HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER. OREGON,
E. G. HARLAN
EDITOR
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
TUFSDAYS and FRIDAYS
EDITORIAL SECTION L
HEPPNER HERALD
K. HARLAN
MANAGER
SUBSCRIPTIONS $1.50 PER YEAR
OUTSIDE COUNTY $1.50
THE REAL THANKSGIVING SPIRIT
Nationally our Thanksgiving was
The evangelist who is about to hold forth
little''11 Yardman, it w found, is not sensation
I makpr. Hp is nn the contrary ft verv reasnn-
, . u . i.i i i
more modest tnis vcar. il wouiu nave ueen
able man whose series of meetings in this city
more or less unbecoming for those who had some few months ago stamped him as a sane
plenty to sit down at groaning tables and gorge and efficient worker who will reason with men,
themselves with the fatness of the land while
so many in the world have nothing at all, not
only in Europe but many in our own country.
We may well feed ourselves a little less abund
antly, or a little less richly, in order that we
may share what we have with those who are
unfortunate.
One cannot with good grace and with a clear
i IP 1 - 1 i-1
conscience gorge nnnseu wnne ne kiiuws mat
. , i ,i i r
so many others do not nave enougn. uur own
luxuries under such conditions ought to pall
j i j i - c .... r....i: 1
upon us. Any one witn me liner leeimgs anu
deeper considerations felt better and more
thankful yesterday if he ate moderately him-
olf and devoted the balance of his abundance
to the feeding of someone else.
We in Oregon have a plenty so far, and we
are rich in a world where untold millions are
so very poor. Hut our riches should not create
in us selfishness. And it is not doing that, we
believe. Oregon has been giving liberally to
Europc.car loads of Hour, etc., bung now on the
way to the Helgians. Jn our own country also,
we shall be able to find many places where our
aid is needed, later on in the winter, if not now
As an ideal for our own living conduct, it
might be suggested that all of us who have
enough should economize somewhat and that
we should give the difference to the great chari
ties that are crying out in the world. A little
self-denial will make us much more happy than
self-indulgence. In the best sense the things
we have in abundance do not belong wholly to
us, but we are bound to recognize that those
who have not, or who have not enough have
some claims on our prosperity.
not merely excite them. The most conserva
tive religious thinker need not stand in fear of
him, nor of his influence.
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. House has six
rooms with bath. Bleeping porch, sur
rounded by fruit trees and berry
bushes. Fenced in chicken yard. In
quire of the owner, C. T. Humphries,
or Herald office.
ITHE OLD RELIABLE
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.
Some Thoughts on Revivals of Religion
The revival of religion in this county is again
with us. Protestant churches being deficient in
education of a religious nature, must from time
to time use such efforts to recruit their
sti'c ngth. The Catholic Church takes better
care of its charges. It sees to it that they are
taught, from earliest childhood, to believe the
things that tiny consider essential. Which
method is the belter is still an open question,
but Proliskint Churches it may be noted, are
devoting inoiv time and closer study in the
Sunday Schools.
It is a qiici r world and humai ity is a strange
probh m. Most of us still believe that the real
ly important thing is not this life, but the
future life. That is what we must live for and
to attain it is the did of religious teachings.
Most of us Mill bclit ve that we must do certain
things lo win from Cod the favor of happiness
in the ful ure life- The interpreters of God's will
in sin h matters are legion and hardly two of
tin tu are agreed. Some say wem list bow so
many times and others that we must believe
cirlain things, and if wo cannnot reason our
selves into that belief then we must excite our
stives into it - struggling until we break down
our o n w ills.
The work must be kept up constantly, in
cessantly, or men will slip from their spiritual
moorings so far that when they come to die
Cod w ill not know tin in. It is one of the most
pathttie phases of our common humanity. Still
there is a constantly increasii g number of
nn n and weiiuii who lulieve that if they do
what is about right in this wolll it will be all
riht with thrtn in the world to coiih ami
there is evt u an increasing number, headed by
such nn n a- Thomas A. Kdison, the genius of
tlie int iitie world who do n t believe there
is any win I.I I i t ome at all and so there is no
use inotti! ;ng the lit sh in tl is to gain the
next. Tiny say that the rewards in this world
for g o I l.vin r ai t' sutlicit nt to warrant n man
in iio.n ' ii ins! an, i living hit liost.
What is the use of grown up and sensible
men standing up in line and shooting each oth
er and over what ? And yet when war comes,
the whole population, regardless of previous
resolutions, is apt to be swept into the mael
strom. That is what has happened in Germany
and later in England. Labor leaders and even
socialists among them vie with the war lords in
fanning the blaze. Every one wants to fight
when the time for fighting arrives. It acts as
an epidemic, a contagion, more persistent and
insidious than the foot and mouth disease it
self. At the time of the Spanish-American
war, after the Maine had been blown up all the
common sense and calmness left in the country
could not stop the contagion of the war bug.
President McKinley almost wept when he signed
the war bill, for he believed that if the coun
try had given him a little time he could have
settled with Spain without the arbitrament of
war.
O
LABOR AND WAR.
