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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1912)
iTj" .v ,.-'-: 6?Jk i'et-"t"iW linn isjij I r:.'A E d Q : The Range of Economy At The Case Furniture Store Colonist Fares :D A I March 1 to April 15, 1912 From the Middle aud Eastern portions of the United States to all points in the NORTHWEST on the OregonWashiugton Railroad & Navigation Company From Chicago - - $33.00 " St. Louis - - $32.00 " Omaha - - $25.00 " Kansas City - $25.00 " St. Paul - $25.00 Proportionately low fares from all other points. Direct con nections from Chicago, St. Paul, Omaha, and Kansas City ever the C. CSL N. W., Union Pacific, Oregon Short Line and O. W. R. CgL N. Lines Protected by automatic Block Signal. YOU CAN PREPAY FARES While these rates aunlv Westbound only, fares may he prepaid by depositing valoe of the ticket with vour kcal agent, and an order will be teleeranhed to any address eiven. Aid in telling of nnr vast resources and wonderful opportu nities for HOME BUILDING. Illustrated and reliable printed matter will be mailed any one to whom you wish it sent, by addressing WILLIAM McMURRAY, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon. ; u .1 ; ? i Li 2 pa-' ft m m i. n tr-t Ut u- ti m. Il.-crds f..r S57. This is the Spot U.ir Si-vcLl Sale is 810 down and $5 Tlte Records You make vour selection of any Ileci.rd-, .-f which thi ie ale over WX). Yv get all the New Rc-onls every month, In.th JJi.-c and Cylinder. C'oine in and let us give you a d moiir-ijaf ion. Patterson & Son, Druggists The UKYAI.I. Store Star IHIolfcel NEEL & CO. Props. Everything neat and clean at popular prices. Cohner Chase axd May Streets, Heppker, Oregon LY: ar e&a ?f AH tfie tone quality off tiie $200 insiruiResl'S in tEtese two macS!:r-es The Columbia Crafoncla "Fevorile" lilornluM .Maeuice) and 12 douMe disc Records (21 srlectioiw) for 85'.). This is the Hput Cadi price. Our iecial Sale Is 10 dnwn and 85a month. The Records You can make your own selec tion f any two 12-inch, 81.25 Records and ten 10-inch, 05c Records. The Edison "Heme" Phonocrapfi and 12 AnikTolo (1 iniiiiite) Cash price. a month. 12 AmU-mla ' J0A ! i THE CAZETrE-TIMES The" Heppner Gaielte, Established March 30, 1883 The Heppner Times, Established Nov. 18, 1897 Consolidated February 15, 1912. VAWTER CRAWFORD, - Editor and Proprietor Issued every Thursday morning, and entered at the Postoffico at Heppner, Oregon, a second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year Six Months, .... Three Months, Single Copies,. -. $1.00 .75 .50 .05 ADVERTISING RATES: Display, transient, running less than one month, first insertion, per inch, 25c; subsequent in sertions, 12 l-2c, display, regular, 12 l-2c; locals, first insertion, per line, 10c; subsequent insertions, per line, 5c; lodse resolutions, per line, 5c; church socials and all advertising of entertainments conducted (or pay, regular rates. Thursday, February 22 1912 CONSOLIDATION. A little over a year ago the un dersigned purchased the Hepp ner Gazette from Fred Warnock, and since that time has been struggling along to get out a readable newspaper and scram ble for an existence in a commun ity, thoroughly appreciative, yet too limited for the financial suc cess of two papers. But a change has taken place as will be noted from the heading of the paper this week. The puplishing business of Mr. E. M. Shutt, run under the style of the Heppner Times, has been taken over by me and will hence forth be run in connection with the Heppner Gazette under the name of The Gazette-Times. This deal has been made possi ble through the earnest co-operation of the business men of Hepp- uer, who have backed up the move with moral and financial support, and it is now "up to us" as proprietor of the combined newspapers of Heppner, to come throusrh and make good. We do not enter upon this new venture with the idea that we have a picnic, or that it is a bo nanza. But we do take up the work with new energy and sin cere pride. We are indeed proud to be living in a community and among men who have proven to be such loyal friends, and it will ho our most earnest desire to make a success of the Gazette Times, and to soon make it a pa per that this community and the people of the county at large will be proud of. In our efforts along this line we ask your earnest co operation. It is not our intention to start off with a big flourish and dis play of banners but rather to gradually work up to the ideas that we have mapped out, and to do this will take some time. We will make no big promises but will endeavor to run a clean, newsy local sheet and assume metropolitan airs when the prop er time has arriveq to do so. We shall be Independent Re publican in politics, looking more to the support of good men and measures rather than mere part isan candidates and policies. Having no enemies to punish, or personal grievances to air, we shall at all times aim to be fair in the diacussion of questions that m..y arise, and with this hrief ontimo find announcement, we shall make room for the "obit nnrv" of Editor Shutt. whose short ear cr in the new-peper field iii Ht-ispner ha. thus ternii- nplod. and who will now enter the field of those engaged in the laudable pursuit of making a liv