Herald
HEPPNER
SEMI-WEEKLY
With which is consolidated The lone Bulletin.
A first class newspaper entered at the postoffice at Hcppner. Oregon as second-class matter
VOLUME 1
HEPPNER, OREGON,
3, 1914
NUMBER 41
CORRUPT PRACTICES
ARE BRIEFLY
DEF NED
FORCED TO QUIT BUSINESS
BY FREAK LEGISLATION
Owing to the fact that there are a
great number of newly-enfranchised
voters in Morrow County, who will
cast their first ballot at the election to
day, The Herald prints herewith sev
eral sections of the Corrupt Practice
Act and advises its readers to become
acquainted with the provisions of this
act in case they h5ve not already done
so. These sections are also printed
as a warning to voters and friends
who sometimes become too enthusias
tic in their efforts to secure the elec
tion of certain candidates.
It is unlawful for a candidate to
promise to appoint another person or
promise to aid in securing the appoint
ment, nomination or election of anoth
er person to any public or private posi
tion, except that he may publicly an
nounce his choice in any election in
which he may be called to take part,
u elected.
It is unlawful for any person to de
mand, solicit, ask or invite a candidate
to pay or contribute toward any polit
ical, religious or charitable organiza
tion, to subscribe toward the support
of any club or organization, to buy
tickets for entertainment or ball, or
to subscribe for space in any book,
periodical or any other publication,
and it is unlawful for any candidate
to make such payment with the hope
of influencing the result of the elec
tion. It is unlawful for any candidate, or
any person in his behalf, either before
or after election, to give or provide,
or for any person to accept from or on
behalf of such candidate any meat
or drink, or other entertainment or
provision, clothing, liquor, cigars or
tobacco, with the intent to influence
the vote of such person, or as a reward
to such person for voting in a certain
manner.
It is unlawful to attempt in any
manner to intimidate or coerce a voter,
and it is unlawful for any minister,
preacher or priest, or any officer of
any church, religious or other cor
poration or organization, otherwise
than by public speech or print, to urge,
persuade or command a voter to give
his vote in a particular manner.
It is unlawful for any candidate to
bet on the result of the election in
his electoral precinct; it is unlawful
for any person, for the purpose of in
fluencing the result of the election, to
bet on the result of the election in his
electoral district, and it is also a
ground for challenge of his vote.
It is unlawful for any person to
personate another at the polls and
claim or attempt to claim the ballot
or such other person for the purpose
of voting the same.
It is unlawful for any person to pay
another, except those hired as chal
lengers for the loss of timp in nHpnd
ing an election; it is unlawful to give , ticket.
away or wear political badges, bottons
or insignia at the polls.
It is unlawful to print or publish
any campaign literature unless signed
by the one responsible for the state
ments made therein, and unless it is
plainly marked as an advertisement;
and it is unlawful for any person to
pay an editor or publisher to infllu
tnie his editorial utterances.
It is unlawful for any person, on
the day of election, to ask, solicit or
"Oregon is winning for herself the
name of having the most freak set
of laws of any State in the Union,
and these laws are driving out capital
and driving men out of business,"
said W. 0. Minor, the well known
pioneer rancher and stockman when
interviewed by a Herald representa
tive a few days ago. -
"You wonder why I have been cut
ting down the number of head in my
famous herd of cattle ? It is because
of the uncertainty of Oregon laws.
I started in to build up a herd which
could be continued through my life
time. To build up a good herd re
quires years and years of time and
you must figure at least ten years
ahead if you would make the venture
a financial success. A law entitled
the Tuberculin Test was passed some
few years ago and since then the
fine stock business has taken a tumble
with me. In the first place, it costs
a breeder too much to send to Port
land after a veterinary and it also
takes too much time. Once it took
me three months to fill the order of
a Wyoming man who wanted to buy
a good bull. In any case it takes from
three weeks or a month and by that
time the buyer generally looks some
where else for his stock. California
doesn't have any such foolish and im
practicable laws and as a consequence
the breeders of that tate have been
taking the business away from Oregon
breeders "for the simple reason that
they are able to make prompt delivery.
