 quar-
Not long ago. 90 cases OF 500
bottles OF tequilg. seized In all paris
OF sonora. were publicly destroyed.
rho pquOr was poured into the gut
ter In front ~ the governors palace
Americans who Witnessed the de
struction said that number Of
poems were on hand with cups nnd
when the liquor was poured into the
Eutter scooped up enough to get
TiotOusly drunk.
During the period when the death
penalty was In force unul II was re
pealed early IN July not single
execution had taken place.
Although Sunday Is the favoriie
any for visitors. every day IL a busy
asy In these drinking places Night
and dhy American women may be
seen standing at tho bar with the
men or sitting NJ the serving tables
nearby The Jockey club. to which a
hey must be obtained TO gain admit
thnce. has second floor cafe for
women where they may be served
with their escorts.
The gambling house which runs
openly with the official sanction OF
the JuareZ authorities. In also
crowded niEht and day. Many Ameri-
cnn women may be seen playing the
various Mexican gambling games and
even gather around the more Ameri.
can game OF dice which II operated
By n Mexican.