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THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON
' Tuesday, June 24, 19 19
THE HEPPNER HERALD
S. A. PATTISON, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
An Independent Newspaper
Entered at the Hoppner. Oregon, I'ostoffice as second-clang Matter
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FOLLOW YOUR NOSE
Tp TTiC official text of the Constitution of the League of
Nations, lias been published by every important
newspaper in the United States. Oct that official text
and rear! it for yourself, with plain horse sense.
You will then sec what ground there is for these
senatorial bogeys. It does not destroy the sovereignty
of the United States. It does not and cannot infringe "the
Constitution of the United States, for that cannot be
changed in any respect except in the manner which itself
describes. It does not put our army and navy at the ar
bitrary disposal of anybody. It does not in the least re
strict our freedom to protect ourselves from attack by
Mexico or any other state. It does not leave us helpless
to determine our own immigration policy.
Any possible federation of nations must be essen
tially like a partnership amonk individuals. If each
prospective partner is going to assume, to begin with,
that the other prospective partners are seeking a partner
ship in order to take every possible advantage of him and
injure him at every opportunity the partnership will never
be formed, for legal ingenuity cannot frame a compact un
der which a set of rogues, working together, will not find
a chance to gouge each other. But if each prospective
partner takes the common-sense view that, as the partner
ship is for the mutual benefit of all concerned, every part
ner will wish to keep on good terms with the other part
ners and will act toward them with a reasonable degree of
honesty and good faith, then a legal document, satisfactory
to all of them, can be drawn.
If the United States is going to assume that it can
trust ik thing at all to the good faith and common honesty
of any of its prospective partners in the league, or to their
desire "or friendly relations with us, then any league is
out of the question. I f we take no chances on internation
al friendship we must turn vigorously to competetive ar
maments, with a million men and equipment ready for in
stant call and a billion a year for navy. That is the
choice before us.
It is the most important question before the coun
try and the world. It will be extensively debated. Ticking
I laws, and magnifying them, is to be expected especially
as the discussion has a strong partisan hue. Keep the
official texts and read them over for yourself, with plain
horse sense, not of course forgetting that the sincerity of
the signatory powers is the essence of the contract. Sat
urday Kvcning L'ost.
SENATOR KNOX'S FOOLISH PROPOSITION
Till! following keen thrust at Senator Knox's oppo
sition to the 1,( ague of Nations while at the same time
expressing the willingness that the United States should
mix un in future Kuropeau wars in case they should occur
is from the St. I, mis (ilobe-Democrat :
I laving rejected all means of preventing war,
Senator Knox would have the senate declare its readiness
10 enter into an agreement that "the freedom and peace of
Kuropc, being again threatened by any power or combina
! ion of powers," the United States will "carry out the same
complete accord and cooperation with our chief co belli
gerents for the defense of civilization." That is to say,
lie would deprive the world of the power tij restrain the
imbilioiis, the cupidity and the enmities of nations which
lead t.) war, ami then he would bind us to fight if war
came. We profoundly believe that the adoption and ap
plication of this resolution by the senate would, in its
ultimate consequences, be a greater calamity to America
and to mank'tid than that which ha juM left humanity
prostrate and bleeding.
Tin: i,wc Ai'i'i.Ai, ion i i:i:t n
Alt lii:i'IMS
On of I'e li'o.l appealing "I tin'
I lev I In' w .11' iMIiipuiiMl 1 will be
1 .1 11 1 ' 1 I 1 ,ii ir n'h. unking for fou
ler ii.irciit I111 1,11. nun Utile will or
ih. ins hi' France. Mm. Waller S.
