PACK TWO
HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1914.
E. G. HARLAN
EDITOR
EDITORIAL SECTION
HARLAN
MANAGER
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
TUFSDAYS and FRIDAYS
HEPPNER HERALD
SUBSCRIPTIONS $1.50 PER YEAR
OUTSIDE COUNTY $1.50
Ltl Us lie Thankful For These Things
The Thanksgiving idea is as old at the world
itself. At most man has always acknowledged
that he is merely a custodian of things which
have been placed here for his vise and advan
tage. You can carry nothing away, you can
only enjoy a respectable amount of the world's
gifts and they are here in profusion and with
in easy grasp.
We have much to be thankful for. Business
is good, better than in most election years.
The talk of politicians is mostly in the line of
caloric. They live in a make-believe world of
their own, and their antics are a sort of stage
play. We are advancing and are to be thankful
because politicians and damagogues play smal
ler parts in the world's cast today than ever be
fore in history.
The Steel business is running at nearly full
capacity. Building materials, wire and nails
are in great demand and the price of these is
lower than they have been for years. Of course
some steel products have advanced due to the
war but there is a steady demand for all steel
products and when steel is in demand it means
that people are building homes, farmers are
fencing their fields and businessmen are erect
ing skyscrapers.
The railroads, in spite of low rates, are put
ting down heavier steel, some right here in this
county. There is less antagonism to the roads
than in years gone by. We can't afford to
harass big business. Big business means pay-
olls and I he hot-air artists have given us
a. .(. t of calamity stuff due to monopolies.
A,;, icultural experts state that a greater
am age v nl he planted this Pall ana next
Spring than ever before. Our late crop was
above all predictions. We are feeding the war
ring nations today. The high prices of meat in
the past few years have encouraged breeders
and they have a big lot of young stock coming
along. Horses are in great demand in spite of
automobiles but it appears to us that all sur
plus horsellesh should be sold. Horses are too
speculative, we need more hogs and cattle.
We have a few great calamities in the way
of (ires, ships going down and explosions in
mines, but after each disaster there has been
an aetie intent to see that tie thing does
not occur again. . Kvcry shin which sails from
New York or any European port carries enough
lifeboats, dories and collapsible boats to take
care of all on board in case the ship goes to the
bottom In all theatres there are abundant
plac(s for exits in the case of lire and these
are opened before every performance begins.
Eire losses have been atrocious and seemingly
unpardonable. With the rapid extension in the
use of concrete and steel we are eliminating the
risk of lire. It is almost imposible for fire to
start in some buildings, so thoroughly protect
ed are tiny, 'i he Elah Hotel in Salt Lake
City is the last word in hotil construction and
we are t !d that it carries no insurance.
I'ntatots bring a good price, w Ileal is higher
than cur Inline, Iowa corn has been in great
di inand for various kinds of food products, we
have all I a "bale of cotton" and the cry
ol the coll in nu ii is no longer heard, even the
apple grow i rs of Oregon are disposing of their
crop and at a good price. Of course we are a
great t..le and we admit it, but we still im
port cj'i roiii China, beef from Argentine and
wool from Australia. There is no reason for
this. e ;'i i our h inn out of the soil and we
are gon.g I i git more food and better food in
the in 1 i;r ihan ci r before, simply because
w' arc In Hi' ,ii,r nee to bear in the matter.
And i are aK i K aihiug the young that farm
ing is an cii.iiu silly respectable business. Of
all nu n the nu - .-Ii mM be respected.
Ill Ml I I1
the Cl, a
MnU, t i
that V.aS
man who devised our public school system. He
argued for it, pleaded for it, fought for it, and
brought it about yet so far, we have not caught
up with Jefferson's ideals as to what it should
be. But we are getting there. This is accoun
ted for by the fact that in those days we were so
busy cutting down the forests, killing the wild
beasts, eliminaating the Indians that for the
time his ideas were pigeonholed.
