TUESDAY, PECEMBER1,J914
PACE TWO
HEPPNfkR HKfrALT), HEPPN'KR, OREGON.
E. G. HARLAN
EDITOR . .
AN INDKPENDtNT NBVSF'AI'IK
TL'FSDAYS and FRIDAYS
EDITORIAL SECTION 1
HEPPNER HERALD
-K. HARLAN
MANAGER
SUBSCRIPTIONS $1.50 PER YEAR
OUTSIDE COUNTY $1.50
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" Any person who ever studied psyi-lioli y will
remember tin' chapters in the txt l:voteUo
Habit. I hi! iil is"itV',at'ttuh in" psycTiology-
'and lias more or less t do in the whole 'scheme
of life. EatiiiK tump is a habit and if persisted
in Ions; enough, it is possible to get as much
nourishment and satisfaction out of the dish as
it would be with a table set with meat, potatoes,
bread and butler ami mince pies. It lias been
known to lead men to believe that they were rich
influential and ureal. Indeed, habit .is. a great
thing.
During the Revolutionary, Civil and the Spanish-American
Wars, people ate soup. The war
taxes made them go to soup and some had it
that we were lucky to get plenty of soup. . War
invariably means soup. And wars seem to come
at regular interval;; so that we never forget the
habit of eating soup.
This year we have a novel situation. Wc have
, - i ..i r.
gone to eaimg soup again, oui ir no itj'i'aiiio.
cause. If the United States was at war, or in
danger of having war declared upon lt we could
then see why soup is so popular.- Now the reas
on seems to be that we are paying a tax which
some are pleased to call a war tax. It also seems
as. though the. main reason lies with the tariff.
When the Wilson administration went into office
they were committed to-a- tariff adjustment on a
scientific basis. Hut lo and behold they enacted
the usual political 'scheme, JV tariff made up of
sectional . prejudices, coming largely from the
South and sandwiched with visionary and doc
trinaire theories of scholastic free trade.
We have lived under that tariff about a' year
and the results have been the same as the prev
ious experiments. We are' paying the free trade
taxes again. I'.efore the war evtiroke out the
deficit was daily, growing and the ways and
means. of meeting this were discussed. . When
the war broke out it was siezed as an excuse for
putting these taxes into effect.
If we want to nav these taxes, all right. It
means that we must go back to eating soup,
which has been said, is mostly a matter of habit,
and when you once master the technique, it is
not bad at all. In fact there are many excellent
advantages in eating soup which would be to our
profit to know, k'ew people, eat soup. There is
no other manner in which you can get so much
good food into Hie .system as you can in the form
of soup. Soup is easy on (he digestive organs
and seldom do you hear of a man over-eating on
soup. I'ts mainly a matter of habit, whether you
take your food in the ordinary Republican way
or in the chape of Kemocratie soup. Mainly a
matter of habit.
The air was thick with blood-curdling threats
made by different lleppner men upon the bodily
well-being of certain oilier citizens last Friday,
and for a time the fur did 11 v. It must have been
that their Thank' gi ing turkey did not rest eas
ily upon th ir stotnai hs and they decided that
a lit ! physical exercise in this manner would do
tin in g I. A few black eyes and scarred faces
resulted bid cuts thing is miict again now. Let
r bin k.
A slieugiT in town was heard to express ;
favorable opinion regarding the general condi
tion of the cilv streets.
Another Annual Crop Report.
We ;;. e that our mi-mythical friend Hassan
has been ;mc n inoit popularity by an enterpris
ing ei)'arel le linn. Few young men who nioke
Hassan cigaivttt -t know that Hassan was a re-ligiou-t
eh.ii'.e (or. ' hi i mini first attracted at
tention d uti in A -i.i when he conceived (hut
(!od had ordained that he should save the world.