When I have a call for an animal I
must send 4o Portland for a veter
inary. His trip here costs me $25 a
day and you can readily see that such
expenses soon do away with the pro
fits. "Another freak law, and which
would be entirely impracticable, if
it should paBS, is the proposed Uni
versal Eight-Hour Law," said Mr.
Minor. "While I don't think it will
carry at this election, it might at a
later date and it is just such uncer
tainties as this that are causing me to
close out my herd as fast as possible
and get rid of my land so that when
they pass a law in Oregon that pro
hibits a man taking a breath without
calling for an officer I can take my
capital nad invest it in some other
state.
i "Voters of Oregon should be very
careful in marking their ballots at
this election. They should think care
ful before they vote for any more
laws that will have the same effect
on capital invested as certain laws
have effected the lumber mill owned
by Mr. Al. Ayers in the southern part
of Morrow County. Mr. Ayers recent
ly spent over $20,000 in improvements
to this mill and after the passage of
certain laws he has closed the mill
down and says he will never open it
again. He will not risk the passage
of more such laws.
"I hope," concluded Mr. Minor,
"that the people of Morrow County
will vote to kill any and all laws which
will tend to retard the growth and
developement of business enterprises.
We can't invite more capital to our
state if it has to become subject to
freak legislation."
HOUR LAW NOT
PRATICABL
E
FOR FARMERS
rate, whichever one is elected, people
of Morrow County can feel satisfied
that the financial department will be
in good hands.
TO OUR READERS
The Herald is reserving most of its
local news for this week until the next
issue conies out, Thursday evening. We
are doing this on account of the large
amount of advertising we happen to
be carrying this issue and on account
of the fact that we desired to comment
as much as possible upon election
news and issues.
In Morrow County we have three
candidates for the office of Commis
sioner. A voter could shut his eyes,
stab at the ballot and no matter whose
name his X was put before he could
feel sure that he had voted for a com
petent man. C. J. Anderson, Socialist;
George J. Currin, Republican and Jeff
Jones, Democratic is the list of candi
dates for this office. Each of the
three has made a success of his busi
ness in this county and nil are num
bered among the county's most pros
perous citizens. No matter which one
of them is elected the taxpayers can
rest assured that the business of the
county will prosper in his hands.
MORROW COUNTY EXHIBIT AT PORTLAND
LAND PRODUCTS SHOW
Dr. A. K. Higgs, who was located in
Heppner for several years, is running
for Representative from Multnomah
I Countv on the Democratic-Prohitition
E B
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I TOILS LAW
Several young Lexington boys cele
L - J tr.it c . I : . t
iii any manner attempt to induce or oovuruy iukhv hi
picsuude a voter to vote for or refrain manner not exactly according to law
lioni voting for any candidate or
and as a result the sheriff brought
them to Heppner yesterday where
they were given a hearing before
Justice Cornett, They were charged
with disorderly conduct and plead
guilty. It also became known and
(Oregon Journal) I
Back of the attractive display of
soil-grown products exhibited by Mor
row county at the Manufacturers' and
Land Products Show is a great virgin
territory of 2625 square miles in the
north central part of Oregon a terri
tory where land is cheap and in need
of only man to till it.
The soil volcanic ash for the most
part is rich; the resources of the
county varied, the climate is such
that almonds, wheat and timber grow
within a radius of a few miles of
each other.
In the booth Mayor Smead of Hepp
ner, who is in charge, shows a hun
dred different kinds of vegetable and
scores of fruits, the products of Mor
row county's bottom lands, where dark
loam, rich in humus makes squashes
ripen at 100 pounds and produces be
tween 100 to 200 bushels of potatoes
to the acre, and other root crops in
proportion.