Now in several states the cities have declared
that the school buildings are not for the exclu
sive use of the children. The first city to inaug
urate this idea was the city of Rochester. Chi
cago followed and when these cities made the
plan work, lo and behold, the State of Wiscon
sin declares that every schoolhouse in the state
shall be cleaned, heated if necessary and arrang
ed for any purpose if a small number of the res
idents of the community shall so petition the di
rectors. Debating clubs, literary clubs, dram
atic clubs anything that tends to amuse, in
struct and benefit the neighborhood is allowed.
In Rochester some of the rooms were equipped
with portable seats which were removed after
the literary part of the program and the floor
cleared for dancing and gymnastic exercises.
Parents would come with their children in
swarms and make use of the buildings as social
centers.
It has always been claimed that the saloon
has been a poor man's club, in fact he has no
other place to go. If we were asked what this
community needs most, we would say a place
where the young people and the grownups could
meet and improve their spare time. Carnegie
has the right idea but in connection with every
library there should be a gymnasium, a bowling
alley, a swimming pool and a baseball lot. Not
long ago a man told me of a town somewhere in
the middle states where a public spirited citizen
presented the town with a half of a city block,
all fenced in, marked eff for football and base
ball, provided with a grandstand capable of seat
ing the whole town, should it happen to turn out
en masse, and instead of the boys spending their
leisure hours along the creek.smoking cigarettes
reading dime novels and jumipng freight trains
to the next station, they are found at the Ath
letic Park, where tobacco, rough talk and dime
novels are tabooed and the "Bad" boy problem
of that town has been solved.
It has been observed that people who meet to
gether, who talk over common interests, who
plan for ways of bettering community life, do
not go away and defame each other. Friend-
HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE
Located in South Heppner and in
order to dispose of same in the next
two weeks I am offering same at a
remarkably low price. Mouse nas six
rooms with bath, sleeping porch, sur
rounded by fruit trees and berry
bushes. Fenced in chicken yard. In
quire of the owner, C. T. Humphries,
or Herald otTice.
ship is hygenic. Animosity, fear and grouch
are eliminated. Wherever the discussions arc
full, frank and free, people find that they have
less to fear from their neighbors and harmony
co-operation and mutual assistance are render
ed possible. To this end the public-schools
should be used. The public-school system ce
ments : it does not divide. I does not divide the
town up into little religious cliques and social
sots: it eradicates feud, jealousy, caste and
makes for true democracy. Lord bless you, we
built the schools, now let's use tnem.
In the Pittsburgh district there are 100,000
men out of work. In other manufacturing con
tors the number is correspondingly great,
There are already many hundred workmen idle
in Portland and other coast cities. There is no
doubt but that general conditions will be more
stringent this winter than for many years. Just
whore to place the blame for those conditions
is a ditlicult matter. The Republicans say the
Democratic tariff is responsible and the ad
ministration lays the blame on the European
war. But coming right down to conditions in
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Morrow County, wo may fool mighty lucky
Ho is; compared with our idle brothers and sisters in
ii p v nit Nature, if any man is, wit h j tin industrial centers. With dollar wheat
1 "i 'hi world. He h brother to tho'uKrh wool and moats, this county is bound to
ii . ii, ee, the .showers, and the f-tars l'ol the hard times far loss than our less for
i oi r Ii. work. All of us pay a tri-! tunato friends in the cities.
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The Am ual Poultry Show, usually hold about
Janilarv 1. will bo n t him nt t Vin rmr li.fir (lin
i. ou hear n, the farmer's ,.,,,,, .,)v ri.ally uwun, ((f th fa ,t th.t i u
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"I t he m ll-Mal ter on tho unto, n : i i .
,uiu'iOM'i an giHui nam worn is d f.. tiy the
I members of the Association. The poultry in
1 1. 'in any m.Io, tho hea th of the dustry H one of tho irrvatoitt in th. I'mt...
the n aU.r of education, tho question of s,a,'' '' the hen has done her part to kit'
th.
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tn. tho oiMioitmoti.w c.r 1,11 ""uts oi .Morrow county above wato
aiv.ou. ,.t for tin. ,.,,. ,.. , , lurir.jr financial stringencies of the past. It is
'mI ! r a e. the absence of
tlllo . 0 I l looil-.he,, jill these sow. th.. i . I . .1.: . i. ...
