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HEPPNER HERAT.O, HEPPNER, OREGON,
HEPPNER HERALD
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
Published Thursdays
by
E. G. Harlan and L. K. Harlan
A First-Class Newspaper, entered
as second-class matter May 16, 1914,
at the post office at Heppner, Oregon,
under the Act of March 3, 1879.
L. K. Harlan, Manager
E. G. Harlan, Editor
Subscriptions, $1.00 a year.
Advertising rates made known on
application.
Thursday, July 2, 1914.
to
The Call of '76 and the Call of
1914.
More liberty, freedom of
action and a wider range of acti
ity has been the cry of mankind
ever since his creation. Supersti
tion, convention, tradition, all
have held him firmly in their
' grasp. For the exercise of poli
tical and religious ideas, men
have given all that they hold
dear. Every nation has at some
time in its history engaged in
some struggle from which dates
a new birth of freedom and gen
eral uplifting. In the United
States we associate with the
Fourth of July many memories
of Revolutionary times that are
treasured by us.
The greatest test of loyalty
that can be shown is the will
ingness to lay down one's life
for his country on the field of
battle. Scarcely less is the devo
tion and steadfastness displayed
by those who give their lives in
the service ol their country in
peaceful pursuits. We meet
primarily on the Fourth of July
to do honor to the brave men and
women who died in their coun
try's defense in the Colonial
times. These services tend
inspire us to revere the name
which made possible this free
republic and to awaken in our
hearts a sense of responsibility
to carry on and prepetuate these
institutions left to our protec
tion.
Much as we honor and respect
the names of those who died on
the field of battle, the service
such as these rendered their
country will soon be a thing of
the past. A few men in the air
can destroy the largest armies,
a few submarines the strongest
fleets. The fighting of the
future is going to be before the
bars of justice, it is going to be
at the Hague. It is the duty
of the pulpit, the schools, and
the newspapers to direct citi
enship in that direction. The
downfall of nations can be traced
to the inability of such people
and institution to keep the pub
lic conscience clean.
Ex-Gov. Folk of Missouri re
lates an incident which in the
main is the following: Shortly
after his re-election there was
held in the city of St. Louis a
meeting of the party leaders
They met at a great banquet.
Near the close of the banquet
the orchestra struck up the
National air. The audience a
rose to a man and joined in the
words. When the music died
Rome fell not because her
legions failed to carry her eagles
as they did in the days of Caesar
and Pompey, but Rome fell
from civic rottenness and trace
every civilization from the dawn
of history and you will find this
characteristic in their destruc
tion. Republics are no new
i thing. Athens, Sparta, Rome,
Genoa, and Florence had repub
lics lasting from two to twelve
hundred years and the rocks
aeainst which these ships of
state were shattered are hidden
near our own republic.
In California not long ago a
young man testified in a Govern
ment suit that his father was so
crooked that he stole not only
from his business associates but
from his own relation. That he
was so dishonest that he would
have no business relations with
him whatever. He started in to
make his fortune alone and when
he had done so he started in to
prosecute graft in every form.
The record of graft prosecution
and the improvements in San
Francisco, in California and
other western states stands as
an enduriner monument to the
name of Rudolph Spreckles.
Hundreds of thousands of im
migrants are coming to this
country every year. In such
ast amounts that it is alarming
students of government every
where. These people multiply
five times as fast as the native
born Americans and in many
localities they outnumber native
Americans at the present time.
Unless these people can come to
appreciate the meaning of the
Fourth of July and such days,
unless they understand our in
stitutions, we are in a dangerous
position regarding our future.
