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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1904)
The Heppner Gazette 1-MfibtishM' March 30, 1SS3. ISSUED THURSDAY MORNING. Take a glimpse into the future a little and see what tluie will he for your choosing at Warnock Sc Harlan. O O iML PA W Y9 Entered at the Postoffiee at Ueppner Oregon, as seeond-claes matter. For this Fall and Winter. While we have not all of ihei-e in stock now we have a few of them, and will have tlum all later and many others which we cannot show here Thursday Oct, 13, 1901 A BUSINESS PROPOSITION. The most disturbing question that has ever occurred in state, county and municipal affairs in the history of Oregon, is now before the people to be voted upon at the November election in the matter of local option. Even the great question of electing a president is overshadowed in the agitation. After careful study, this is not strange, for the business world can now readily see the results which would be immediate under the sud den and radical change that thej advocates of local option propose. Up to the time of the last issue of the Gazette, this paper has been sib-nt upon this question, but as the, public mind becomes active al ways upon questions that mater ially affect the public pulse, and as a teal newspaper is the greatest exponent of publicity, then it be comes the absolute duty of the Gazette to comment upon this question, and from sound judg ment aDd reason we hope to main tain the position of this' paper which has already been stated. For the freedom of the press and the liberty of the American people, we owe to broad minded citizenship in careful and unpreju diced investigation in the affairs of government. It is not our intent to antagonize the people who be lieve in voting for local option, but they shall be treated with the greatest respect and fairness; how ever, we do hope to show that lo cal opfion as now proposed will not bring the results desired and work a preat injur n to business in terests as well. Neither will the Gazette oppose true temperance, and in this controversy, so lar as this paper is concerned, the ques tion of fairness will predominate. In Ihis issue the local optiooists have a hearing as will ha seen by an article published elsewhere in this paper, written by one of their advocates. Before voting for local option, the conservative and wise business man and property owner will have a whole lot to think about. It has taken years of labor, business judgment and economy to accumu late what they now have, and to have it suddenly greatly depre ciate in value as well as the in crease of taxatiou which would in evitably follow, is not a pleasant thought. Nor does this comprise all the harm. To close up these build ings would undoubtedly cause a depreciation in their value. How long it would be until the build ings can again be utilized, no one can foretell. There is no idle talk about this, but it is a condition that will follow should local option triumph, as surely as day follows night. If your property depre ciates in value, then mine must depreciate also, and from a busy, thriving town Heppner becomes more like a deserted village. Heretofore, both socially and in a business way, Heppner has been , t iii ii umtea in a manner mat wou:u ne a credit to uny community. The local option agitation has already been a great promoter of factions, (no wors here than in many other place.-) Hiid a ill open a chasm that can hardly be bridged. This dis- fceusion and strif-s will be carried into busiaesa and the everyday walks of life, end the result will be enmity and confusion that will be injurious. This condition will Lot only be limited to tie towns. Morrow Th 8 is ftn Mr- hru'.rh w a Hoot skirt rUHflw :i: from tetv fpn Hotli aod in the la' of ' vn The pw tor.r butcher btek i! tllK'.t; sovcii t! i j en-t with ibe hi- ttip. prr.HrfPbt The sbo"f t.ru.