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THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON
Tuesday, March 18, 1919
BUILDING COSTS NOT TO DROP
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HORSES AND MIXES SLOW SALE
"The great price changes in his
tory have come about in just this
manner. The 'price revolution' of
the Bixteenth century came upon
Europe ao a result of the great in
flux of gold and silver from the
mines of the new world. Europe
was flooded with new money. More
counters were used than before in
effecting exchanges and prices be
came high. People talked then f
temporary 'inflation just as they
talk of it now. But It was not tem
porary. Similar increase in prices all over
world occurred between 1896 and
1914 following the discovery of the
fields of gold of South Africa, Crip
ple Creek and Alaska, the invention
of the cyanide process in mining, and
the vast extension of the use of bank
credit."
After analyzing our gold supply
and credits and pointing out that
prices in Europe are higher than In
Americt. Prof. Fisher anrvies at thia
conclusion: '
"Business men should face the 1
fact. To talk reverently of 1913-14
prices is to speak a dead language
todav. The buyers of the country,
Bince the armistice, have made an
unexampled attack on prices through
their waiting attitude, and yet pries
recessions have been insignificant,
The reason is that we are on a new
price level, which will be found a
stubborn reality. Business men are
going to find out that the clever man
isi not the man who waits, but the
one who finds out the new price facts
and acts accordingly."
At the same time Prof. Fisher's
conclusions were made known there
came from the division of public
works and construction development
of the United States Department of
abor a resume of the work of ten or
twelve experts on prlcG and market
conditions. Here again it was made
plain that there Is no evidence jus
tifying a general material reduction
in the price level. This report makes
these statements:
"Tim fact Is that cost of con
struct Ion Ih not high today. It
In low compared with food, do
thnr inil r"mni1'?!f q r-n.
oral. Although sonio ri-nillust-mcntH
In the wngi'M rf Imllvldii il
twite nn1 In the ni-lcea of Indi
vidual claxses of building: nuiter
lala may take place, the cost of
construc tion will not com down
to niicJi nil extent im to eiiilnngcr
a ,fiilcl"im investment mmln to-'
ihiv In the erection of a new
building."
The Washington conference was
called to dlHciiKs ways and means of
Htlmnlatlng business and providing
buffer Pinnlovnienf r,. ifonr during
the. r.orod necesinry for industrial
cndlUHtinont. It htm piihnilttnl thnt
building and ronstmrtlon work hoi-v-e.i
iiew two tun-poses more complete
ly and directly than any other Indus
try. It was brought out What the
country In short between 500,(100
and a million homes. Therefore
while public officials ore going In
lor public Improvements, many com
munities are organising "Own Your
Home" campaigns. Thene aorve sev
fral Important and desirable endc
Home owning mean home building,
home building meant labor and stim
ulated business In every locality
where a dwelling Is built, the honu
own r Is a better rltlien because his
very ownership makes him responsi
ble and Immediately Interested In the
aorta! and political welfare vf his
community. Further, eh home own
er docs not Uke up quickly with rad
ical movement such as now are
threatening the security of gorern
ments In Europe.
The Department of abor, through
the division of public works and con
struction. Is co-operating with many
communities In the "Own Your
Home" movement.
A big crowd of farmers and Btock
men attended the auction sale of
horses and mules held at the Btock-
ards last Thursday by John Luck,
or Pendleton, but the bidding was so
light that, after selling two or three
spans the sale was called off and, it
is understood, Mr. Luck bought all
but one team back at a handsome ad
vance over the price paid. The
weather was unfavorable for the sale
but the greatest trouble, stockmen
say, is that there are already plenty
of animals of the class offered in the
county to supply the local demand.
The stoclj was resSiipped Friday
morning for the Kansas City market.
