THE HEPPNER HERALD EDITORIAL SEC TION An independent newspaper published every Tuesday and entered as second class matter in the post office at Heppner, Morrow Co., Oregon, GEORGE T. PEARCE Managing Editor ' The Paper Full of News Subscription Price $1.50 per year muF.r AM) ItllEEZY I.kyd Ceoigc certainly told them a few tiling:!. Cent-nil Villa is such a modest man that in comparing Mexico to Belgium he neglected to liken himself to Von BissiiiK- Europe is having all kinds of trouble except guerrilla fighting. Who can recall the names of as many as two members of the latest Creek cabinet? Carrana knows where Villa is and possibly finds that knowledge of value ii making his arrangements to be Kumewherc else. First Chief Carranza appears to be forced to choosy between quarreling with his American bread and butter i.ud his Mexican chile con carne. Moxian curreny is said to have ad . .1 oliade in value, but at that, owing to the high cost of white paper, i ouiiter','eitera would probably lose money. 1 he probe of the high cost of living i tin operation in which few persons hope that the patient will survive. The allies' repudiation of the Teu tonic overture may not be without its (.'f.'ect on the date of sailing of the i-o.'onJ Ford peace expedition. President Wilson gets up nt " a. m. and does not eat breakfast until 8. Germany suspects that he writes those severe notes in the interim. However, if Poland is to be so in dependent, it appears that the Teu tons might bestow the Polish crown on a Pole. With employes sharing in the divi dends the clamor against huge cor porations begins to subside. Even the man with a package of munition stocks wants peace, but would like to be notified in advance, so that.he can unload. Nineteen seventeen promises to be one of the greatest years for investi gation that he country has known. Even those nations which are net actually fighting are suffering from war conditions. Latest reports indicate that King Wetz, the Chicago egg king, still has several eggs left. A woman in New York wins a ver dict of $25,000 for false arrest. Bring on the handcuff, we are ready. Villa is reported as being pretty near Pershing's troops now, but if he continues in that direction it will probably be on some overture mission. Newfoundland's exports to and im ports from the United Statas showed a large increase this ye.ir. War made t Whereas, existing legislation in most of the difference. The question : Oregon permits intimidation of work- for American traders is, how much men on the way to and from employ- of the gain will be retained under I ment and the open boycott of shop- pe.-u-e conditions? ' keepers by the display of banners and t , ,. , , ,. ' the assembly of crowds in front of le i.m.1 government crop f.gurc. therJore ,)e . show that our yield of wheat this year D , , ., . ' .dually is .-,000,000 bushels larg.u- f 1 f he f act" th.,n earlier estimates. One explana-1 m.e" amendatory legislation aid to be that the farmers of ' , . '"""' 'B ur uujucent 10 me entrances 01 manufacturing establishments and stores for the purpose of intimidating onployees and customers or for the or ruin of ah employer or dealer who has incurred the displea sure or any organiation. tion is the West, in giving statements of yield to government officials, made i them as low as possible to help along ' ihe feeding that the shortage would,,' f, i I.,... ,u" .hoyeott iru U'.LILt-. t.L'.UV.i L1U1L, M LMl! rXJt?M are poor gues.-:ers. In a letter to the editor of the Her ald, C. C. C hapninn, editor of the Oregon Voter, of Portland, promises from time to time during this sesgio.i of the legislature to write articles per taining to the action of the bodies on matters pertaing to Morrow county people. Mr. Chapman is one of the best writers in Oregon on subjects which will be touched on by these article's. Following is a letter Mr. Chapman writes regarding the picket ing of tho Portland Steel Yards, its effect on the entire state and the reso lution he has submitted to the legislature. Resolution submitted by C. C. Chapman. iti ft (J 8 ;::x:&::w:&::tf:tfoar.tcas:)raca3mj!mrK:t Go to GILLIAM & BISBEE! Sulem, Ore., Jan. 1G, 1017. Editor of the Herald, Heppner, Oregon. Dear Sir: Supposedly free American work men, on their way to shops where, they are employed upon terms and condi tions which are satisfactory to them, are beset and intimidated by crowds of pickets representing organizations which have called strikes. " These crowds gather around the entrances to the shops, and although they per petuate little violence while police are in sight, they terrorize the workmen by menacing gestures and degrading imprecations. This is the situation today in Portland at the steel ship- budding plants A slight Making the people financial partners I in public utilities is a new and poph lar movement. The Northern States Power Co. has sold six per cent stock j to several thousand customers during the past two years. The Pacific Gas , & Electric Co., of California, success ; fully sold millions of dollars worth of its six per cent stock to customers, j At San Diego an entire issue of secur i ities of the local gas and electric cor poration was sold to the people by It. M. Byllesby & Co. This system ripens the .door to a friendly co-operation between conserv ative citizens and utility concerns, in stead of suspicious, envious antagon ists. Under this plan utilities will be managed with a higher sense of devo tion to public service. Canyonville The Old Levens Ledge is soon to operate after 