From these bottom lands come, too,
the forage crops alfalfa, clover,
vetch, timothy and corn.
The apples, big and rosy, which are
on display, are the products of door-
yards only, because Morrow county
has no commercial orchards, although
she has proved her right to them.
Stretching across the back portion
of tho- exhibit are long glas tjtios
filled with wheat. They are samples
from the grain zone in the middle and
western ortinnn of the county, a dih
trict vliere I'iO.OOO acres of wh.t is
grown, and a crop of 1,600,00" bushel'
is garnered each summer. The prin
cipal varieties are "fortyfold," 'Ore
gon club" and "bluestem," and the
cost of tillage and harvest averages
$5.85 per acre. Wheat from Morrow
rich in resources, where development
is just beginning and where the land
less man can buy at a rate varying
from $10 to $50 an acre.
DRY PERIOD DID NOT HELP
PENDLETON
Pendleton, Ore., Oct. 22. (To th
Editor.) I have read with considera
ble interest the press "dope" on the
"wet and dry movement in Oregon,"
which is being put out during this
campaign, and I cannot resist culling
attention to some of the:io misstate
ments. The writers of these misstate
ments must be either paid agents, pro
fessional agitators, or have no knowl
edge of the conditions in the towns
which the advertisements refer to as
examples of prosperity during the
"dry" periods.
A publication by the committee of
100, written by Orton E. Ooodwin, and
published in a local paper on October
7, makes this bald assertion: 'Pen
dleton, though wet now, was asserted
by many business men to have shown
far better conditions dry than wet,
and they asserted the town would in
all probability vote wet, but that Uma
tilla County most certainly would vote
dry"
I have lived here for over .'10 years,
have been in business here for 27
years, am not a small taxpayer eith
er, and I ought to be reasonably well
acquainted with local conditions. I
caused him the loss of a small fortune,
in increased taxes, and causing him
to sell for $28,000 property, which w:ii
worth $40,000."
During our "dry" times there were
no public improvements. Pendleton
went backwards. Industry reused
Carpenters, plumbers and .'irti.-mn:; of
all classess moved away. Pusii:ts.-i was
stagnated, and all kinds of propel ty
went down to less than cost price and
no buyers could be found even then.
Now, notice the change i.in o Pen
dleton swung back into the "wet'" col
umn. The city has made the greatest
strides in its history. Municipal pro
gress and prosperity have gone bund
in hand with individual progress and
prosperity. A water system costing
$.100,000 has been installed, a high
school costing $100,00 has been elect
ed; $10,000 has been expended
Vote 321 X No and kill the proposed
Universal Eight-Hour Law. The fact
that this bill includes in its limits of
eight hours for a work day, farm
hands and household servants, makes
it impracticable. The average farmer
of today is not making money as fast
as most people think. It is a matter
of record that over 75 per cent of the
farmers of the United States are
mortgaged, and if they had to hire two
sets of men to harvest crops it would
simply put them out of business. The
sheep raising industry is one of Mor
row county's greatest revenue pro
ducers. How could a sheepman afford
to hire two and three sets of herders
the year around and two or three
extra sets of men during the lambing
and shearing season? The passage
of such an amendment as is proposed
at this election would simply mean
that the sheep and wool industry of
this county would soon be a thing of
the punt. And from the workman's as
well as from the employer's standpoint
this amendment is not desirable as it
would prohibit an employee putting in
any overtime and making extra wages,
even should he so desire. From most
any point of view this bill is of no
benefit to anyone and should be de-
cisevly defeated.
The Weston Normal was closed in
11100. Iluildings owned by the state
and valued at $75,M)0 have been ly
ing idle since that time. The State
Senate was responsible for the clos
ing of this school, although the lower
house by a large majority favored its
continuance. Eastern Oregon needs
this school. At the present time this
vast section of the state has not one
single state educational institution.
