PAGE EIGHT
THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON
Tuesday, February 25, iqiq
"WEB OF GOLD"
By IDA W. GOULD.
"Try this ma a oil the 'phoue, lor his
full nume, will you?"
The young woman took the receiver
and informed the man at the other end
of the line that the business linn of
S & Co. requested his full name.
She explained that the information was
necessary, as the firm would soon pub
lish a list of beneficiaries, etc.
"A Ii U ; get it?"
"I'lease spell the middle mime."
"15 ."
"Thanks; please give me the date of
your birth."
A ghost of a satirical laugh ema
nated from the receiver.
"Why, I'll have to look It up, madam.
It's on the spoon given by a fond
aunt, and I've misplaced them both.
Sorry. Goodby."
Kapldly turning the pages of "Who's
Who In America," she found "D ,
A li. ; h. 11 ; author of "The
Web of Gold."
Annoyances encompassed D-
tlmt day. The office boy went to a
game. His stenographer went home
early, 111. The Ice man forgot to OH
the Ice box. So the author of the best
seller closed his oflice early and sought
diversion at a cafe.
Some days later he decided to re
visit M . It was five years Binee
lili last visit to the rambling old
house embowered In trees. It was un
der new management, nn'l an Impulse
.seized D to assume the name of
Adam Ii. L . Ills name was quite
fresh In the minds of novel readers,
so, as lie hnd irone there to reeuper-
ate, lie felt quite justilled In practic
ing the small deception. The village
was so far inland that the chances of
detection wej'e" slight,
He abandoned himself the next week
to outdoor lHe, fishing, tramping
through woods filled with pines where
liy laid himself on Hie fragrant earth
and drenmed of plots and heroines (or
hi next good seller.
At tuble he met n elderly lady, on
irnrjed to ch.fiperon a group of young
ladles, She hud come In advance to
.!"riuige for their stay. On the day of
their expected arrival Mr, A. IS.
L purposely absented himself,
trumping six miles to a nearby momi
tnln, where, at the only house, he ate
Kindly the food offered him. Pushing
on to the mountain's top, he found him
self In the direct path of u terrible
storm.
He resumed the descent, slipping
and stumbling. P.y the time he had
covered the six miles to the village he
was aware that It was long past mid
day. Ii saw to his dismay flint
a group of girls blocked his entrance
at the front porch. I'.efore he could
decide whether to march boldly past
them, n vibrant voice called: "Go
round the back way, man; the land
lord will give you something to eat."
Ho knew he must look bedraggled, but
he did not like to think he resembled
the genus tramp. lie heard their
laughter ns he hurried to the side door
nnd escaped up the hack stairs.
The elderly chaperon was on hand
to Introduce him. After several days'
association the little party dropped
easily Into the habit of nfter-dluner
1lscuslon. ino evening the talk was
of books.
Miss N , the same young lady
who weeks before It nil Interrogated
1) , seemed to be the most active
In discussing hooks.
lu viln the nuthnr nicked his mem
ory for u suggestion to why her
voire reminded him of another voice.
"Mr. L , tell us what you think
of The Web of Gold.'"
"I hv reason to think highly of the
book, and I know It tins proved n
mall (old mine to the writer."
"Really T Then you know hlinT"
rboraied the others.
"He It my heat friend. I spend more
time with htm than with any other
tnaa.
"Has he red hair and does he wear
red tleer
"No; nor ring on his toes," said
I dryly. "Whyr
"Iteranse I asked him (for the In
urinre people) to tell us when he
txirn. He evaded me with the silliest
answer. 'I'm on a spoon," said he, tut
I can't find It Just now.'"
"I think he aPerta oddity" wild the
elderly Indy. "Prop The Weh of
fluid' ant iNime In for a gnme of
brlilje, everybody."
Our author returned from tramp
one afternoon and discovered Mis
H alone, reading "The Weh of
fluid"
"The anme hook, Ml 11 t You
must discover a freh elm no. Stay
aok what It lr
"This I one. Shall read ItT"
"l'leis..."
"A truly Invelv .iitltneiit." mid the
girl, coloring under the mnn' sfradr
fare, "Hut I'll warrr the author nev
er fill In oe with a pink end m hit
hiniitt ."