Education is the master prob
lem of the day. But in the ac
quiring of it, education must
lead to and develop ideals of the
highest order. If it fails in this
it will curse us and be of as great
a detriment as the entire lack of
education. Too often in the
past we have thought that edu
cation should merely make a
man able to run a railroad or
dig a canal. Any system of
training that does not hold up
lofty ideals has failed and more
than that, it has committed a
crime atrainst society. It is
easy enough to deal with the
ordinary burglar, petty thievery
can be stopped, but it is the edu
cated criminal that it is hard to
deal with, the criminal who
knows society's weak places and
often safe-guarded by the laws
prey upon it.
good from the road and C. E. and to smoke ready-made
Jones and C. N. Jones both have cigarettes. Occasionally he
exceptionally good prospects, learns some Latin that he
In some places they had just ' springs on the inhabitants of the
started to harvest but in most tall uncut.
places no work has yet been j Yes, the fact is, that the de-
done. Nearly every one has tne j sire lor the spectacular is pretty
first crop of alfalfa in and some ; widely distributed, and you
are at the second crop. should not be surprised to find
We happened to pass a school , a few editors in the shuffle.
house that had "Social Ridge'
painted on the siding. That
We wish to say, seriously,
that there is reason for the ut-
showed that the builders had the j terence made by Mr. Shumway.
right spirit. No man is without; He is just an average man, we
friends in the Social Ridge dis-jall are, and he speaks what the
trict unless he chooses. Not far j average man believes. News-
from there we saw Mt. Hood
towering abouve her sister
mountains. Mt. Adams was seen
shortly with other small moun
tains above her feet and toes.
We saw Harry Johnson on the
road and wondered for what pur
pose the Moral Squad sent him
in the country.
We arrived at the picnic in
time for Mr. H. C. Gay, to invite
us to down Mr. Dinner. It was
a hard fight but he was no match
for the rawhide roast eaters
from the city. He put up a bet
ter exhibition than our fellow
citizen Moran did over in Paree,
however.
About three o'clock we climb
ed into the old iron horse and
pressed the starter. In a short
time we saw Heppner in the val
ley below, hid away in the green
trees with a spire here and there
reaching skyward. A few minu
tes more and we were on the
oiled streets, where dust vanish
es and the gladsome grin mounts
the motorists face.
papers have overworked the sen
sational side of the business.
There are papers however that
do not print a single line about
murder trials, hangings, hold
ups, wrecks and serious acci
dents. The Boston Monitor is
one of them. Newspapers have
a great influence in determining
public opinion. It is generally
conceded that a certain man's
newspapers created tne ieenng
which brought on the Spanish-
American war. It started the
cry, "Remember .the Maine."
The doctrine of distrust, compe
tition, and struggle has been the
chief article of use to many pap
ers but we-are getting away
from that. Some are and many
trying and when there s eliort
made in that direction we can
look for results.
Acres and Akcrs.
As a general rule we can say
that few editors read what they
write. It is the same idea as
the doctors work on. When
they get sick they call in some
other friend in the profession
and trv his pills. The subscrib
ers of the Herald down in Rhea
Creek evidently thought that
what the editor had been eating
had something to do with what
he wrote because they asked him
' down last Sunday to partake of
some first-class cooking.
We boarded Mr. Spencer
Akcr's Case car about ten o'clock
and "Old Faithful" never com
away and the men were taking 'plained or even hesitated as we .others.
A Shumway Suggestion
No man is right all of the
time. If your are right fifty
one per cent of the time you are
scheduled to make progress. We
are also, according to the Con
stitution granted certain inalien
able rights such as to laugh,
play, smile and to speak well of
our fellow men. Now it happens
that at the Farmers Union picnic
held at Lexington two weeks ago
that a certain man, Mr. A. R.
Shumway, says that newspaper
men are like physicians, "not
looking for sound and healthy
tissues, but continually probing
for boils, abcesses and un
healthy, diseased portion in the
body politic."
Now the argument is, do news
paper men misrepresent tne
facts, do they always seek the
sensational, scandalous, and
questionable?
As a class the newspaper men
rank well towards the top in in
telligence, broadmin de dn ess,
push, and general wellbeing. Of
course there are exceptions to
the rule the Golden Rule did
you say? Editors have been
printing what the people want to
read what they would pay for.