Young pcoplju of this section who
wish to become teacherH are handi
capped since the discontinuance of
this school as the heavy traveling ex
penses entailed by attending the Mon
mouth Normal prohibit their receiv
ing the necessary training. To tho
person who pays taxes' on two thous-
011 I and dollars of assessed valuation the
Round-Up Park; $2.1,000 for a steel j,.0st of maintaining this school will
bridge; a $5000 lirc-ularm system bus ! mut to the price of one nicklc cigar
been installed with a $5000 auto lire ,.a,-h year. Can you afford to lose
truck; several miles of hard -surface the pleasure of smoking one cigar a
streets unci concrete sidewalks have
been laid, and Pendleton now has the
reputation of being the "biggest city
for its size on the ('oust," and the
nost prosperous.
What better could the people want?
Our population is flcadily increasing
and no one wil deny that we have
7500 people today, whereas by the
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year and devote the nicklo to help
maintain a much neded educational
institution in Eastern Oregon? Dup
ing the Inst year of its existence, tho
season of 1907-H, this school had an
enrollment of 275 normal students,
only 10 per cent of whom were from
I'matiHa County. The remainder
came from 17 other Oregon counties.
The records refute the statement that
Ibis institution was a "local high
school." Vote 31(1 X in the interests
of better educational facilities for
Eastern Oregon.
HEPPNER
; The prohibition question seems to
he one of the most hotly-fought meas
ures on the ballot. ThiH measure is
Number ;C12 ami .Till. So far as tho
i Herald is concerned, we put the mat
Thc State Convention of the Ancient ter directy up to the people of Ilepp
Onlcr of Hibernians will be held in ncr and Morrow County. In most of
this city on the Pith, 1 1th and 15th the towns you have hud "wet" times
Whether conditions
was right here during the two and a
half years of dry times and know I of this month and promises to bring 'and "dry" times
Measure.
It is unlawful to write, print or cir
lulute any letter, circular, bill, pla
card or po.-ter relating to any election
t r h'iv candidate unless the same thall
bear on its face the name and address !thy admitted that they were under
of the author and of the printer and influence of liquor that night,
pnbli .her thereof. jTn4 fUw 'ho was ring-U-ader of
!,ne bunch and who furnished the boys
i with the fire-water has skipped the
Voter.i in Morrow County have country but the officers are now on
nnothi r perplexing Muation to face on his trail and he will no doubt be ap
clectum day. Frank Cilliam and prehended before long. The main of
HatiMin Hughes are the two leading f,nM, committed and hih was ack
caivlidaUi for Treasurer. This is nowledged by the boys was the
another case of ' take your choice, damage done to the delivery wagon
The Herald has heard several voters owned by Wightmtn Bros., when the
xpic- tlx iiki'Kh in this manner re- iy, steered it off a precipice into a
garding thc-c two candidates; "I hate ravine.
to vote for either one of these gentle- : Another trick which should cot the
men for by don g I will be voting perpetrators dearly, was the cutting
gaii,.t the other one. They are both of hirnlM on , horw t)Wn1j ,,y
Mich giNl friend of mine and are ,
, ... u. Bub Clark. Halloween is a time
l oth Muh good nun that it is a mighty
bard propo.uiun to have to vote " merrymaking but not a t.me for
again, t either one of them." At any '.the destruction of property.
what the conditions were. In October 1 together a large crowd of the local have been better during one time or
1910, Mayor E. J. Murphy publicly ; members as well us those from out- the other you know better than we do.
