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Thursday, June 4, 191 1.
Tragedy of The St. Lawrence
River.
The sinking of the Empress
of Ireland is not so dramatic a
disaster nor so costly in human
lives and treasure as the found
ering of the Titanic, but the hor
ror of the tragedy of the St
Lawrence river scarcely yicldr
to that of the tragedy of the
Newfoundland seas says the
Spokesman-Review.
The terror of this catastrophe
is intensified by the fact that the
Canadian Pacific boat appear?
from testimony at hand to have
done everything humanly possi
ble to prevent mischance, where
as the White Star ship courtec'
catastrophe, that the Emprcsf
of Ireland sank within 15 minu
tes or less and that an explosior
of the boilers, icy waters and al
most freezing temperature made
it impossible for those whr
reached the decks to have an
fair chance to survive.
The calamity illustrates agair
the impossibility of absolute
prevention of disaster at sea
the necessity of invention ane5
science redoubling their efforts
to construct an unsinkable shir
the value of wireless telegraphy
and the urgency of all maritime
nations immediately aebpting
and enforcing the international
code for safety at sea that was
, promulgateel at London last win
ter. The questions that the world
aslts abeut this disaster on the
St. Lawrence are these: How is
it that three serious marine cala
niaties have happened on this
route within the last two
months? Should not this one
have been impossible ? Who was
at fault? Ought neit watertight
bulkheads to be so built that,
even if the ship be ripped open
amidships, its parts will remain
alloat? Have the terrible les
sons of the Titanic been lost on
the Canadian IVifie company?
Had the owners ef the ship
actually taken every possible
precaution to assure safety?
At this writing it appears
fnm all available accounts as if
somebeidy had bee n guilty ef
criminal negligence. It looks
like the captain of the collier,
inasmuch as the other boat was
proceeding slowly, awaiting the
thick fog to lift. Nothing but
the most thorough investigation
will satisfy the public.
donkey-like men in that country.
The first and best step in the
civilization of that country is
not an American army, but liv
ing wages for the poor peons.
They will respond to living
wages even better than to the
appeals of missionaries and
school teachers, and certainly
better than they will ever re
spond to bayonets and cannon
and bombs.
If the existing disturbances
in Mexico will result in raising
the standard of wages, which
involves the standards of living
and civilization, the bloodshed
wil not have been in vain after
all. Instead of wishing our
neighbors were in hell, as was
recently done in congress by a
man from Iowa, recently elected,
Mr. Vollmer of Davenport, we
mould be wishing them the in
:rease in wages that an official
f the American Smelting Co.
has been dreading as one of the
.dtimate results of the present
vars.
Wages In Mexico.
Some ef the American opera
tors in Mexican industries have
actually expressed regret that if
oreler is restored in Mexico wag
es may go up. They have been
CO cents "Mexican," which
means 30 cents American money
a day. 15ut can even a peon
work and live on such wages?
Why should any man with either
brains or heart regret an ad
vance from such servile cemdi
tions? Perhaps, if the Mexi
cans received living wage's, they i
would not be so revelutienary. j
What wuulel you elo if you had!
to work and toil for thirty cents!
a day and what kind of life and
civilization could you nurture on J
such an income. The truth is
that many Americans have!
boon' operating in that country!
because they have been able to
buy human muscles as cheaply ;
as donkey muscles and then
we have cried over the fact that1
they seem to have so many ,
Where The Church Lays The
Blame.
The special committee of the
Presbyterian, church, charged
vith the making of a report on
,he causes and remedies for
social vices, blamed the present
ityles of women's dress, the
,rend of present day literature,
,hc character of present day
lances, and the present day
growing demands for sex know
ledge. This is a rather severe indict
nent of present day things. We
ire inclined to the opinion that
,hat committee has exaggerated
-hose things. Social vices are
lot any worse than they were
ast year, or than they were
nany years ago, or than they
vere in the days of the ancients.
These things have always flou
isheel they flourished when
present day clothes, books.
lances and thirst for intimate
mowledge were not known. If
hese evifs had come upon us
suddenly tney might be so ae
rounted for, but they run in a
stream of scarlet through all of
iiiman history and thev have
)ngaged the attention of all law
jivers from Moses among the
fows and Solon and Lycureus
vmong the Greeks. The Presby-
-erian committee, we fear, is
more anxious to indict the pres
:nt than it is to find out the
truth.
The department of justice of
he Uuited States government
vhich has made extensive in-
.'estigatbns, does not agree with
ihe church committee either.
The elepartment says that 90
;cr cent of social vice, according
f;o its statistics, results not from
he superficial causes assigned
y the church committee, but
,'rom two deep-seated causes.
lamely, the peverty of the girls
mil the greed of the traffickers,
These unfortunate women come
dmost wholly from the poorer
lasses among whom the modern
lothes are net important, neith-
r are boeks. It is the combined
le-sire to make a living, and that
asily, as they think, and the
lesire for easy profits on the
part of exploiters and managers
f these women that the govern
ment believes eleies the fatal
work.
The government may not be
entirely right in its conclusions
either, but we believe it is near
r right than the church com
mittee is. In the end we may
have to conclude that some of
the social vice is due to the mere
lesire for the gratification of
human passions, rejrardless of
either clothes or bread and but-
U-r. Ami there is the further
fact that thrensfourths of wo
men in sin are mentally defective.
the world. But I think when!
we go into it we must have
different point of view from
the old one. We ought to ac
cumulate observation and ex
perience for the benefit of our
children instead of senations for
ourselves. We shouldn't insist
on always veiwing ourselves as
heroines of romances and we
shouldn't get discontented if
others don't view us as such."