ltietiT wile of the lioitniatilan rim
nl lii ( IiIi'.ikii. rli. 111 man ol Hie Chl-
I. 11:11 0 m Ml 1 1 1 ' lill'l V ire pi I'M. I. 'Ill of
the 11.1ll11n.il 11 111 in 1 1 1 i-f ol I lie K11II1-
'I lenH rhlldtcti ol I'ranee, Ilia n cluil i'. e
ol the promotion of this riinip.ili.il
Mm Itiewslcr 1 1 :im just H tm nc.l
1 1 0111 a lour of InvcatlKutloti thronnh
Die devastated leKinim of Kiitnro,
The hUliost flench oltlclal pro
vlde.l her ilh 1111I1U1) esrot t n 11, 1
In" lowed upon her evciy colli ley
dining her visit In the wiir tone
She lived with the npp.illliiK condi
tion of Ciiene ilnldicn ml it Iheli
niolherii - she known thai IhouiwmW
of chlldicn "out theie" nte under-
II. 1111 lulled. starving. "! iireiinibinK
In sli'kllc
In nil the noilhem founlry." aya
Mm lliewster. "theie la no village
union! lied, and acaiccly a Ipiiise Willi
11 loot on II. There In not a brodne
that "n not been dynamited, a fac
tory Hint h not been mined The
1ale that me told of the toche In
v anion aie unthinkable nhmkintt
S I til the people of the 1101th tell Ibeln
ilipiionalel) They have botne o
1 inch they have no enery In lm
1 tenement er their aulfnlns They
lie (omln bark Into thew tenlhle
..wn oon a tly are allowed
Tl.ey bring Hull possession with
Z Tr'TJ MMm "' """"" NEW HOME OF HEPPNER LODGE OF ELKS
Under the plan of the campaign ,
being undertalten each American fos1-!
ter parent pledges ten cents a day,
which makes $3 a month, or $36,50
a year, and thisadded to a tiny al
lowance of the same amount allowed
by the French government, means
saving grace to the French child, al
lowing it not only to remain in its
own country, but with its widowed
mother instead of in ain institution
Thus are the broken remnants of the
little war families kept together.
Each foster parent is put in direct
touch with the child for whom she
has pledged the necessary 10 cents a
day, ,and with its mother through
correspondence. Every cent subscrib
ed goes to the child. The expenses of
this philanthropy are borne by
generous friends of the organization.
To adopt a child or to make a. dona
tion, large or small, write for infor
mation to Mrs. Walter S. Brewster,
room 034, 410 South Michigan ave
nue, Chicago, 111., with whom all lo
cal chairmen of the Fatherless Child
ren of France, in every community,
are co-opeiating.
A MILLION' YORKS
1 ' rrimtisM v
Sergeant York was married recent-
ly to Miss Grace Williams, at Pall
Mall, Tenn, says an exchange. Who j
is Sergeant York? Well, he,s a Un-'
ited States soldier, cited by General
Pershing as the war's greatest hero.
He is reported in battle to have put
32 German machine guns out of com-
mission, killed 20 of ijhe enemy and
captured single handed 120 German
prisoners. He fought li'ke an honest,
upright Tennesseean.- Bold, cour
ageous and fearless, he fought his
way through the Argonne forest, a
type of that American soldier who
was the wonder of the world. The
Germans claimed to be the God
chosen and the super-men of Europe
but on every field of action If there
were any, the Americans were the
real super-men. They won In every
action. There were ten thousand
times ten thous-and Sergeant Yorks. '
The leal Americans were all Yorks. !
Handsome'structure desibned as a home for Heppner Lodge of Elks upon which work will begin at an early
date. A spacious theatre and two small store rooms will occupjithe lower floor and the upper floor will be
used exclusively for lodge room purposes including club rooms, ladies' parlor, banquet and lodge rooms.
(Courtesy John V. Bennes, Architect, Portland, Oregon.)
PATRIOTIC EMPLOYERS TO BE
HONORED
TI1PJKT IS Jl'ST r.lTTCIEN'CY
lh"iii In I'.vi mine baus. iiMuilly.
1'oHiilily tliey buve enouifh to nil n
11'. i HI .u.i ilil": loth liliol'ed lit the
.'111 1! . . . 'i'.i l'."ii i. :.i. I T.i'im oiti "i a
tour- population 11I I'l.imil lime
''tinned Vhi'v live ten mid Iwohe
in 11 p'oin. an. I iii:in of I ie iooiiih
I III' III! Willi:..