The American Federation of Labor with its
2,000,000 members has gone on record in favor
of arbitration, between nations as well as in
dividuals, as opposed to war. They figure out
that the brunt of the battles fall on the labor
ing classes. That is true, since most of us
belong to the laboring classes, in one way or
another. The idle rich are too few and too
worthless to do much of the fighting no matter
what it might be about. But there are still
other reasons for avoiding war. The best rea
son for avoiding war ia the unreason of war
itself. , ,
RESTAURANT FOR SALE.
In the city of Heppner, Oregon.
There is a good restaurant in Hepp
ner for sale. 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
is still ready to serve its patrons
to the best of
GOOD EATS
I Phelps Grocery Co.
It is stated that Secretary Gale of the Ore
gon Woolgrowers Association strongly advises
all growers to refuse to sell or contract their
next spring wool unless they are given 25 cents
a pound or more.
Conditions certainly point to high prices for
wool. The B'nglish embargo on Australian wool
will force a great shortage in this country.
With wool and wheat, both of which are Mor
row County's greatest wealth producers, at a
sky-high figure next year, as well as this year,
there is going to be a scramble to pick up some
of the cheap lands in this county.
While Europe's hand is being held out it must
not be forgotten that there are many in this
country who also are in need of aid and more
will be in such need during the months of win
ter ahead of us. And talking about the orphans
of Europe we should not forget that there are
thousands of children in our cities who do not
have quite as much as they need to nurture
them properly, hardly so much, some of them,
as is necessary to sustain life.
O
There is no use arguing ns to whether
we shall help those at home or abroad. The
best thing is to help all who need help, so long
as our strength holds out. This is the wisest
and safest practice. The work has to be done
by some one and it seems to devolve mostly on
Americans. We are the succoring nation, no
matter whether it is an earthquake, a tidal wave
or war that atllicts the world.
-O-
Toward the close of the civil war the opera
tions cost us a million dollars a day and that
. . .. . .. seemed nn nwful ovnnilitnro Hot hnw titn.ii
ami beliols tlie , , , . " " " vil
nave cnangeti, now hair a dozen countries are
An I 1 t tt . : tin ''C forces
wort, I r . ; 1 1 i 1 1 -1, ; t.i ho sunvi.l Vli:if i'tir
elusions i:n ,i hase come t.i in themselves, they ,;U'h s,H'niUn 8CVcral millions llilv in carr"
may be Ms.pt away by the presentation of the.!""" 'nr" that havc n is!,uo Ulh aa we h:ul
other side. The teinlt niess that is in men's
hearts, the desire to live better ami the creduli
ty about the future, all these are easily aroused
still, as much so as in the days of Christ, ami
so the go.-pil campaigns are flill going nn ami
. 41. . 'I t A. 1 1 .
in wit-civ ii w ar, uui wnun eems lo oe very
much in the nature of n mere contest to see who
can lick the otlur fellow.
Some great man has Raid that the difference
souls a., Mill sax, d. taken as brands from the u,on , Vniwnity nm, , mal, ft),Wo
I'ttiM.n. ttoii Mooaoi ii, no i it -1 1 iiit-p uuiii
ing anvwlurt ill the universe into which to put
the soiiN of nun. That part of the ancient
creeds ha- b, t n pit My well burned out. We
have mine to n gard latin T lightly tile man who
would liw a gootl hfe here nn n ly to win happi
ness in a life to come.
was that in the large university tho student
govs through more college, while in tho unmH
college more college goes through the Mudcnt.
If you'rs n big man you won't stay down;
Jonah didn't.
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
PROFESSIONAL COLUMN
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. WINN ARD & McMURDO
PH YSICIANS & SURGEONS
Heppner, - Oregon
Dr. F. N. CIIRISTENSON
DENTIST
Heppner, Oregon
Offices with
Drs. Winnard & McMurdo
C. E. WOODSON
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Office in Palace Hotel Heppner, Ore.
SAM E. VAN VACTOR
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Heppner, Oregon
S. E. NOTSON
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Office in Court House, Heppner, Ore.
WELLS & NYS
ATTORNEYSATLAW
Heppner, . . Ortrfon
KNAPPENHERG & JOHNSON
ATTORNEYS
AND COUNCELORS AT LAW
lone, .... Oregon
W. L. SMITH,
ABSTRACTER
Only romptrt n-l of ibjtricl books
in Morrow County.
HEPPNER. . . OREGON i
FOR
FINE tP-VO-DATE HOMES
tern
T. P. Dt'.NMSEE.
ARCHITFtT AN J CONTRACTOR.
LOl IS PEARSON
TAILOR
Irppurr.
Oregon.
ML IlKAZEAI.E. I). V. M.
m.PlTY STOCK INSPECTOR
House Moving
i
Heppner G
arage
All Kinds of Repair Work Done Quickly
We are agents for
Ford, Overland and Mitchell
Automobiles.
Hilir GILLIAM I B1SBEE
T0VES
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 & Bisbee
The First National Bank
OF HEPPNER
Oldest Bank in Morrow County
Capital, Surplus and Profits
$140,000.20.
Your Banking Business Will be Appreciated
is
DPI
Frho,
Orrgon,