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city u.Ul y VOL. 20. NO. 20. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1912 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEA It- GONG LANE LOSES VALUABLES. AWNING SAVES MAN'S LIFE. You are just as welcome in overalls at the Palace Ho tel as the Banker or Mil lionaire in broadcloth. . . BUCKS FOR SALE Pure Bred Lincolns, Cotswold and Shrop Rams from the best flocks in the country. All orders promptly filled and delivered at Heppner. If you have anything to sell in the Sheep line send your list to me; I will find a buyer. T. F. BOYLEN, Pendleton, Or. 2 Are You Boosting Mor- 2 row County I Are You Patronizing S-Qome Industry ? ni rE ARE MANUFACTURING Flour and Feed superior to any imported article. If 3 011 are not using our products call at our office on Main Street and get a testing sample. Our flour is made exclusively from selected Morrow County Bluestem "Wheat. M3 ft Seed Grain, Rolled Feed, Alfalfa Seed. We Solicit the Storage of your Wool MORROW WAREHOUSE MiniMr: rn m ITIIIL.il 1VP VVS M House and Lot For Sale. Good residence property - in Heppner. House has five rooms with bath and pantry. Two lots, chicken house, 15 four-year-old fruit trees and some shade trees. Price reasonable. This is a good pickup for some party wishing to send his children to school. Inquire of Gazette-Times Real Estate Agency. "The 23rd Sawm" The following Is taken from the Corvallis Gazette-Times: The Arkansans have a new version of "The 23rd Sawm." .The revised version as handed the Q.-T. by Judge Moses, reads as follows : My wife is my boss, I shall not deny. She makeh me lie down behind the bed when the swell company comes and she leadeth me behind her up Main street She restoreth my pocket book after she has spent all its contents on hob ble skirts and theater tickets, and she leadeth me up the main aisle of the chncrh for ber new hat's sake. Yea, though I walk more than half the night through dark rooms with a crying babv, I will get no rest, for she is behind me; her broomstick and hatpin they do everything else but comfort me. She prepareth a cold snack for me, then maketh a bee line for an Aid Booiety snpper. She annointeth my head with the rolling pin occasionally. My arm runneth over with bundles before she is half done her shopping. Surely her dressmaker's and mil linery bill will follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house ef my wife forever. Girl Ordered toJLeave Town, Takes Chinamans watch and Silks. J FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE, A GOOD 3-IIOIISE GASOLINE ENGINE AT A BARGAIN. Gong Lane, proprietor of the Elkhorn Restaurant is in trouble again. In fact, his troubles have been so manv of late that he is about the busiest man in town. Followinar the fracas of last Thursday evening in which Lane violated the Deace ordinance by firine a revolver at a couple of callers and was fined for the act, the authorities deemed it wise to remove the cause of these small riots and thereby alleviate some of theChinaman's diffiulties. Ac cordingly, Deputy Sheriff Rasmus and Marshal Smith called at the restaurant Monday evening and asked to see the Walker girl, who bears an unsavory reputation and who has been the source of more or less trouble to the police for some time, and informed that per son that her presence in Heppner was no longer desired and that if she wished to avoid serious trouble she had better pack her grip and hike. To this friendly bit 01 advice both the maiden ana the chink demurred at first, but after further urging by the offi cials it was agreed that she leave town at once. At this stage of the game Marshal Smith was calfed to the street and in his ab sence Lane confided to Deputy Rasmus that he did not want the girl to leave town as he intended to marry her inside of two weeks. Nevertheless Miss Walker pre pared to leave town and while packing her own things into a grip took the pains to include Lane's watch and some fine Chi nese silks in her wardrobe. Everything passed along quietly until shortly after the train had left when Lane made the discov ery that his valuables were gone. He immediately called upon the sheriff's office for help. He was advised to place the matter in the hands of the authorities at Arling ton, or to send an officer from here, but neither proposition ap pealed to him and he finally de cided to take the matter in his own hands. He hired Albert Bowker to take him to Arlington with the intention of apprehend ing his lady-love at that point and recovering his valuables. Mr. Bowker delivered him at Arling ton where he took the Spokane train for The Dalles. So far no word has been received here re garding his success. The train men on the Heppner branch are of the opinion that the girl went East from Heppner Junction; if so, Lane may have a long chase on his hands. It is evident from the expression on the street and elsewhere that if both of them keep traveling until they get a good long distance from Hepp ner and never come back they will not be missed here. Cant' loik well, eat well, or feel well with impure blood. Keep the blood pure with Burdock Blood Bit ters. Eat simply take exorcise seep clean and, good health is pretty sale to follow, fl.00 a bottle. Canvas Breaks Fall From Third Story Window. Attorney C. E. Woodson's neg lect in raising his awning last night probably saved a man's life. The details leading up to the climax of the story are hard to get hold of, as no one seems able to tell how it happened, but the condition of Mr. Woodson's awning this morning and the fact