ing by the sweat of their brows. V AWT L" It C it A Y FOKD. DACK TO THE SOIL. As Mr. Crawford has stated above. The Gazette and The Times have been consolidated, and henceforth Hewmer will have but one newsuauer. This should have been done long ago. One well-patronized paper will give the town a much better send-off to strangers than two that are not so well patronized. j It will also be less expensive and ! entirely more satisfactory to all the business men and other pa trons." We trust that the busi ness men of Heppner will stand Bolidly back of the Gazette-Times in the future and discourage any opposition. Mr. Crawford is J splendidly equipped and fully qualified to handle the field here, and I bespeak for him a very suc cessful business career. My ambition for the past 20 years has been to some day own and operate a fine dairy and hog ranch in sunny, healthful Mor row county. naving now ac quired the well-known Wiley Wattenberger alfalfa farm on lower W'illow Creek and having disposed of all my town property except the former Times building, my dream is about to be realized. It is my aim to at once begin to build a splendid herd of pure bred Jersey dairy cows and a large band of Poland China hogs, with fruit, poultry and bees as by-products. My sincere thanks is hereby extended to all the business men of Heppner and Morrow county, as well as all other patrons, for their liberal patronage and great kindness to me and mine during onr 14 vears' residence in Hepp ner. That very foolish notion of leaving this great land of golden opportunities, with its perfect climate, hospitable people and wonderful undeveloped resources, has not entered my head. I have simplv moved down the creek a short way, and shall always I hope live among the sunny-natur-ed people of Morrow county. At the "Alfalfa Daiay and Hog Farm" the Shutt family will at all times leave the latch string hanging on the outside to all their old and new friends. Drop down and see us. Sincerely yours, E. M. Shutt. And still the knocker is with us. Onlv the oast week his work was made manifest in the efforts put forth to discourage prospective buyers who were in town and interested in getting hold of some of 'our farm lands, just because the party engineer ing the deal is disliked by some of the kickers. Strange that thev cannot keeo still and let some of these deals go through that more people may be induced to come to this section. The man in question isoneof the best informed of our citizens as to con ditions in Morrow county; he knows practically every foot of land in this section and so far as we have been able to learn he does not mistate facts concern ing conditions; in other words, he is fair in all his representa tions and is endeavoring to inter est a good class of people and bring to the county the kind of citizens that we are wanting to settle on our farms and ranches. To discourage his efforts in the manner that some are doing, and impugning his motives, is mali cious and downright mean, and is an injury to the community. He should be encouraged in the efforts he is making to get set tlers here, and this dirty knock ing should be cut out forthwith. Get on the side of the boosters and help along every good move for the upbuilding of our commu nity; it will help you in the end, providing there is any possible help for such as described here. There is much interest mani fested in the good roads measures as promoted by Gov. West and the people generally are entering into the discussion of the meas ures in a way to get at the bot tom of the question. As we view the proposed laws at this time they are in the main good but they have some features that seem to be objectionable. Our columns are open to a free dis cussion of this question by those interested in' giving publicity to their views, and we invite our friends to come forward with their ideas, expressed in as brief a manner as the importance of the points to be presented will permit. Our people are all inter ested in good roads, but the way to get at them is the great ques tion, and now is a good time to begin to educate the voter on the subject. . . And now it is expected that ex- Congressman Ellis will again en ter the race for nomination from the second district. President Taft will reach the people through the moving pic ture shows according to report in the daily press. Films have already been completed showing the president and his men at work and these will be the first to be sent out broadcast over the country. C. E. Roosevelt, of Pendleton, is the latest candidate in the field for representative in congress from the second district. "Pledged to support progressive republican polices and a square deal for Oregon," is the slogan of his announcement. Mr. Roos evelt is a relative of Teddy, and a successful business man of Pendleton. The special board which recent ly investigated the West Umatilla project with a view to its exten sion, have filed their report with the authorities at Washington, and strongly recommend the construction of the project that will irrigate more than 30,000 acres of land. Just what action the Interior Department will take is not yet made known, as at this time no details are available. It was Theodore Roosevelt who said: "No man of better