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tor which wo can
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a""! niill iv of in tri.. I .... I.
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The lit raid's Annual Edition will le a thin
:! beauty and education. Keatitiful from
tin- world's lirst and , ' igrnptucal and pressman s Mandivint. am
r.,t. A- a tnoatu of self-oaltation '''tional because it will cont ain more infor
I ,.i o, times so-called JetTersonian j "intion regarding Morrow County than w;i
.sm 'i-v. other things ,o was tho r er before compiled between twoexe
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FOR 'RENT
Nice place at Olex, Gilliam County.
668 acres bottom land, nice orchard.
80 acres hill and bench land has been
farmed, about 200 acres in all. Will
rent or sell cheap on time payments.
L. O. RALSTON, Owner,
608 Market St., Portland.
RESTAURANT FOR SALE.
In the city of Heppner, Oregon.
There is a good restaurant in Hepp
ner for safe. Located on Main Street
and doing a first class business. It
is well equipped with everything
necessary to do the business.. .Clean
and neat in every particular.. .There
are some household effects which will
go in the sale, all new and useable
articles.. .The right man can take this
place and make money, as it is a
money maker now and you know what
it is to buy a business paying well,
Just drop a line to the owner or bet
ter yet, stop in and talk it over with
him... He is desirous of making a
change.
Yours for business,
GONG LANE
Thaeksg
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Everything for the
Big Thanksgiving Dinner
from Soup to Desert, including
the Turkey
Leave your orders early
Phelps Grocery Co.
PROFESSIONAL COLUMN
J. H. COX
CONTRACTOR and BUILDER
Plans and Estimates Furnished for All Kinds of Buildings.
First Class Work Only.
I Make a Specialty of and Have Complete
Equipment for
F. DYE,
DENTIST
Pemanently located in Odd Fellows
building, Rooms 4 and 5.
Dr. H. T. ALLISON
PHYSICIAN & SURGEONS
Office Patterson Drug Store
Heppner, - - Oregon
Dr. A .P. CULBERTSON
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office Second Door North Minor &
Co. Store.
Heppner,
Oregon.
Drs. WINNARD & McMURDO
PH YSICIANS & SURGEONS
Heppner, - Oregon
Dr. F. N. CIIRISTENSON
DENTIST
Heppner, Oregon
Offices with
Drs. Winnard & McMurdo
C. E. WOODSON
ATTORNEY-ATLAW
Office in Palace Hotel. Heppner, Ore.
SAM E. VAN VACTOR
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW
Heppner, Oregon
S. E. NOTSON
ATTORN' EY-AT-LAW
Office in Court House, Heppner, Ore.
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WELLS & NYS
ATTORN E YS-AT-LAW
Heppner, Oregon
KNA1TENIIERG & JOHNSON
ATTORNEYS
AM) COINCELORS AT LAW
lone, .... Oregon
W. I SMITH.
ABSTRACTER
Only complete t of abstract book
in Morrow County.
HKITNKR, . . OREGON
roil riNE tPYO-PATE HOMES
T. C. DKNMSEE.
Allllimvr AND CONTRACTOR.
LOnS PEARSON
TAILOR
.Irppnrr, Orrmn.
PR. P.RAZEALE, D. V. M.
Dl l'lTY STOCK INSPKCTOIl
t'vhn, Orrin.
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House Moving
eppner Garage
All Kinds of Repair Work Done Quickly
We are agents for
Ford, Overland and Mitchell
Automobiles.
STOVES
GUI I BEE
offer you stoves of
every description
THE GREAT MAJESTIC
MALLEABLE RANGE
(Which has no equal)
down to a $9.00 Cook Stove
Heaters from $2.00 to $40
Note the parts of the New Mission
Heater for wood and coal, has duplex
grates the same as a Steel Range.
If you want something to make a fire in
Come In And See Us
We will be glad to show you what we
have
Gilliam & Bisbe
e
The First National Bank
OF HEPPNER
Oldest Bank in Morrow County
Capital, Surplus and Profits
$140,000.00
Your Banking Business Will be Appreciated