"t'oii(rnrlw!c he has," replied
Ik- . "I'ot he Int. never felt ure
limit now tlint he wight t.M ,, r .
"Vnu mean " tiiimneri d Mix
t , dropping tbe book nnd hnlf
rtln
"list y.-n are ihe irt I Into, and
am the inun (without rid hnir) ho
wrote Ihst hook ."
A llltle later. a tln-y 'r..l!r. In to
Join the other. t ntd "Lett.
tla. I'm going to innke a search for
that sp.mn ; and a f r the tNk. It ha
hroimtit me you. a !t.ure greater
than the net profit of The Weh t i
thili!"
(Cnvrrtttit, It U-n.ir Kwiwr
fejrn.1lrau I
FAULTY CONDITION OF ROADS
Often Due to Small Appropriations in
Endeavor to Make Cheap
Surface Endure.
Too often faulty road conditions are
due to too small appropriations in the
endeavor to nia!;e a cheap surface en
dure under heavy traffic. Where traf
fic of uny consequence exists, the
cheapest road to build is usually the
most expensive in the end. '
Permanent Investment.
Every dollar spent in good roads Is
a permanent, paying investment, peo
ploizing public highways and promot
ing legitimate traliic and travel be
tween communities. Good roads make
near neighbors of once distant
strangers.
New Roads or Congestion.
Automobile manufacturers say there
Is an Immediate market for a million
new cars. We shall have to build some
new roads or there will be a universal
congestion of traffic.
Miss Ora I'arry of lioonhill, Pa.,
who was one of the nurses attending
President McKinley when he died, has
succumbed to Influenza at Camp Tay
lor, Kentucky.
Women employees of the California
steto printing office have made 200
pair ot shoes for Iielglan babies from
scraps of leather and corduroy used
la book binHog.
Grace It. P.yers, aged six years, of
San Francisco, Is considered the
champion child typist In tlio world.
She recently made a' record of fSO
words a minute.
Mine. Yone Suzuki, the wealthiest
woman In Japan, has made more than
$100,000,000 In American money since
the war began. Her war brides have
been copper, rubber and sugar ven
tures, The duchess of Marlborough, for
merly Miss Consuelo Vnhdorbllt, Is Ihe
first American born Vvotnnn to be
elected a member of the London coun
ty coutlcll. She was elected on a pro
gressive, ticket and represents a work
ing- class district.-
JACKSONVILLE PHILOSOPHY
The pin In the hands of the small
hoy Is usually bent on mischief.
Speaking of the fitness of things,
sometimes a woman who Is n cat will
have a purring limousine ns they say
lu the stories.
One love-sick young poet snys his
sweetheart has a face like n flower.
The way they piK It on these days he
really means like n barrel of (lour.
Thi-d'.ves limy be the windows of the
soul, ns the poet says, hut the fashion
able girl uses the whole body for n
show window when It comes to clothes.
The difference vp have noticed Is
this; ltefore marriage a man speaks
about bis shirts In n careless, offhand
manner. Afterward, when forced to
do so, he refers to his other shirt.
Florida Times-Union.
POPULAR SCIENCE
Carbons for lighting nnd electro
chemical purposes are made In Swe
den from tar by a new process.
Tim metal cup of a new fruit Jar
Id slightly convex, and by depressing
the center the edges are sprung away
from the Jar.
French scientists have discovered
that vegetable Ivory cun be obtained
from the fruit of a small palm grown
urollflcally In the Sudan.
Attentiomi
lames
I carry a full line of the latest Styles in Milhn
ory. handle the agency for the Victor I.adie
Tailoring ctn;tny, carry 1 Ictuk-rson, l.a l'ri.r
ess and Gossanl Corsets and fit them.
Maurine 'I'oiUt Articles and the California Per
fume coiiii;itn 's goods which arc the very be-l
to I f-had.
I'lea-c call and inspect my good and let rv
-how, on the latent tle hooks.
Mrs. L G. Herren
Milliner
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! ! LOCAL ITEMS I
t t
Frank Gilliam went to Portland
Monday morning.
i Ralph Barton of Blackhorse was
in town Friday.
Oscar Keithley of .Eightmile was
trading in town Friday.
Mrs. John McMillan of Lexington
was- a Heppner visitor recently.
J. B. Sparks was over from Con
don Sunday on a business trip.