RALPH JUSTUS RETURNS FROM
FRANCE
Ralph Justus, accompanied by hip
army bunkie, Robert Blair arrived in
Heppner last Tuesday evening after
having put in several months in
France. The two boys fell in togeth
er at San Francisco soon after enter
ing the service and it happened that
in the whirl of events that followed
the fortunes of war kept them con
stantly together. Judging from: the
way Chey talk the famous mud of
Brest never received a single damm,
or worse, that was not coming to it
and w"hen they made their last fiva
mile hike on French soil before go
ing aboard the transport which
brought them home they wadel
through thin slop which varied hi
depth from ankle to knee-deep.
Blair, who weighs less- than 150
pounds tells of the heart-breaking
toil of marching mile after mile
through French mud carrying a
heavy pack and says that more than
once he has been so tired that he
would hardly have stepped aside to
get out of the way of any Ttlnd of a
bullet. About the only time he fore
got the weight of that pack was the
morning he trudged thro fine Brest
mud to the transport. He forgot
every thing then but the grand and
glorious fact that he was headed for
HOME.
Blair, who is a native of Oklahoma
will remain here "his summer and
work on the Justus ranch.
FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR LEXINGTON
One of the most distressing acci
dents to occur in Morrow county for
many months was that at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gammell,
near Lexington, last Thursday which
cost the life of their little daughter,
Willa May Gammell.
Mr. Gammell was operating a
Walla Walla weeder on the ranch
and his two little daughters, Willa
May, aged three and a sister twi
years older were riding on the ma
chine with him as they had often
done before without thought of dan
ger. The top of the machine war,
decked over with the er.ieption of
one narrow opening and in some
manner die child stepped through
the opening and dropped until her
head came in contact with the deck
in such a manner that her nec'k was
broken. Death was instantaneous
and the body was in no wise mang
led.. Willa May Gammell was age 1
three years, three months and ten
days, and her untimely death came
as a severe blow to her family, rela
tives and neighbors. Besides her
parents two young brothers and two
sisters remain to mourn the loss of
a loving treasure of the family.
The funeral was held Friday after
noon at the Christian church in Lex
ington, the services being conducted
by Rev. Worstell, pastor of tha
church. Interment was in the I. O.
O. F. cemetery at Lexington.
WALTER DUNCAN BUYS
RESIDENCE PROPERTY
THIRD HEI) CROSS CliOTHIXO
COLLECTION
The third collection of used and
surplus clothing for use among th"
refugees in France and Belgium will
be 'held during the week of toau-li
24-29. Appeal is made to all per. ns
having clothing they do not need to
bring or send came to Red Crosf
headquarters for the use of thase unfortunates.
91000.00
Buys a 27x132 business lot ad
Joining the Palace hotel property
See W. W. SHAMHATtT. 4 5f
Walter Duncan- has bought L'vc
Oiek LaHieu property near the depot
and expects to have possession In a
few days. The consideration wan
$700. The property includes two
good lots and a three-room dwelling.
Mr. Duncan expects to make exten
sive improvements on the property at
once.
comparatively small amount of tax
able property. From that rather
small beginning, however, the coun
ty has already secoured a lot of road
Improvement and, Mr. Stewart says,
has received almost four dollars
from the state and national govern
ments for every dollar put up direct
ly by the county.
What Wheeler county has done,
Morrow can do, Mr, Stewart pointed
out and he made it plain, repeatedly,
that If we hope to receive our share
of the state and federal road funds
we must put up some of our own
money to start with.
At the close of his address Mr.
Stewart requested any one present
who wished to ask questions regard
ing pointst they did not fully under
stand and a number responded thus
clearing up many points not pre
viously clearly understood.
Following the address and discus
sion W. W. Smead, who presided at
the meeting, called for an expression
from the audience on the question of
bonding the county and on motion it
was declared to be the unanimous
wish of tfce meeting that steps be
taken to place the question of bond
ing Morrow county in the sum of
$290,000 on the ballot at the coming
June election.
On further motion the chairman
appointed the following commutes
to prepare the petition and have it
circulated and attend to other mat
ters necessary in getting the matter
properly on the ballot.
-C. E. Woodson, R. J. Vaughan,
E. M. Shutt, Heppner; W. G. Scott,
Lexington; Wm. Cronk, lone.