train ing, more dauntless courage, or of higher and finer character than William Howard Taft ever came to the presidential chair." It can well be added that no pres ident of the United States ever before came so near to accom plishing that which he was elect ed to accomplish if he could. He will be kept in the office for an other term, without doubt. The state-wide movement to interest pupils of the public schools in gardening and poultry raising is to receive the support and encouragement of the lead ing officials of the Portland school system and of thirty five princi pals of city schools. In addition, President Kerr, of the Oregon Agricultural College, has pledged the support of that institution. It will have bulletins distributed to the principals, teachers and pupils of the schools. Officials of the local Y. M. C. A. reported that last season more than 300 gardens were planted by the school children of Portland, most of them in the back yards of the thickly settled sections of the city. The interest in the move ment this year will result in a great increase over the number of gardens planted in 1911. By its action on Monday last in refusing to take jurisdiction in the test suits before that body in volving the constitutionality of the initiative and referendum in Oregon, the Supreme Court of the United States has given practical affirmation that the principle is constituional. Chief Justice White delivered the opinion in the following words: "The issue is political and gov ernmental, and therefore is not within the reach of the judicial power. It follows that the case present is not within our juris diction, and the writ of error therefore must be, and is, dis missed for want of jurisdiction," Only congress can now step in to interfere with the principle of the initiative and referendum, and this is not likely. The Ore gon law is here to stay. Surprise is frequently express ed because there are so many school children who are bad spell ers, but there is a substantial rea son for it. In a certain city in Kansas very few of a short list of words were spelled correctly by twelve school and college stu dents. Now these pupils are not taught the way their fathers and mothers were. Under the old public school system there were spelling bees in the schools and I the pupils took pride in excelling. Under the spelling bee system children between the ages of 8 and 12 can acquire quite a large vocabulary by the practice of spelling words of several sylla bles. The rising generation is full of poor spellers, but it is not their fault, for little attention is paid to that accomplishment. It would be well for all teachers to put their pupils through a course of spelling every few days, and also to teach them to read aloud. Reading, writing and spelling should go hand in hand. Those lacking these accomplishments are not far removed from the illiterate class. The United States Department of Agriculture offered to detail a thoroughly competent man to de vote all his time to expert assist-, ance in agricultural matters in the various Oregon communities if they would stand one-half the necessary expense. Because of the necessity of taking immediate action, R. B. Miller, Traffic Man ager of the 0.-W. R. & N. Co. offered to assume the expense and Secretary Wilson has stated that the man detailed to Oregon would begin his work about July 1. This will give Oregon the serv ices of two men doing this kind of work. The 0-W. R. & N. Co. has already had its own expert in the field for several weeks in structing farmers, fruit growers and gardeners in the subject of crop rotation, stock raising and diversified farming. The work of two such experts, supple mented by the operation of dem onstration trains and the efforts of the Oregon Agricultural Col lege, it is aaserted will result in great and permanent develop ment of the agricultural interests of the state. HOWARD HAMILTON WALTHAM ELGIN An attractive line of the above watches carried in stock. OSCAR BORG Jewler & Optician. Our Specialty is Fitting Glasses. Notice for Publication Departmnet of the Interior V. S. Lincl Office at The Dalles, Oreot;a, Febrimry 6th, 1912. Notice in hereby given that Michael C. Marshall, of Willows, Oregon, who, on March 18th I9()5,mr.fle Home stead. No. 14293 Serial To. OGoll), for SWi SW;4',Sec24. nnd E,'8' NE!4', SEi NEJii , Section 23, Township 4 North, Rano 23 East, Willamette Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make Final fivo year Troof, to rstabliph claim to the laud above described, before O. O. Patterson, U. S. Commissioner at bin oflko at Ilepmicr, Oregon, on tho 19th day of March, 1912. Claimant names us witnesses! F. D. Deos, Jess Deos, Patrick Farley, of Willows Oregon, and H. II. Weston of Coyote Ore. fl5-mll C. W. MOORE, Register Ragamuffin Party. The Rebekahs will give a Raga muffin party at Odd Fellows hall on Saturday evening, Feb. 24. The Rflbekahs, their husbands and sweet hearts are invited. All coming in good clothes will be fined 50c. Hark, hark, the dogs do bark, The beggars are coming to town Some in rags and some in jfgs And some In velvet gowns. Oome before sapper, wear your oldest clothes, bring plenty of pennies and don't go boms ontt you Lav too. Why not carry a policy in tfc Mccabeei?