Mr. and 'Mrs. Fred Putnam of
Monument were in Heppner Friday.
D. O. Justus, well known sheep
man, was in Heppner on business
: yesterday.
i Jim Eskelson and Gerald White of
! Lexington were county seat visitors
Friday afternoon.
George Landon, of Monument,
was transacting business at the coun
ty seat one day last week.
Jack Dexter has returned to Hepp
ner after service in the army. He
was stationed at Camp Meade.
Charles Royse, well known stock
man of Spray, was a business visitor
in Heppner during the week.
S. W. Spencer drove to Pendleton
Saturday afternoon accompanied by
Mrs. George Fell who has benn vis
iting in Heppner for several days.
The Farmers Exchange held a suc
cessful sale of household effects at
the Dr. Winnard residence Friday af
ternoon receiving good prices for
practically everything sold".
F. . Ilvown went to Portland Sun
day to attend a conference of Canu-1
dir.n Pacific land ntronts of which'!
h!s firm, the Farmers' Exchange, is
one, !
The ne 'machinery shed being '
erected on the fair grounds in which :
to house the county road machinery,,
etc., while not In use Is rearing com
pletion. I
The Farmers' Exchange- rtpovt the ;
aaie of a 40-acre irrigated tipr? neat ,
Hern.iston to Mc Ada Woodward,'
of Butler 0'eek. The former owner j
of the tract was M. O. Rynerson, ot j
Byron, Washington, I
Judge F. H. Robinson, Lew Da-
vidson and Mr. Akers were buBinws j
visitors in Heppner, Friday. "The
weather is fine," quoth the judge as
be dropped into the Herald ofi'ice,
"but the ronds are rotten."
W. L. MeCaleb, county road mas
ter went to Arlington Saturday re
turning accompanied by Mrs. MeCa
leb. ' They have rooms at the
home of Judge Campbell for thet
present while looking for a house to
move into.
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Dr. Callaway, who was called to ;
Montana some time ago by .the ill- i
noss of a relative, has returned to j
Heppner and resumed the practice of
osteopathy with his office in the G.
W. Swaggcrt residence on Court
street.
Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Anderson ;!
Conde, South Dakota, spent sev 1
days here last week visiting their son
I. A. Anderson of tile Morrow Coun
ty Abstract company. Mr. Ander
son Is an extensive wheat farmer in
South Dakota and wa much inter
ested In the wheat fields of Morrow
county. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are
making a tour of the coast for pleas
ure and went from here to Willam
ette valley points where they vM
visit friends for a few days before
going to southern California t.i
spend the remainder of the winter.
RIDDLES AND ANSWERS
What word limy be pronounced
quicker by adding a syllable? Quick.
Whnt tune makes everybody gladj
Fortune.
Why was George Wsshlngton Ilk
piano? Been use ha was grand, up
right and square.
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TAX DOOIXiKR WILL HAVE H.HI
ROAI
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 24
How does Uncle Sam deal with tax
dodgers? This inquiry which wafc
prompted by the severe penalties
provided in the new revenue bill,
has brought from Commissioner Dan
iel C. Roper a frank statement as to
the Internal Revenue Bureau's atti
tude toward those who attempt to
evade taxation.
"Any person who deliberately con
ceals tax liability, or who falsifies
a return in order to evade or reduce
any internal revenue tax, or who de
liberately abets surti concealment or
fraud, finds arrayed against hiin. the
entire strength of this bureau press
ing for the full civil and criming!
penalties. This is the attittude to
ward the tax-dodger expressed in one
sentence. Whether he is moonshin
er, a stealthy trafficker in habit
forming drugs, or juggler of income
figures, a delinquent in making the
sworn return the law requires, or a
revenue violator of any other kind,
the bureau is charged with the duty
of hunting him out arid exacting the
full punishment provided in the law.
Toward the taxpayer who means
to comply with the internal revenue
laws fully and honestly the bureau
extends a helping hand. Co-operation
with the taxpayer is our watch
word andobjective.
. These two contrasts the teeth' of
the law for the tax-dodger and the
violator and the aid of every law
ful agency for the voluntary taxpayer
are policies necessary to the ad
ministration of tax laws under mod
ern conditions. One of the most
difficult of the many problems- in
tax collecting is to classify those
who fail to fulfill the obligations im
posed by aw. The but 'Gail is ohliiorl
to maintain a large staff and to use
the utmost discretion in properly
labeling these cases. Even-handed
justice is a heavy responsibility ar.d
only through cacreful sittings' can
delinquents be classified.