He I'. libeled log. I her bis followers who had
been ioiiei i 1 (o hi heme and they started
out to br ii mi the li-! and wayward. They
did ii 't I'aie wil! ; n-1 I t eniiunjt exasperated,
lias an, onf'v.! a !i larat ion of hostilities
acain I all n ei -bi be i r -. So terrific were the
bat! I' wh.ih followed tli.it his follower! were
calk d a - ;e-m ; ami today tin' word still occli
pii . a p. i mam tit l.sv in the current coin of
Spee, h.
Th'-ove-'. I . 11 i i -1 . there has been an an
I'uid i iop of "appointed one." who gain more
or k -s pion .iii is e according to their respv
1 1 c biiMin .- s idnht x and chances of fortune.
has more "instruments" on earth that He can
keep account of, for doing business, carrying
on war and so on in the name of the Lord, The
-Most High, the Merciful God - in --Heaven has
-been the pastime of the world anc: there seems
to be an unending line of men and generations
of men who arc willing to believe that such
claims arc just.
The Kaiser is simply one of the Belf-deluded
men, and the Czar is another and they seem to
have millions of men who are willing to have
their hearts shot out of them while sharing
that same supreme delusion.
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Contcmptablc Things In Warcfarc.
In the "good old days of warfare, when the
rules were more or less elastic, it was as common
to shoot from cannon chained balls. These
upon leaving the cannon's mouth' would take
on a whirling movement and it was possible to
maw down a swath of men ten or fifteen feet
wide. Another common practice which the
rules provided for was the poisoning of wells
and springs and the enemy drinking of this
water were exterminated with minimum labor
and expense.
In late years the rules have been changed so
those practices arc not regarded as honorable.
There is another practice which we think the
Rules Committee should take Crastic steps to
eliminate and that is the dropping of bombs on
unfortified cities and villages. A few Sundays
ago un aviator fiew over the beautiful church
of Notre Dame and knowing that it was full'of
people, mainly women and children, dropped a
bomb upon its roof, killing some and maiming
many more.
It is a recognized custom of warfare to give
warning to the citizens that the city will be
bombarded and afford an opportunity for all
non-eombattants to get out. - The Greeks and
Romans did this, and instances are on record
where barbarians had an understanding of this
nature. Just why then warring nations at the
present time send airships over an unbeseiged
city, one which is out of reach of their guns, as
Paris is, to drop bombs loaded with nitroglv-,
erin and petrol on women and children, for'
mostly women and children arc left in such
cities as Paris, the men being in the armies at
the front. One cannot but feel that Biich arts
are wholly unjustifiable. If airships could de
stroy military forces or supplies, that would be
a different matter, but merely to sail over a city
to ware its inhabitants and kill and maim a
few who are not taking part in the fighting is
an act that we must confess wc cannot com
prehend. Hying over non-hesctged cities and
scaring women and children is one of the many
contcmptable things now done in warfare.
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HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE
Located in South Heppncr and in
order to dinpose of name in the next
two weeks I am offering-ame at-a.
remarkably low price. House has 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 omce.
F OR 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,
I 608 Market St., Portland.
THE OLD RELIABLE!
RESTAURANT FOR SALE.
In the city of Heppner, Oregon.
There is a good restaurant in Heppi
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
I him... He is desirous of making a
change.
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Yours for business,
GONG LANE
is still ready to serve its patrons
to the best of
GOOD EATS
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Phelps Grocery Co. I
J. H. COX
PROFESSIONAL COLUMN
i F. DYE,
DENTIST
Pcmanently located in Odd Fellows
building, Rooms 4 and 5.
CONTRACTOR and BUILDER
Plans and Estimates Famished for All Kinds of Buildings.
First Class Work Only.
I Make a Specialty of and Have Complete
. .. Equipment for .
House Moving
Dr. II. T. ALLISON
PHYSICIAN & SURGEONS
Office Patterson Drug Store
lleppner, - - Oregon
Heppner G
arage
All Kinds of Repair Work Done Quickly
We are agents for
Ford, Overland and Mitchell
Automobiles.