PUNCTURED TIRES
Bring your punctured tires to
SHAMHART and have them repair-
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NOTICE
Notice is hereby given to all per
sons concerned that the city ordi
nance prohibiting the playing of ball
or football on the streets or alleyj
of Heppner will be rigidly enforced
from and after this date.
R. J. VAUGHAN, Mayor
J. P. WILLIAMS, Recorder
Dater at Heppner, Oregon, March ?,
1919.
COMMERCIAL CLUB BACKS ROAD
MOVEMENT
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COMPREHENSIVE ROAD PROO
RAM PLANNED
road improvement in Wheeler coun
ty and Gilliam county.
In his address the other evening
he said that he had mlssedbut few
monthly meetings of the state high
way commission since that body was
established. Two years ago Wheel
er county took steps to secure some
of he benefits of the $6,000,000,000
road bond Issue and started by vot
ing, as Mr .Stewart expressed it, "a
measly $80,000 bond issue." But
that was their limit at that time as
Wheeler Is a small county with a
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early in June a month's time will be
saved in getting actual construction
work started.
Mr. Thompson also stated that he
has no doubt that if Morrow county
bonds herself to the limit at this
time and will then turn over to the
state commission whatever apport
ionment of the amount realized from
the sale of bonds that would belong
to the Heppner-Heppne r Junction
highway that the highway commis
sion will accept that sum and let a
contract for the completion of that
entire stretch of road.
This policy has already been car
ried out by the commission in Wheel
er county and was also adopted by
the commission for the construction
of the Columbia highway through
the northern end of this county, the
building of which is now under way
The state is no doubt in a better
position to handle these big contracts
than is the county and tfre policy of
the state commision has always been
most liberal with every county which
has shown a disposition to help her
self. With a view to getting all prelim
inaries aranged in advance of the
.bond election M. O. Bennett, district
engineer for the state highway com
mission, 'has arranged with the' coun
ty court to go over the Heppner
Ione road on the 28th inst to deter
mine whether or not the survey
made last summer by Engineer Bald
ock can be improved upon and if so
a re-survey will be ordered by the
state commision at once.
I
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Christian Science
Christian Science services are held
every Sunday morning at 11:00
o'clock in the lodge room in the I. O.
O. F. building.
Testimony meetings are held every
Wednesday evening at 8:00 o'clock
at the home of Mrs. Eugene Slocum.
All interested are invited to attend
these services.
Subject for Sunday, March 23rd:
"Matter."
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given to all par
ties concerned that the city ordin
ance known as the Curfew Ordinance
will from and after this date be rig
idly enforced. This ordinance for
bid.! all persons under the age of IS
years being on the streets ati: S 00
o : i ck r- m., from Ocrib I ;o
Mi.-i-s and after 9:00 o'si-.r t.- to:u
March I to October 1.
R. J. VAUGHAN, Mayor.
J. P. WILLIAMS, Recorder.
Dated at Heppner, Oregon, March 3.
1919- 44tf.
FOR SALE-Practically new range
now selling for $80, for $60. En
quire of Mrs. George Aiken. " 44-47
2 Big Bargains 2
885 Acres 700 in cultivation, fair house, small
barn, extra good drilled well, abundance of fine
water. School just across the road. Four mile?
from railroad.
Price for quick sale, $15.00 per acre; one-third
cash, balance easy terms.
480 Acres wheat land, 18 miles from town; 300
acres now in cultivation. Three-room house,
small barn. fH
$20.00 PER ACRE
Will take Heppner residence up to $2,000 in
trade.
Full information regarding these big bargains
furnished by,
ROY V. WHITEIS
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE
HEPPNER, OREGON
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DEMONSTRATOR NOW HERE
Price $2250--with Cab Top
F. O. B. Heppner
McRoberts-Cohn Auto Co.
Bethlehem trucks carry their owners' confidence
Heppner Meat Market
H. C. ASHBAUGH, Proprietor
n. A. HomoMa. K. I. Ncliwm!er
nd O. Krnat. arrived In llpnr
from Portland It twli ami will Id
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