Stated that we had lost between 1X00 side points. On Friday the Fitli the One thing is certain. In the event
and 2000 population during our "dry" ' Convention Pall w ill be held at the the farmers of Morrow County anil of
county has captured first prize at the season. The East Oregoniaan, in the is- Fair Pavilion and Parson's Orchestra the State of Oregon vote for pmhibi-
world i fair in Chicago, the Pan-Am- lua f January 13, 1909 , said: "Pen- will furni .h the iiiu mc The floor com- tion the owners of business houses
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aielon taxes are U per cent higher, mini ihisii.u m Messrs. John Kenny, wha n are now l.emg occupied ry
and Umatilla County tax 10 per John llroHinin, Jus. Mi Ninnee ami .la., liquor dealers and all the class of pco-
cent higher." So the Ions to the City Sheridan. A large numlx r of invitu pie who believe tbut prohibition causes
of Pendleton in revenue was at least lion are now being picpaicd and will higher tuxes will just as surely vote
$65,000 for the two and a half yeais. Ie sent out soon by the oininiMce. for single tux at. the next election and
During that time we hd al least 2-1 ' The bii.iness meetings of Ibe eon thereby reck to nil ft the burden of
empty business houses end 250 empty vcntion open in the Oddfellow Hall al
dwelling houses, in fact you could rent 10. oo a. ni. on Saturday the I Hli.
a dwelling house during the "diy" Slate president l II. Deny of 1'mt
period at your own price land will pre idc Oi Sunday tin I I'll
The East Orrgornan of Ortoln-r P'i, the Imal und iiting member. w,l
1909, says: "Hut it is the history of meet in the Oddfellow. II. ill at In. no
prohibition everywhere that it duet a. ni. ami proeeei m a body to St.
not prohibit". On November 4, P'O'.i, Patrick' (bunli. I:t, !m. I'h bop
Prohibition Iihh been a farce O lieilly, who i, cxie led to i to
the convention, will pica'h Ibe eiiieni
erican fair at butralo and our own
Lewis and Clark exposition in Portland.
In one corner of the display is a
sack of wool. It occupies an exceed
ingly inconspicuous place In the booth,
but the wool and sheep business in
the county is one of iU principal
wealth producing sources. Out in the
grazing din'rict wide stretches of
rolling hilli -are 175,000 sheep. Thn
wool prod i' tion alone aggregates
2.000.000 pounds each year. The Me
rino stock predominate.
In thooe grazing districts and in the ji laid
mountains are bands of cattle also,
taxation iih luavily hs possible onto
the partus who have I n responsible
for the empty humiicmt blocks.
, in Pendleton and everybody known it
blooded stock, which yields a fortune, t j. hypocrisy to deny the feci. Ui.u
while in the lowlands are hogs and! til. fount v Ho... t...t it now
We have already taken tin- d
poultry.
In the mountains is timber and him-
What two and a half year of pro
Wring mills. In brief there. aLanHa hiliition did to somi m-n is shown by
behind the Morrow county exhibit , clipping from thi Yakima i , y lie
l.S0,fH0 acres of land, of which 1,
250,000 acres are tillable; a district
public, of January 2. 1910: "i!. I'.
Renn says prohibition in pendli t'i'i
on the ivi'H .ion. In the aflenioon
there will be Inilialloo of a "la I of
"'i candidad I.ikm:; 'le degree.. A
I amine! will be gr 1'n oil S aul, v i i a
ir.g in the dining iooi-i i.f I n I . I
I el low I l.i 1 1 and u '. i i owd i . i
pei ted to be pi e ,i n ' enjoy the good
thing provided.
'I hi- dignified iiuimifr in which Kooth
ha i 1 1 1 1 ii I a- I hit inmpiiign in in sharp
oiil i in t to the i iirnpiiigri of his op
ponent.... I ;.,.( )i has refused to en
gage in per 'onalit ies or mud slinging.
He has inet and answered the ehnrges
aguim.t him, and ha roved Y Iih 1 the!
barges nie without fouiidut loir.
Kw'i yoiie m.Iio read the stenographic
report, of the Huoth West meeting
-aw bow llooih refuted every accusa
tion of Wet, and that West partisan
refused to enteral fair play to the
' llepulilii an candidate.
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