HEPPNER HERALD
S. A. PATTISON. Publisher
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FRIDAY. Aid EST 17, I:) 1 7.
THE EIGHT HOUR DA Y
It. begins to look as though the
eight hour day is coining to stay.
Within the past l'ew days threat
ened strikes in the shipbuilding
yards and aviation fields have
been averted by goverumfntal
action in which the eight hour
day and the closed shop principle
has been granted the workmen
and contractors on government
work ,l)ave been notified that
these rules must be complied
with or contracts will be cancel
led. At about the same time
Secretary of War Raker recom
mended to the timber operators
of Oregon and Washington that
the eight hour day be adopted in ' servation
the lumber industry. Some of
the lumbermen are disposed to
ignore the secretary's counsel
if the nation is to feed the armies .
that are to win the war and at1
the same time keep the wolf of ;
hunge1 away from the doors of
the workers at home upon whom .
devolves the duty of producing
the wherewithal to keep the
armies in the field. The armies
must be fed and clothed to keep
them in first-class fighting trim
and the people at home must be
feci and clothed to keep them up
to the proper degree of efficiency, j
Food and shoes and clothing,
however, that r.i being "con
served" by being locked up in
warehouses and held for still
higher prices is doing neither the
armies nor the people any good.
That condition, however, will
soon be remedied, if Herbert C.
Hoover a able to carry out his
program of putting a stop to
.speculation in food and other
necessities.
However, in one particular,
Mr. Hoover seems to have be
come inoculated with some of
the hysteria that has been culti
vated by. certain theorists re
garding the slaughter of lambs
and calves. The proposed action
forbidding the slaughter of these
young animals is not proper con-
If sheepmen are for
bidden to send their lambs to
market this Fall they will be
obliged to sacrifice an equal num-
INFORMATION ON BANKING
Having to do with both finance and busi
ness will be published in this space each week.
We will present:
1st. Information about the many and
various facilities afforded by banks. 2nd. De
tails regarding the methods, services and func
tions of The Farmers and Stockgrowers Nation
al Bank.
No matter who you are,
we believe, you will be
interested.
THE FARMERS AND
STOCKGROWERS NATIONAL BANK
HEPPNER.
ORKCJON
Every repair man says the same thing,
"MY WORK IS BEST"
and it is natural that everybody should
Suppose that you take nobody's word and test for your
self the thoroughness and carefulness of our
work, the courtesy and promptness
of our service.
REPAIRS, SUPPLIES AND VULCANIZING
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HARDMAN GARAGE
HARDMAN, OREGON
and continue the light and the her of their older sheep including
consequent tieup of lumber pro- numbers of breeding ewes for
dilution on the ground that "to the simple, reason that their win
grant the eight hour day at this ter range and winter supply of
time would mean financial ruin,' ; hay is limited and to go into the
but, inasmuch as a considerable ; winter with more stock than they
number of camps are already : properly feed and care for
running full blast and only work-; means financial disaster for the
ing their men eight hours it j sheepmen as well as a decreased
would look as though Mr. Raker i production of lambs next spring,
will, ultimately have the better; With mutton and wool at present
of the argument. ! prices it is to the interest of
The argument made by the I -'very man engaged in the sheep
operators in this case is the same ' business to manage his affairs in
as has been made in every similar j uch a way as to produce the
fight in the history of labor but, j maximum of wool and mutton
for some reason, in every case in I for the world's markets, and the
which the eight, hour day has 'fact that these men have been
been granted it has remained ( able in the past to stay in the
and the industries have continued! business without going broke is
KEEP COOL
IN OUR
SUMMER UNDERWEAR, SPORT SHIRTS, BATHING
SUITS, KHAKI CLOTHES, TENNIS SHOES
COOL HATS AND CAPS
Sam Hughes Co.
The U. S. Army Shoe
: Made in exact accordance with
i Government specifications
s Unnecessary weight has been
i eliminated. This shoe will
: wear longer than if 50
per cent heavier
E. N. Gonty Shoe Store
to operate and prosper.
Many big employers wdio have
tried it, including I lenrv Ford,
testify that a well organized,
well paid, satisfied crew of work
men will produce more working
eight hours a day than I hey will
working ten hours. Demand for
the universal eight hour day is
the main stock in trade of the
professional agitator and when
that is accomplished and the
workinginen are paid a wane
pretty good proof of their busi
ness ability.
If the eastern conservationists
will look after the wool and food
speculators in their own part of
the country and allow practical
sheepmen in the west to manage
;the producing end of the busi-
nes:; they may depend on a maxi
mum production of wool for sol
diers' clothing as well as mutton
for home consumption. Retter
! give the people a ration of tender
THE BRICK
McATEE & AIKEN, Props.
ICE CREAM and CARD
PARLORS.
and ave money. By our method
you can build at big or as little a
house as you want and get the max'
imum o( beauty and practicability.
All you need it Common Sena
nd a Hammer.
We lend you all the miterial, ready-cut,
bundled and numbered.
Write todiT for our Plan Book. It'a free.
THE HORN PASTIME,
SOFT DRINKS, CANDIES,
FRUITS, NUTS,
TOBACCOS AND CIGARS.
A Quiet Resort where men may meet their friends and
discuss the News of the clay.
VICTOR GROSHENS, Propiictor.
HEPPNER : : : OREGON.
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30 j Kir Street
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Quality, Service !
! & Sanitation !
commensurate with the present and juicy roast laml) than have
cost of living, that vrenlleman i thousands of sheep die of starva
will he out of a joh as an agita- I tion or of old ago,
tor and will, perhaps
go to work.
ingly.
CIVE THE SIIEEI'MEX A
(II ASCI-:
Patriotic consiTvatiou of food
st nil's at a tinii' like tin- present
is pod; it is aoso'i'.toU necessary
Red Cross Sewing
All ladies who desire to do
sewing for the Red Cross during
the Summer months are request
ed to call at Mrs. L (!. Horren's
store for the same.
Mrs. Phill Colin, Chairman.
Address all inquiries to C. F. SCHOONMAKER,
Morrow County Agent, Heppner, Ore.
People's Cash Market
HENRY SCHWARZ, Prop.
All Kinds of Fresh and Salt Meats
Poultry and Lard Phone Main 73
:
Our Fresh Meats are the best in the City. Our
Extension Cooling Plant assures Fresh Sweet
Meat at all times.
If you are eating our Hams and Bacon you
know how good they are. If you are not we arc
both losing. Phone us your orders, we guarantee
entire satisfaction.
City Meat & U
i Sine Co.
Johnson Bros., Prop?.
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Will be held at Heppner, Oregon, September 13-1 1-15, 1917
As this is the One Big Gala Event for Morrow County the Board intends to make this Fair the best ever held.
The Secretary is busy now shaping up good attractions and promises that they will be something entirely new this year.
All attractions given the people by the Fair Board will, while new and novel, b of a patriotic character. Big Auto
Parade Thursday, September 13, at 10 a. m. Every owner of a car in Morrow County is urged to have their car in this
parade, and help make it the biggest event of the kind ever pulled off in the county.
SI 500 in premiums. Make your plans to take home some of this money.
Watch this paic for lit of Alit.ulu-ni !uli will I c pul h In 1 ,o;. i,. 1 ..