Tiik I Ieitnek Gazktii:
Pioneer Paper of Morrow County. Established
March 30, 1883.
f AWTER CRAWFORD, . Editor and Proprietor
sV..-.ied every Thursday morning, and entered at
the Postothce at Heppner, Oregon, as second'
c!uy master.
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1 Hl'KSDAY, January 18, .
.1912
VI.K. I'OII MOW YICAK BUK.
si.iui us.
How many Now Year resolutions
lave lict'it broken nhvnd.v? Yet, after
asking' such a question, we would not
Jtave it answered if we eould. We
would not drag out into li?ht the
million souls who are already humil
iated in the despair of their own
weakness, and who find it hard
j nouh only to grin when, in the lim
ited circle of their acquaintance, they
are jilted and jeered for not holding
nut longer. It is almost a tradition
that a New Year pledge should hold
n man for a week. There lias been no
formal declaration that, at the end of
a week, he may again take up the
dfx'virded vice with immunity from
sarcasm ainlequinecacinnnauon. liut
This lias always been tacitly under
stood. It has been an open secret
simonii' men thatone whoean stick to
n N''w Year pledge as long as a week
lias earned exemption from having; it
rubbed in when he breaks over.
This leads to much hypocrisy, such
As that told of by Mark Twain in
'Tlouiihint: It." Lost in a blizzard
at night, and hopeless of rescue, the
men of the party made-coufession to
fine another and offered repentance
stud promise of reform to divinity if
tiiilv thev were saved from what
fwmed impending d'ath. And the
une tiling as to wlncli tliey all ac
knowledged themselves miserable
sinners was smoking. They were all
hard smokers, but, if the Lord would
ave them, they would all abjure the
weed, to his glory and their own puri
fication. Paylight revealing a ranch
hard by, their first thought, aftt
breakfast, was the same old first
flfTer-breakfnst thought they had
been having in many years. They all
wanted to smoke, but each man was
anxious to hide his too precipitate
surrender from the others. It was in
their mutual effort to hide themselves
that all were discovered, rising clpuds
if hieense not to the God who had
saved them, but to My Lady Nieo
tine, a pagan deity.
Let a man swear off what he will
the last day of a year, the first
flay of t he next year is certain to find
ties ire for that foresworn thingburn-
5ng more fiercely in las heart than
any other. AVe wish a census could
lie taken to determine just what per-
teutage of New Year pledges really do
la rit a week. We are confident that
it would be less than ."0 per cent. The
fondi'iiu'd smoker who can go with
out smoking for a whole week is a
IV to. That one who can go without
oiitly for a day may not be called a
hero, but let the torture of that one
day atone for his weakness. This
may be said witli equal, and perhaps
greater, truth, of our brother with
the red nose, to whom the tiling he
Sad forsworn had become, poor devil,
as the breath of his nostrils. We who
have passed through the fiery furnace
f a vain and futile effort to break
with Lady Nicotine can - understand
the torments of the unfortunates long
tiasped in the arms of other sirens.
From all the erring and the weak
who have already fallen, from all the
Firing and the weak who are yet to
lall, from all who have the will but
not the strength, withhold the horse
laugh and the sneer. "Let him who.
i without sin among you cast the
iirst stone." St. Louis ilulic-Peino-trut.
John W. McAllister, president of
Jiie Farmers' Lnioi; in Oivgoii. died
on Saturday last at his home in La
I'rand.-, ;ifi-r a short illm ss. Mr.
SiiAHistiT was a prominent citizen
r.this part of l lie state and had be
toiiie very popular as president of
the Farmer.-.' Union, having been but
recently re-elected to that ollice at
the state in.i-tiiig h Id in I't iidieton.
He was a pioneer of Fast em (irenn
!u l. e t in- e.iwv ii)) with I 'n ion and
Wallowa C-u:,t:-s, and has been
lio;a .red. pohlicahy. by tin- people of
ti-i home co i.it.v and served them as
n member 4 th" 1. gi.-ln I are some
years ai;o. He had a la r ire number
i. f friends in this i-hiiiIv who are
AM'T Till; WKST KXTKNMIWN.
Hearings before a board appointed
from the reclamation service on the
much-mooted question of the exten
sion of the Umatilla project, will be
gin tlie latter part of this mouth.
The board will sit in Ilerniiston, Pen
dleton and Stanlield to hear objec
tions made by the various sections
in regard to sources of water supply
for carrying out the proposed work
and after getting all possible infor
mation on the subject, the board will
make recommendations to Secretary
Fisher of the Interior Department.
Hearings can also lie arranged for
other points and concerning this the
Gazkttk has the following letter:
Ilerniiston, Oregon,
January 11, 1012.
Heppner Gazette,
Heppner, Oregon.
Gentlemen:
I have been advised that a
Board of Engineers will be convened
the latter part of the month, proba
bly at Ilerniiston, to consider the
proposed West Extension of the Uma
tilla Project. The Board will be glad
to meet persons or delegations inter
ested in the proposed extension and
to hear an expression of their views.