"I'or Iw.i days we tnototed over
bin nm III. 'in eimntiv before weaw
a co. a chicken or a home. The
eoiintiv l nliippcd bare of eiery
Ihiim Unit inakea II livable. Itnl lo
Hie Kienili it la Mill lovable. ,a you
ride I In. 'lull It villi 1 pity for Fiance
la intlnite Rut In your mind aie no
wonla to expienn your Irilinua lo
w.ml Gerniaiiy. Tliev Hie mile and
null' of i;i av lull In ow n diil where
vi re f i til. fa 1 in . plraxanl viII.iuck.
'oie.l and oichaidn About Verdun,
.1 1 .11 11 von rail ee, are heap (
run I, 110 hi Kit of life fitut wa. 110
iiiiinie of any lite to come,
"lleie and llieie l a rro whete
aoiue oiier, killed In the lat iluvo
ol the fiKhllntt. bulled.
"Thof.e who died In the Irllililfill
noa of Ihe railler battle lie onie
where bt'ii.'aili that awful heap or
iii! Alt along hu oil lit of dead
count!) e k.il.i.'lip (tave. mntli
'in the middle of plowed field. in
Hii.up alontt llic tiu.l. in low a'irl
I row In ui.e field reiiteleiy The
fattiei of many of Ihe little rlu d
nn for whom we are eekin to ce
aie but I 'd Ibeie. nd nioie have b it
no It ace "
l.vety dav ot lier iv HI the war
lone It wa inade Vivl.ll rci .i
Mia liiew.i.r lhal "we inul wmk
hauler and (iter than ever bef.ee.
Th's average family income in
Great Britain is $1080, or $236 per
capita, yearly. Out of that Income
Jo'.in Bull succeeded, during the war
in teaching two members of every
British family to save and Invest in
war bonds and stamps, $140 'eiich,
according to an article in Printers'
Ink. That Is each family saved more
than one-fifth Its Income.
A similar comparative saving by
the hundred millions of people in
the United States Invested In thrift
stamps and war saving stamps would
ndd tremendously to the nation's
available supply of capital and would
transform the I'nited States from n
nation of spenders to a nation of silv
ers. . 1
The results In Great Britain were
accomplished by practincal efficiency
HUKKestions bow, to save on gas
laundry bills, rooking, soup, food,
etc. A natlonnal organization known
a the Salvage club was formed, ,
wir:i branches everywhere, gathering
up bones, paper, cans, tin foil, shoea
chthint and other things umully !
consigned to the ash ran Tiiia or-
ganlzation published a monthly j
newspaper called Salvage, printed on
paper made from recovered waste
material. One week's hones from !
the average household w.i found to ,
yield edible fnt and also Ingredients j
to make explosive for several shell, j
A nuarter or a pound of waste paper !
m ule a charger raw. T.iousaiul of
boy and Kill acnuta helped gainer .
wnte luiilcrlalK. tuslh"s concern 1 '
rooted out their old account book 1
teller file and dociiiuclii. selling
them for waste paper. Scii.n metal '
of nil kind a collected and old.
and one junk dealer adopted a le
ceipl lor schap metal hIiowiiis how
much Ihe person who s.ivi.l i id
turned It In had contributed t" help !
make war niiinlliona'
Thlifl I )ut efficiency alter all. 1
It hoc much futther than f..e uvln
To the Editor:
Doubtless you know our work of
getting positions for discharged sol
diers and sailors has gotten away "to
a good start. All over the United
States the War Department is secur
ing the "hearty co-operation of all the
welfare services, chambers of com
merce, labor unions, employers asso
ciations, and many national, state
and civic bodies, all of whom are at
liberty to use ,the machinery of the
United States Employment service
towards hooking up the discharged
men of,4he army and navy with a
good j.ib.