But the author is at outs with
many others who are writing
nooks in these later days. In
some of the current books moth-
hood is made incidental. The
principal thing is what they call
fredom from man. That is, the
omen is told that she must be
producer and an earner in her
own right, instead of being de
pendent on the earnings of the
man of the family, formerly cal-
d head of the family.
But one wonders what it is
that women can hope to produce
that is more esteemed in the
world than sons and daughters
who are worthy of their parents.
Even books and pictures and the
flubdubbery of fine and artistic
things do notcompare at all with
children. Under whatever name
feminism may pass, if it neg
lects to place the emphasis on
children, as the best and holiest
and most worth while product
of women, it seems to us, as to
the author of the book quoted,
more or less a failure.
Women and Children
"1 feel that it's a perfect good
uroer to be a mother." savs one
f the characters in a book of
the elay, "The Women We Mar
ty." "I don't think it's neces
sary for you to withdraw from
PROFESSIONAL COLUMN
Newspapers as Business Institu
tions.
A writer, in discussing the
newspaper as a community as
set, recently called attention to
a phase of the business which
is very frequently overlooked.
In the course of his article he
says :
"There's another that is sek
dom given much thought, and
that is that the newspapers of
any city or town are a paying in
vestment for such place as in
dustrial institutions. People
welcome with open arms and
loud acclaim any factory costing
a few thousand dollars and they
think the town is wonderfully
fortunate in securing a
plant that will give em
ployment to a number of peo
ple. Sometimes they even
put up bonus to secure such
a plant. There are many news
papers which give employment
to a number of people, and noth
ing is thought of it. The money
that comes to a paper is spent
in the town or city where it is
published. None of it goes away
except for ink and paper and
some other small supplies that
cannot be bought at home. The
newspaper is essentially a home
institution. It works day and
night to build up its home town
and state and spends its money
freely with home people. It is
published on strict business prin
ciples these days, and that is the
reason for the growth and pros
perity that has come to many
papers during the past few
years. "As a business enterprise, a
good newspaper is about the best
industry that any town has, and
its publishers ask nothing but
a square deal."
The Herald received through
the mail some time ago an excel
lent piece of manuscript which
we much desire to publish. We
withold it from our columns for
the reason that it ennw t, iw
unsigned. Publishers in general
rule against printing unsigned
communications but are nlwnv
glad to omit the names of the
writers should thev not care t.
have them printed. If the writ
er of the article mentioned will
send us his or her name we will
be pleased to publish the com
munication.
F. DYE,
DENTIST
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building, Rooms 4 and 5.
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Dr. H. T. ALLISON
PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS
Office Patterson Drug Store
Heppner, - - Oregon
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I'll YSICIANS & SURGEONS
Heppner, - - Oregon
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Heppner, Oregon
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C. E. WOODSON
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Office in Palace Hotel. Heppner, Ore.
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Heppner, Oregon
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Office in Court House, Heppner, Ore.
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ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Heppner, - . Oregon
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ATTORNEYS
AND COUNCELORS AT LAW
lone, .... Oregon
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ABSTRACTER .
Only complete set of abstract books
in Morrow County.
HEPPNER, - - OREGON
FOR FINE UP-TO-DATE HOMES
See
T. G. DENNISEE,
ARCHITECT AND CONTRACTOR.
LOUIS PEARSON
TAILOR
Heppner, . - Oregon.
C. O. PRENTICE, D. V. M.
Veterinary Surgeon and
Dentist
Office: Patterson's Drug Store
Phone, Main 123
Heppner, - ... Oregon
NOTICE.
All county script registered up to
and including April 1st will be paid
upon presentation at the County
Treasurer's office. Interest ceases
after this date.
Frank Gilliam,
Treasurer Morrow Co.
Dated, May 28, 1914. 5-tf
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has been appointed by
the County Court of Morrow County,
Oregon, administrator of the Estate
of Kdwnrd R. Currin, deceased. All
persons having claims against the
estate of said deceased are hereby
notified and required to present the
sumo to me duly verified as by law
provided at the office of C. E. Wood
son in the City of Heppner, Morrow
County, Oregon, within six months
from the date of first publication of
this notice.
Geo. J. Currin,
Administrator.
Dated and first bublished this 14th
day of May, 1914.
ATTENTION
Threshermen
People from
should arrance to nttnn.i ti.o1
picnic at Lexington in large num- j
bers. Our towns are generally !
loo lar apart seKially and a pic
nic of this sort is a good place to
meet old friends and make new-ones.
I make a business of repairing Com
bine Harvesters, Threshing Machines,
Engines, etc., and guarantee all my
work. Experience has shown that
money can be saved by having machin.
ery put in working order before
harvest and you should not fail to
have your repair work done early.
Don't wait until harvest starts, as you
did lust year.
Vic Groshen
Carries a Complete Line of
The Finest Cigars, Wines;
and Liquors.
Ice Cold Beer, Either Bottle or
Drught, To Quench The
Thirst These Hot
Summer
Days
Heppner, Oregon
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RENT
We have several nice cottages
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CONTRACTOR and BUILDER
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First Class Work Only.
. I Hake a Specialty of and Have Complete
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House Moving
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by Any One. It is
FOR SALE
by the Week, Month
or Year.
Box 2:is.
Heppner, Oregon. ;