If invited to do so, the Board may
be able to hold meetings at conven
ient locations. Definite information
as to dates cannot be given at pres
ent, but those who are interested are
requested to communicate with the
Project Engineer at Hermiston, Ore
gon Very respectfully,
HERBERT D. NEWELL
Project Engineer.
Candidates for Secretary of State
are beginning to line up. E. E. Sha.
ron, of Portland, and Frank S
Fields, now county clerk of Multno
mah county, are the latest to file
their statements, and Secretary 01
cott is promised some good, warm
opposition for the nomination.
Frank Gilliam departed for
Portland on Tuesday morning
and will take in the doings of
dhe Scottish Right Masons.
Eight hundred acres of fine
wheat, all up and growing well is
what D. S. Barlow is depending
on to put him on his feet this
coming fall, and he has numerous
other neighbors who are similar
ly situated. Eight Mile will be
going some when next season's
crop is put into the sack.
For Sale.
A few thoroughbred Ancona
cockrels at $3.00 and $5.00 each
J. A. Waters,
tf lone Ore.
Hay for Sale.
400 tons alfalfa. High stacks,
No foxtail. With feed lots, etc,
Phone or write, Otis McOarty,
Butter Creek.
It was not a "silver thaw" in Mor
row county, but rather a "golden
thaw." The general average of 10
inches of snow melted into the
ground, and this means a splendid
harvest of golden grain for our farm
ers the coming season and gold in
their pockets. The tri-county devel
opment league has received a great
boost, and Gilliam, Morrow, and
Sherman counties will be on the map
again.
Every town is cursed,' along with
other nuisances, with a sore-head
growler who, because he is a failure
himself, cannot see any good in any
body or anything. The school does
n't suit him; the city council doesn't
suit; the church doesn't suit him; the
postoflice doesn't suit him; the news.
paper doesn't suit hin;. Nothing
suits him. The thought does not
appear to occur to him that the
town and community would be tick
led to death to see him leave, in
search for some place that might
suit him. Joseph Herald.
There is vast room here in Oregon
The opportunities are great. When
we have as ma ny people to the square
mile as Massachusetts we will have
some forty millions. When we have
as many as Rhode Island there will
be a still greater population here.
We now have about -800,000 people,
or barely seven to the square mile.
And Oregon can support in larger
comfort a greater density of popula
tion than Massachusetts or Rhode
Island. We do not have here the
gors of cold winters to contend
with, nor the excessive heat of sum
mers. Salem Statesman.
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death.
Death of Mrs. Summer.
Rhoda Ann Summer, a pioneer wo
man of Morrow county, died at her
home near Lexington on Tuesday,
following a stroke of paralvsis. and
was buried on Wednesday beside the
grave or Iter husltaml, who died less
than a year ago.
Mrs. Summer was born in Madisf n
county, Ohio, April 17. is 5. sic
came to Oregon with her parents
when ten years of age and settled in
the Willamette Valley, where site
was married to Eli Summer, coming
to Morrow county in the year Wl
Willi her husband and settled near
Lexington where she has si e. resid
ed. Sue leaves o esister.o ebrotlic.
a d sevet; children. She was a royal
friend a d i t-ighhor, a (1 will b
missed from her clrele of frie ds i i
the Iexi gton ceighborh x.d.
Over at La Grande the Observer
li.ia N't up a big how 1 about the ex-res.-ive
taxes to lie paid this year.
Residents of that city will have to
fety -11 niiils thisyear, 4 mills of which
to cover the state tax. It must
luke home money to run local busi
according to this ."7 mills out
I the 41 lex I d. J
A. Reeves and wife arrived from
Portland on Tuesday evening to be
come residents of Heppner. Mr.
Reeves is the new miller for the Mor
row Warehouse Mill Company, and
is getting the mill in shape to begin
grinding right away. He Is n man
that has been in the business for the
past thirty-five years, and is a thor
ough millwright Aftergrinding out
what wheat they have on hand now,
the company will thoroughly over-
haul the mill and put It In shnpe to
turn out the best brand of flour man
ufactured In the Northwest,
The stockholders of the First
National Bank of Heppner held
their annual meeting at the office
of the bank on Tuesday and elect
ed the following directors: M. S.
Corrigall, J. B. Natter, J. H. Mc
Haley, T.J. Mahoney, A.L. Ayers,
W. 0. Minor and Frank Gilliam.'
The directors then re-elected the
old board of officers.
As a result of a slight alterca
tion at lone on Monday Mrs Elbra
Mills had young Harold Dobyns
arrested, and the details of the
difficulty will be tried out in the
juvenile court before Judge Pat
terson. Dobyns is accused by
Mrs. Mills of thrashing her young
son, George, but this is denied by
the Dobyns boy. It is also stated
that in an attempt to chastise
young Dobyns, Mrs. Mills receiv
ed somewhat of a chastisement
herself, as the boy resented the
interference by the use of his fists.