It is no great discredit to them
if the people do not care for any
thing better. The main trouble
with our late friend Madero was
that he lived on too high a plane
for those around him. When his
followers wanted him to divide
the spoils after they had placed
him in Mexico City he told them
that liberty was the reward for
their service. Liberty to them
was license to rob, plunder, and
appropriate the property of
The Farmers' Committee.
The appointing of the com
mittee by the Farmers Union to '
cooperate with the Commercial ,
Club concerning questions of
interest to Farmers and Busi-1
ness men is a step in the right j
direction. This will make it an j
easy matter to get into immedi- j
ate touch with the farmers and
to ascertain their desires in con
nection with what ever matter
might come up and which might
need haste.
There was some feeling ex
pressed that the business men
had been slow in working with
the farmers in trying to better
many things but there has not
been any official group of farm
ers who could voice the wishes
of the farmer body. This per
manent committee will repres
ent them hereafter and when
the merchants and farmers
undertake any work, they can
present an unbroken front and
much more effectively present !
their claims.
The big idea, of course, is that
it expresses a willingness to join
in anything that is of mutual
interest. We are all aiming at
the same thing and the quicker
we get together and see this, the
sooner we will be able to move
forward.
Heppner has the day current
now. Few towns of Heppner's
size which generate electricity
by fuel have the day service.
Whether it will pay remains to
be seen. The Company says
that they will make the rates
as low as possible to encourage
general consumption. "Do it
electrically" is now possible.
The company has fitted up a
room on the north tnd of Main
street and has placed a demon
strator in charge to show you
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Madero didn't under- tcrious energy. With their easy-
their seats, the man standing , ground round the rocky roads ( stand this, but unfortunately he I j)Hymi.nt system it is cheaper to
next to him, a successful manu-; through the canyons and up ;i not the only one and it is hP-jCWjk with t.1(.ttricity than to
td that Carranza will profit by
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fontnror TTnivprsitv graduate, steer grades, inc engine pur
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SSd rheaTS tnhe n;:i7e 'wlS Nothing todo .ill I It is also claimed that other! - get acquainted with the
tears streaming down his face tomorrow. classes of professional men cater thing, that make cooking u
said "Would to God I could die We don't claim to be grain ex- (to public opinion. Some people pleasure and eating a delight.
for my country." The next day ptrts but we have seen grain j say that lawyers succeed only;
he stood before the bars of jus-' grow in several different sections ; as thiy stir up trouble und drag ; -
tice pleading guilty of bribing of the United States also Canada, j their clients into court. Many Z'tL. f.na. motor..
members of the city council for ana we agree un .ir. okku; ,,... , ,rmi) amJ o(h(.r heaHng -r,rrl(
gas and electric franchises. we never saw such a good yield j what tne pews want to listen to W(iuld , , , ,u unti ,h, m
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fnr men to eive their lives on the Rood has a fine wheat field and 'call" somewhere else. Many . hkh .ill b in d.r.
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and women who have the moral1 wheat in the state. W. T. Camp- j appendicitis before they g t in
courage to stand and fight for bell's grain is class A. The stalk (to the ultrark-h class. Whether
these-liberties that have made , is not very high but the grain the doctors urge this, I don't
and preserved us as a nation, in 1 seemed well headed and when know. Educators say that John
the city council chambers, in the the sacks are counted he will must go to college. Th. re he
and at the have about as many as any oi u-arns w wear wei wihuut
them. Fred Lucas' field lookc J , trousers, monacle, lin n collars,
state legislatures
National capitol.
other eliTtrlral ulrnxilw on hand hlrh
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gin aa e are antioua to make up the
day load. We are willing to aarrl
firr on thrac artirlra. In addition
our arrire and riprrirnrr are alaja
at tli diopnaal of our runlomrra in
ntllnf the bml rraull from the
Mine.
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