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DrA P CJERTSON ' nil iwiimii
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
'Office Second Door North Minor & B
Co. Store. g 'THT ' 1 " ' , "-!,"
Heppner, - - Oregon. 1 3et J!k IX &w a M n mLa k.
Drs. WINNARD & McMURDO I .. feS
PII YSICIANS & SURGEONS I. -Jf felfP .
- -:3W:1I11IW I B1SBEE
Dr. F. N. CHRISTENSON I tt . ' f
dentist I fSffiMi oner you stoves of
Heppner, Oregon W-U '-SN
Offices with I , "CD
Drs. Winnnrd & McMurdo I
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M.ESSINGS IN DISd'UISE
There has always lurked in the minds of men
the. idea that only those towns and cities in
whieh is located a State Institution ever
amount to much. While there is a saving
grain of truth in this, the advantages which
tin y confer upon any town or city have been
greatly over-estimated. In the last political
campaign there were many remarks made
about how the re-opening of certain State
Institutions woud help certain towns.
In the matter of State capitals, we do not.
know of a single great city which lias been built
around a state capital. Iowa City, Iowa, had
the State University and when the R. (.'. R. & N.
came through Iowa it wanted to go through
Iowa City and make it the center of its shops.
Iowa City sat back and told them to come if
they wanted to come. Another little place
north of Iowa City got out and met the requests
of the road, worked and aacrified and induced
the railroad to rome to Cedur Rapids, Oscar
Minor's home town. Dozens of factories
sprung tip and today Cedar Rapids is one of the
large manufacturing cities of the "Corn State."
Cities which rely upon institutions seldom do
all that they can for themselves. They are al
ways looking for the state to do thing for
them. Those who have no expectations of that
kind, buckle down to work and do for them-
C. E. WOODSON
ATTORN EY-AT-I.AW
Office In Palace Hotel. Heppner, Ore.
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SAM E. VAN VACTOR
ATTORN EY-AT-L AW j
Heppner, Oregon I
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;S. E. NOTSON
j ATTORN EY-AT-I.AW
, Office in Court House, Heppner, Ore.
WELLS & NYS
ATTORN EYSATLAW
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t Heppner,
Oregon
KNAITENRERG & JOHNSON j
ATTORNEYS !
AND COUNSELORS AT LAW
lone, . . Oref on '
W.. L. SMITH.
! . ABSTRACTER 1
' Only fompU te art of tbilrict booka
in Marrow County.
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
HEPPNER.
OREGON
H is not iiiuis i.i rl,r the K.omt in this list i selves,
w hen oni' n ,ul i hi i t.iti nn nt made to the Cer- larged
man so1,Iht-. ;
"I i.iii ,l( ho, ,,',; Swonl. tlod's : pint has de
sceiided upon me hciatiM' I am
The city or the state is simply an en
indiUduul. When an individual starts
ut in life relying upon rich relatives he seldom
amounts to much. His best energies are atro-
Kmivror of phied and he declines, while the young man who
tlrnn;m. Woe and death be t i those who res'-.
t my and t all who do not believe my
mi.HMon and to row.ud in my army. The
tin inn i'1 the (icrmait people mils; he crushed,
lie it i: throti; h me who command ou to ('id
Id 11: v.111"
It is .Ml true that ti e woild M yet Tilled with
nn n who lnliie they ale the "instrument of
the M .-t llieh." In hear them tell It the bud
has hud it all to make and all to win waxes
strong and thrhes. So It Is with cities and
towns. Reliance iijn the State, or rven upon
the county seat docs nothing for a town, except
to often dwarf its hvttt ciieruie they are the
renters of the hangers-on, loafers of one kind or
another, some of them shyster politician and
their contamination is like a plague on other
men.
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ARCHITECT ANO-CONTRACTOR.
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leppnrr.
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WITTY STOCK INSPECTOR
Echo, ... Oregon.
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$140,000.00
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