The hearing will doubtless reveal
the actulal facts as Dobyns claims
he did not strike the Mills boy at
all.
Doric Lodge No. 20, K. of P.
installed officers for the coming
term at the regular meeting Tues
day evening. A consignment of
clams was attacked and conquered
in true knightly fashion. The
following officers were installed:
Chancellor Commander, J. F,
Lucas; Vice Chancellor, Emmett
Smith; Prelate, Chas. Thomson;
Master of Work, Thomas
Brennan; Keeper of Records and
Seal, 0. G. Crawford; Master of
finance, Geo. Thomson; Master
of Exchequer, L. E. Bisbee; Mas
ter at Arms, Frank Turner; Inner
Guard, Lewis Summerfield; Outer
Guard, A. M. Phelps.
For Trade.
Will exchange good Imported
Stallion or Jack for land' or stock.
For further information address,
Box 66,
m21 Pendleton, Oregon.
For Sale.
One dozen Purebred Single
Comb Brown Leghorn Cockerels.
They are Al. One dollar each
while they last. Speak up. Ad
dress Mose Ashbaugh, Eightmile,
Oregon. jl8-lm.
For Rent.
A blacksmith shop located at
Hardman Oregon. A good op
portunity for a good blacksmith.
Terms reasonable. Possession
can be given January 1, 1912.
Apply W. W. Smead, Heppner
Oregon.
Estrayed.
From my place on Rood canyon,
three head of two-year-old horses;
a sorrel, black and bay; also four
head of yearlings, all bays; All
branded quarter circle K on rieht
stifle. Missed from mv nlace
about the 4th of this month.
Write or phone me at my ex pense.
E. M. Keithley.
tf. Eight Mile, Oregon.
Velox, Azo, Solio and Bromide
papers and post cards, all sizes.
Patterson Ai Son.
There will be a mass con
vention of the Fanners' Ed
ucational and Co-operative
Union of America at the
County Court House in the
City of Heppner on Tuesday,
January 80th. All members
ot the various locals are
urged to be present.
Liggett's and Fenway's candy;
all kinds, all sizes, all prices.
Fresh stock every week. Patter
son & Son. The Rexall Store.
Owing to times being close,
0. K. Resl
will irom now on serve meals at
cents
The usual up-to-date service will be maintained.
PiaTY MILES FROM HOME
MEN talk to their homes
Iva every night when they are out of
town. They find it a oreat satisfaction
and it reliever any anxiety on the part
of their families.
The universal Bell Telephone Service
makes this possible.
Every Bell Telephone is a
Long Distance Station.
The PACIFIC TELEPHONE &
TELEGRAPH COMPANY
t Stock Taking Sales
r "Ye are now busy taking stock and
C vv are
throwing1 out all broken lines
and lemnants on the bargain counter.
You will find some good values.
in?
If We are still giving 10 per cent off on f
Suits, Waists, Coats and Sweaters
for Ladies; on all Suits and Overcoats
for Boys and Men.
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Thomson Bros.
Henry Bode secured the agency
of the AMERICAN LADIES' TAIL
ORING CO., of Ch icap-o, and invites
1ir1ifC tr incnorf nnrl cLif cnnmlor i n A f U n H
iuuivo iujpv.v.i UlIU JlJIVO U11U lllw
unrivalled fashions.
FRENCH DRY CLEANING A SPECIALTY.
Natter Building Heppner, Oregon
new
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF HEPPNER
Invites your Banking Business. Foreign. and
Domestic Exchange sold . Letters of Credit and
Travelers' Checks issued-
CAPITAL STOCK .... $100,000.00
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
M. S Corrigall, l'rcs ; J. B Natter and J. H.McITalkv. Vice Pres. j
T.J. Mahunky, CaRliier; Clyde Brock, Apsin'ant Cashier;
A. L. Ayi'.ks, W. O. Minor, Fkank Gilliam.
CD
A Few
HARP TIME SPECIALS
PURE STRAINED HONEY
1 quart glass jar, 50 cents
1-2 gal. glass jar, 90 cents
GOOD TOMATO CATSUP
15 cents per pint
25 cents per quart
HOME CANNED FRUIT
25 cents per quart
50 cents per 1-2 gal.
Corn Meal i Hominy Grit
15 cent package, special 10 cents
Closing out all Independent Tobacco $
Co's. Plug Tobacco. &
"index 5 cents cut, 30 cents plug
"Day's Work" 5 cents cut, 20 cents plug
Grocer
I have purchased the jewelery
business of Arthur Smih and am
prepared to do all kinds of watch
and jewelery repairing, also
plain and fancy enravincr. I
j solict your patronage.
tf C. It. Johnson.
Bargains in S. C. Rhode Island
Reds. 1911 Breeding Pens for
sale to make room for new stock.
All prize winning stock. Call
write. L. W. BRIGGS,
tf Heppner, Or.
or