There are three distinct classes of
delinquency with which we have to
deal.' First, .the taxpayer Who had
reasonable cause, brought about, by
exceptional conditions beyond his
control; secondly, the fellow who
didn't look up Or didn't realize his
obligations); and thirdly, the person
who wilfully evaded compliance with
the law.
As for the man who shows a reas
onable cause within certain lines es
tablished by the bureau, no penalties
are asserted. All other delinquents
are mai carefully investigated be
fore prosecution is begun. Many of
these offenses are caused bv ignor
ance and negligence. Failure to
make the reports required' by law
may in some cases warrant severe
lie
Popular Thrift
1 1 o u set h e , $
Nation over 'V
There's Always a Saving at
' MINOR'S
For although the price of chvorth and Worthmore Blouses is the
same the country over, the economics of ofthe Worthmore plan of buying mat
erials and economyboth in the making and in the selling insures that always
these famous Blouses are superior to all others at near the same price.
Crepe de Chene Blouses, $4.50
Georgette Crepe Blouses, $5.75
These blouses are made from the best material and in the latest and most
pleasing styles and arc much under vale at these prices.
Select them now while the assort mcnt is complete.
Voile Waists Special, Choice, 85c
These beautiful voile waists are' mostly made in the new round collar
effects with colored trimming, but some arc all white. They are opecial
values.
P.ettcr keep watch of the Bargain T aides.
New bargains every week. I)ont miss them.
IV1N0R & CO.
penalty, as where the delinquent
continues his delinquency after be
ing warned of the penalty for fail
ure to make return. However, if
the delinquent takes immediate cor
rective! action, and it is clearly estab
lished through investigation that he
did not wilfully violate the law, the
bureau allows him to compromise his
iabiity to seucific penalty by tender
ing a nominal sum of money. In such
instances the money is not really in
compromise but assessed to impress
the taxpayer against future viola
tions. But there is no relief no compro
mise for the man who wilfully
evades, wilfully neglects or wifully
falsifies. He is classsed with other
law breakers, in the eyes of the bu
reau, and is vigorously prosecuted
in the courts. No othre course is
open to the bureau, in meeting fair
ly and squarely the demand of the
willing taxpayer "I will-the other
man must." There is a solemn re
sponsibility thus existing between
the honest taxpayer and the hnromi
to locate and punish the dishonest
uaxuoQger.
For a decade the drift of federal
taxation has been from the indirect
tax toward the direct payment by
each citizen and resdienr of hia -inor
share of the cost of government.
uraaually the circle of direct taxpay
I illS
93 acres fine land, creek bottom, one mile
from good town, good 4-room house, fair barn
and other out-buildings.
50 ACRES IN ALFALFA
Full equipment of farm machinery. Good team,
2 sets harness, 2 wagons, small tools, and all fur
niture and houshold goods.
PRICE ONLY $6,000.. .EASY TERMS
For full information see
ROY V. WHITEIS
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE
HEPPNER, OREGON
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MX ' Jk's h
mrfr br-fy
ers has been increased and under the
new revenue law the extension will
include hundreds of thousands who
never before filed declarations with
the government. We are therefore
now come to another milestone in
; national progress. We approach a
I new test of the soundness of Ameri
can ideals of a government of, by
and for the people. The test is
, whether our wonderful victory of lib
erty is worth the cost as apportion-
ed to the private pocket-book by the
people s representatives.
It is such a big thing, this collec
tion of taxes directly from private
funds,, that nothing short of our best
i American co-operative effort Ci..-
make it successful and hence just,
j The bureau seeks this co-operation
:of the peoplein collecting the reven 'T.
ues. It has never been denied orfJ,
stinted; anything less than the great
voluntary outpouring of shares la
the national assesssment in unthink-.
able.
And it is such a big thing that the
willing taxpayer must have the guar
antee of this bureau that the laggard
the jugglers and the violators will
not escape taxation and penalties.
The bureau is fulfilling its part of
this contract with the people this;
contract that means so much In the
practical effective and just adminis
tration of the internal revenue laws.
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