that one Dan Sullivan is con fined to his room with a broken arm and a black eye offer proof of the fact that man and awning came together very suddenly. Sullivan, who has been working for James Doherty, had been drinking with friends and had become somewhat hilarious. Occupants of other rooms in the hotel testify that a noise resemb ling a fight or wrestling match took place at a late hour and it was shortly after this fuss was over that Sullivan took the para chute jump. It is thought that the man was seated in the win dow to cool off after the violent exercise, and falling asleep while seated there fell to the street below, the awning break ing the fall sufficiently to protect him from further injury than that stated above. W. B. Barratt and son Garnet re- turnnd from Port Townsmd, Wash., Monday evenins, where they went to see the target practice by the coast defense stationed at that place. Mr. Barratt went in response to an urgent invitation from his brother, who holds the position of qartermaster in the army, and on account or nis brother s position was able to see the working nf the batteries from the inside. The target practice is conducted on a com petitive basis, the batteries, of which there are seven striving eagerly to obtain the highest average. A tar get sixty feet long, thirty feet high, placed on a skeleton ratt which is towed by a government boat only 600 feet distant, is placed in the bay at a distance of 8000 yards. The craft is equipped with three masts, giving it the appearance of a vessel. Over the target is placed a hope net so the gun men can tell where a shell hits The suns are of the disappearina tvpe and range from the 12-inch down to the 6 ienh sizes. Their movements are di rected bv an arithmetical process, electricity being used in the operaion of the machinery. At this practice the 12-inch gnus were fired eight times. It requires 20 ponodi of pow der to fire the huge projectile wei&b ing 1046 pounds. At the rate of $500 pnr shot, this little bit of snort cost the government $4000. The record for Obstruct Public Highway. The felling of trees und rolling logs onto the public highway for the pur pose of retarding travel along the county road above the forks of Willow creek last Sunday, evidently meant aa a joke, may prove rather expensive to the perpetrators Some parties, on mischief bent. concluded that about as good a way as any to pass the time on Sunday would be to cause some trouble and inconvenience to others. So saving they got busy with axes and proceeded to obstruct the roadway with trees and logs to the extent that automobiles and j.ther vehicles found it very dif fieult to eet in and out of the moun tains. In fact, the glass shield on one machine was broken, entailing a loss to the owner somethins like $20. There were several outfits of pleasure seekers in the mountains that day and had it not been that some were warned nf the obstructions and most of them name out before dark there might be more damage to tell about. As it was fravellera suffered enough inconven ience to make them highly indijzuant at such mischief and there are none nut would like to se the miBoreants given enough taste of the law to warn them against a repitition of such con duct The law provides for severe pun ishment for just suoh conduct as this and even the minimum fine or impris onment imposed at this time wonld orove rather expensive fun for one day. The section of the statue re garding the obstruction of public high ways calls for a fine of not less than 125 and not more than $500, or impris onment in the county jail for not less than one month nor mote than six months. Those contemplating a little fun along this line had better think twioe before they jump unless they have more time and money at their disposal than they know what to do with. The law should provide for road work in such cases as this and pel haps the perpetrators of such jokes wonld have less desire for molesting the pulic highways. the big guns was three actual bits. The six inch batteries made ten hits from fifteen shots. The motar practice was very interesting. These strange cons are hiddsn behind the batteries and instead of raising and firing di reotly at the object, they shoot in the air with the intention of dropping the projeotile into the enemy's camp. Out of eight or nine trials the motars made three or four hits. The cost of one day's practice is estimated at $30,000. The target praotice took place on the 5th and on the 6th Mr. Barratt and son visited the navy yard at Bremerton. There they saw thir teen of Uncle Sam's fighting cratt, some in dry dock, others just recently repaired and still others lying idle in the harbor awaiting orders to move to gome other point. Among these vessels was the Oregon. Mr. Barratt is highly elated with what be saw and feela that one is well repaid for the trip. Tatget practioe is not indulged in very frequently but when they have one it is something worth while. Dr. Winnard has taken a special course on eye jisealns and is prepared to fit glasses properly. Thomson's Exittra Special A H Mens Oxfords in Black and Tan; $4.50 and $5 shoes at $2.50 Ladies' Oxfords, lace and but ton shoes, $3, $3.50 and $4 for - $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50 Very remarkable reductions on Ladies' Waists $1.00 Waists for - $ .60 $1.00 Waists for - $1.00 $2.00 Waists for - $1.25 $2.50 Waists for - $1.50 $3.00 Waists for - $2.00 $3.50 Waists for - $2.50 Agents for Standard Patterns ; Thomson Bros. 3QC 30G 0. DOO DON'T FORGET A. M. PHELPS THE GROCER s still doing business i 1 i'i K U5 ft" i