-tf tpcl jecbets are Tha most syMt.i a iit will n? ibe still in v:tiei..crt. Muirt up of nice severely tailored irHMiiHnt, ' though cloth. Aro ft drfP".v mmerit. the blouse front is stih .j ul. in TIereisprere8-i-.il-.. nc- i.tw rain coat for la lies We have a 1. ice lit-e of these. No two alike. We take orders lor speoial sizes While there is nothing specially new in any of the capes shown ior Fall they are always pood. No two alike. A smart jacket ior the misses, The miicnr Dae is oroumu i:no eviueuce mo8t sensible th'np for the winter The lonp; coat for the little ones is the A nice assortment is ready for your inspection. county is a good country but is handicapped by isolation. With a continual squabble we cannot do anything to help develop and in crease values by getting more peo ple, increasing transportation facil ities and many other things. What one man would do some other would pull down and our great resources would Hw dormant. We have already had one prac tical illustration in Heppner. A lot was purchased, work was com menced on a building to cost not lee than SS0O0, but local option killed the euterurise. A walk down the east side of Main stree will prove this. Ihebaznte can name several other similar cases. To pum up: Local option closes the saloons; but to be placed against this is increased taxation; a vacation of many buildings, which will cheapen all; gives birh to and keeps forever alive faction al strife, making the heretofoie pleasant business relations impos sible; and puts ns back at least fifteen years in development. Heppner is justly proud of a first class hotel. This would have to go with the rest. These are the rea sors why we say in the beginning, there is a good deal for the busi ness man and property owner to thiDk about. Having such mo mentous changes iu mind the Gaz-tte cm not avoid the conclu sion that local option will do great er injury to the general lineH of busiurgs than to the liquor trallic. "All I ask is a square deal f r every man' Piesidt-nt Koufeeveit ask the HO,jle to emtinue in power, fVroir pt-rformunc in the past, our proved governmental effi ciency, is a guarantee as to our promises for the future. Presi dent Roosevelt. We .re not constrained to et-p ei'.ent on any vital quest ion; we are divide Ion no vital q le.-llon; our policy is i:oni'inous, HtiJ i the same for all sections uud lo calities. There is n-jthiug exper imental about the Government w Everything points to a gradual gain of strength for Roosevelt. The fact is, the tide is strongly against the Parkerites, and they know it. None of the big leaders of the Democratic party are say ing anything for him. Some powerful appea's have been made to Cleveland to get him to make a few addresses for the candidate but he has refused in such per. emntory terms that tne old re ports of his taking the stump will not be heard again in this can vass. The excuse which Cleve land's immediate friends cite for his refusal to talk for Parker is his advanced age and feeble health. Nobody heard anything about these things just before the Sf. Loui convention, when' there was a chance that he would be nominated- Had the candidacy been offered to him be undoubt edly would have accepted it. In that event nobody would have heard anything abont his ad- anced year or his feebleness. Vice Presidential Candidate Davis is almost old enough to be Cleve land's father, yet the Democrats say that Davis is full of exuber ance, and is good for a dozen years of haul work yet. (Jeve- and is keeping out of the canvass for the same reason that Carlisle, Dickinson, Fairchild, Olney and the rest of the. old leaders of the party are keeping out. They see disastrous defeat close at hand for Parker, which they could not Avert if they tried, but in which they would, in some degree, be in volved if they fhould take an active pait in the campaign. 1RST NATIONAL HANK OF HEPPNER. 13. A. T. A. RITEA President RHEA Vio-Presiilent (1. V. CONSKR. , ...Oasbiet E. L. FKFEL.1ND. . Apsiptant Cashier, Transact a General Bankincj Business. paid on Time Deposits. Four per cent. EXCHANGE ON ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD BOUGHT AND SOLD Collections made on all pomtson reasonable terms. Surplus and undivided profits 35,U0O. 1-: , (C ) Drugs itl I ledicines WE wish to announce to the public that we have secured the services of a competent druggist, who will care fully attend to all prescriptions. The store ih heiiijr thor oughly renovated, and we ofler a choice tnd pure Ftotk of CHUGS AM) MEDICINES HEPPNER DRUG CO Emmett Mason aged 20, of Ore gon City, has been lost in the mountains for three days and it is. feared he has perished. LOOK HERE An Opportunity to the Public. Did you ever think a mo ment where to buy your Flour ? The Heppner Bakery is the place. The quality has been tried and I guarantee it with everv loaf at the lowest market price. Fresh bread and cake every day. with a race clean stock of groceries ou hand. Call and inspect, HEPPNER BAKERY, Otto Friedrich, Prop.