We also have the patriotic assist
ance of employers, corporations,
firms and individuals, In the matter
of reinstating their old men in the
jobs they held before they went to
war. I may add that between 70 and
80 percent of our honorably dis
charged soldiers and sailors have the
offer of their pre-war jobs. The hero
of today Is not to become the hobo of
tomorrow.
In return for this the War and
Navy departments have prepared a
handsome citation which is issued to
all t'iiose employers' who have assur
ed the departments that they will
gladly re-employ everybody who for
merly worked with them and left to
serve in the army or navy during the
great war. This citation carries with
it permission for the holder to dis
play on his firm's, sen-ice flag the
shield of the United States as asym
bol that !he will fulfill his obliga
tions to the men who went to the de
fense of the country at the time of its
peril.
As yet I do not think that em
ployers generally throughout the
United States know about this cita
tion and I am writing to you to ask
if you will give this letter space in
your valuable columns in order that
the manufacturers, merchants, pro
fessional men and employers gener
ally In your community nay know
that t'hey are entitled to this inter
esting official document.
The citation is signed by the Sec
retary or War, the Secretary of the
Navy, any myself, assistant to the
Secretary of War. It is handsomely
engraved and engrossed with the
name of the recipient. There are no
strings on it. All we ask is that
the employer write an application
for such a citation, stating that he
will reemploy his old service mien,
and address me in care of Hie War
Department, Washington, D. C.
The news-papers of many cities at
the outbreak of the war published
the names of those patriotic employ
ers who agreed to retain their plac
es for their men who enlisted or
were drafted. It occurs to me now
that it would be a very fine and pa
triotic act if at this time, with victory
won, the newspapers publish the
names of tr.iose firms' and individuals
in their neighborhood who are tak
ing back honorably discharged ser
vice men, whether they agreed to or
not when the war began.
Very truly yours,
ARTHUR WOODS,
Assistant to the Secretary.
Emmett Hughes a student in the
O. A. C., is at home for his summer
vacation.
YOUR BANTO
Will Meet You Half Way
on want an home. vc want you to have a home, the banks want vou
to have a home, for it means business for us all. not onlv from a mater
ial standpoint, but when you have a home of your own vou immediate
ly become a better citizen to that community wherein you build'
Your family is better satisfied, you are better satisfied, vou become a
pari .of your town, interested in its welfare; in fact a part of the town
it sell.
1 f you are a renter you are never sat isfied. vou are nm liv in.r i
.1.... ... I : 11 1 " e. ni'ii.v.
that suits you and if you do huw long can vou sav vou are going i
live in it : Do you know for a certainty that vour landlord is not t
ing to raise the rent tomorrow? "
to
20-
-vh .nil l 'HMop 'iini id jn
Into money teiy quickly
In of material and lime, whi. h tunn
Senator llorah of Idaho threaten
that In rae Ihe Republican' do not
line olidly with bliu In opp..itlon
to the League of Nation" 'he will
found a new political pari) I'.- will
not i are tnlell't; ! 1 people uc!i
lata Away back In the ila of free
ilver he started new iuv. bpt
it died at an ase o vouns. thai It
wa still Wet behind the cat. M.
VIII.AT l.M lTI l
j We have client w ant n to bu,
and trade for heat land If you
1
ic. ne In d.po" of your la e pi. 'an
t w rtt ut prlr and letnn ..r t.itt
jwhat you will accept la rtr!ance (01
the m.
NOUTIIWLsr I.AMI TIVP: ". ,0
MO: otlhwrtrrn It. nk H ld.ng
P'Otlind Oiegon
Your wife wants a few chanpes or improvements made, do you expect
the owner of the house to come through every time you ask5 Posi
tively not. 1 Ie would be foolih if he did, for he has'to realize a profit
from his investment.
With a home of your own it is different. All improvements made are
ours and the rent paid out before is an investment in vour own home
not a total los as before.
Come in and let us explain how ou can net a home of vour own or
call on the FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF HEPPNfiR and thev
will gladly give our (lie desired information.
Yours for a Roof of Your Own
Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co.
HEPPNER
LEXINGTON
IONE