13 years of idleness. It it expected to install an electric plant, remodel old machinery j and add a concentrating plant. WANTED l have a iarmer who wants to rent a wheat ranch of about 200 to 300 acres. Has own outfit and amendment to Oregon s , well fixed to farm in first class picketing law would prevent such tor-' shape jf haye anythin jet rcrizing and threatening demonstra-: . ,. . uo iymuw luimtruiaiciy. The Heppner Herald For Your 8 ! I "ii it I Harvest Supplies Oi's, Greases, Beltinq Lace Leather, etc. We will give you the quality and the price that will command your patronage, otherwise we Jv not look for it. j tions on the public streets adjacent to j plants where strikes have been de- v'ij 'dared; it would also prevetit pickets 3 i '.... ,...,u ..;.. ;., (., f t.. .i,m hil'i ii , in jiwiii Jt a, wu.ir. ui yliestaurant in crowds, with : banners, j ! doing everything to . ruin th shop i j ' coper's business by intimidating his ! patrons and proclaiming boycott." j Every community in Oregon 'is in- ' terested in legislation that will help Jj preserve order in the metropolis so ! that its developing industries may lie ty safeguarded. The success of ship- building is joopnrdicd, although it means much to every part of the state whose products are marketed; triut cannery has been driven out i NOTICE This notifies all concerned that I will prosecute all who al low stock to trespass on my property known as the Dr. Win- narb place in Cason Canyon. Signed: Philip Gilliam. .ot it- , .11 1 U--U1 II I.UI uu, GILLIAM & BISBEE ;jxj::t::::v:n.Ti:v3i:3r.ar -M nrfi' llfil nnl'-.v nnrl ft I irilni'l ti w. L' 1 M 1 rg in front of its former plant in the U heart of the city. tj ! It is to be hoped that every mem- j i of the legislature will support I s.ich legislation as is necessary to ; 'irntoct woi l.ii gmen and working wo ',' im intimidation because they .1., i iii'i'gon industries from de- ' ruction be-ause they cannot be run (i t:'J 'y under uaion domination. Yoi.rs respectfully, ('. C. CHAPMAN. Dr, Turner, the well well known eye specialist .1 ft, Portland as a direct result of long- of Portland will be in Heppner iif,'um Siiturdny, Feb. 3rd at the Palace Hotel, at Lexington, Fri diiy, Feb. L'nd and atloneTburs- day Feb. 1st. Dr. Turner is specialist ot experience and si mm i ny. Hnu you win make no mistake in consulting him about ynur ees and glasses. Heud. jaidics relieved. cross yes ! t iaij.rhtened, SHtisfuction guar Janteed. Consult him. Dont for get the date. SOYA .is CUTS THE COST of TYPEWRITING i e : '1'.'. 'Ml The Ne v iModel No. 10 ROYAL C1 closed :A Proof Mechanically Correct You Regulate the Touch To Suit Strength, Simplicity and Service never before found in any typewriter iyrti- I nave any thing you want in Second M.ind Typrwritrrs. lhon13 I loppner, Oregon GEO. T. PEARCE NOTICE FOR rUHLICATIOX PLMJLIC LAND SALE Department of the Interior United States Lund Office a The Dalles, Oregon Nov. 27, 1910 't'C is hereby given that, as di tooted by the Commissioner of the (Jenenil Lund Otlice. under prdvibions of Section "(."), II. S., pursiiiint to the application of Muth'us ILilvorsen, Sirial No. ('Ht')()7, we will offer at public si - i.. the tdgtiHst bidder, but ut i i't les Ii , n ?3.!i0 per acre, nt ::!! o'ehick A. M.. on the 13, h d.v of Febuniry, next, nt this dlice, the following t met of land: SU1'4 SF.1-4 Sec. 12. Twp. 1. S. T. 24. Last. V. M .Containinif -10 Acres. This tract is ordered into the market on a showing that the irreater portion thereof it ruoun. ttiinousor too rough for cultiva tion." The a'e will uot be kept open, tint will b declared closed when ili. se prt'seut at the hour named have ceased bidding. The per son in in if the highest bid will lie required to imuicdiatly pay to the Keceiver the amount thereof Any persons claiming adverse Iv ti e Hbovp.describeJ land are a I vised to tile their claims, or o' j -ctioiis, on or before the time d i;nnt'il for s i' jfrH 'i-'li -Mwrr .irtr imhi iirTn'ir i i' riM-: fe'-"' ' ' ,-mm MORE DAYS WEAR The red ball on the sole of our rubbers is a private mark that meams lowest cost per days wear. : For Sale By E. N. Gonty Shoe Store Masonic Building Repairing Neatly Done NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Department of the Interior United States Land Office at La Grande, Oregon. Dec. 26, 1916 i NOTICE is hereby given that Charles R. Johnson, of Heppner, Oregon, who, on July 3rd, 1913, made Homestead Entry, No. 012203, for Lots 3 and 4 S 1-2 N W 1-4, Sec. 2, and on June 7, 1916, made Ad. H. E. 015988, for lots 1 and 2 and S 1-2 NE 1-4, Sec tion 2, Twp. 4 South, Range 28 East, Willamette Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make three-year Proof, to establish claim to the land obove descibed, before C. C. Patterson, United States Commissioner, at his office at Heppner, Oregon, on the 10th day of March, 1917. Claimant names as witnesses: David O. Justus, Ernest R. Mer ritt, Charles Buckman, and Harry Hayes, all of Heppner, Oregon. C. L. Dunn, Register. :troy. Washes everything but the baby. Our excellent equipment insures perfect work on collars, shirts, and womens' fancy clotnes. Send them to us by Parcels Post Our Work is Guaranteed TROY LAUNDRY : PENDLETON, - ORE. I CLUB BILLIARD PARLOR Palace Hotel O. B. Hottman First Class Straight Rail and J Pocket Billiard Tables Soft Drinks, Fancy Candies, J r - v.gu, , Cigarettes and Tobaccos TUf service Qua,ity Btfll Price Furniture j Undertaking I Case Furniture Co. 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