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THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON
Tuesday, July .15, 1919
THE HEPPNER HERALD
S. A. PATTISON, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
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REVOLUTION. KIE.H
When asked why the Ihish ques
tion was denied consideration at the
Feace Confeernce when the League
of Nations wes being discussed Pres
ident Wlson is reported to have re
plied that it was because the ques
tion of Irish independence had gotten
into the hands of "revolutionaries"
and therefore could not be consider
ed. Many Americans who are not of
Irish birth or antecedents will ques
tion the logic of that sort of argu
ment coming from their chelf magis
trate. Only 143 years ago every man who
signed the Declaration of Independ
ence, was a revolutionary. Every
American soldier who resisted by
force of arms the rule of King
George was a .revolutionary and, so
far as history recorded tilie story of
those stirring times there was not a
mother's son of them but was prtfud
of the title, Even the name rebel was
considered an honorary tllle prior to
the day Cornwallis met his Waterloo.
Evidently France also acquiesced
in the Idea expressed by President
Wilson and yet the big strong French
republic today is the outgrowth of a
series of revolutions and most every
Frenchman much past 50 years of
ago was a revolutionary, pure and
simple back in the 70's.
t'ltOWKMi WRITES OK MUNITION
PRODUCTION
"America's Munitions" Ih the title
of an Interesting volume from the
pen of Assistant Secretary of War
Benedict Crowell, Just from the press
Hnd containing a monl Interesting
nd Illuminating r.tory of America's
achievement! n production during
her participation in the great war.
Secretary Crowell's stoiy contains
many facts that are new to the aver
se American. M:tny of these facta
will be accepted with MirprUw be
cauw they concern accomplishments
that will be accepted with surplise j
lccca:se F.iey concern accomplish-
. .t . I 11 ll. I . . . n .u '
mrnrM mai appeared wvu-iu,-," iiu"-
siblc They are some ol tne tnins
Germany believed Ajuetieft could not,
do. They are achievements that,
coupled with the wonderful llghtini.'
spirit of the army ovPrxt'Ril.mude It
pmMlile to end the war eighteen
ninutlis before most people believe!
it would be brought to -a close, with
:, ii euiiriious saving in life and treu
rut .
The following are mime f tli
move Important facts rhinnlrled In
,.iti.-t.int Hccittiny CrowellV his
tory: flial Ameileii hud more lroiii:i In
Hume than the HrillKh nt the sUn
lua; gf the ainiiftiie.
Vi.it the American artillery In
l'in'ice fli-ed morn than four times us.
iiimu; rounds, el Hitileiy ammunition
ih i'u Union .c iiiy did in I lie Civil
Wjf.
Yd I AiiutIi'h una the only rouniry
(h it sncced'il In bulldnm riTtiiicra
t.ith for l'reiirli ili-fldicd cutis, except
l'rniii i- hen-elf.
'I'll u I b-lwieil Aplll 6. I!' I 7. ni'd
Nov.-i ber 11. I His, Anieiuii tiiantl
f.irluie.l h much snioki'li'Hn powder
a r'ranri mill Kimhind combined.
Thai between two and lime miles
wei-r milled lo I In" -iinKe ol Ihe Ainer
iii.n a:rii'n m I mil kuiih
1 ill Aiiht1'.' produced l" i i I ho
Ihn sii-jilinii- llxcd miH'liine iti
iim-I un i t iriillv ii.iinl the tiOi
llialln Tt Kiel let del eloped
pi. in I lie i-i'iitl ii tittlei
llihu 1:1 Eut'M"'.
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Hp as slu' iIhI of fiie l.ilu'ilv
'Dull nnili,l reduced tin-
ll.'llHlll u intuitu HTt'U pel CIllM
to t'-n cents.
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foot
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i.i'V'd In titled lis. In tin
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Tli.il A iiii Ii-n ItiMips alone
hot cullee li nil i' t (lie, due to
Inieiillon ol soluble fuftee in
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United Stale.
Ilial p.Mkini; wenoiiiles ,i''l tl'e
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.. il.iltiiiii- nil-He to r'la'i'o mid.
iilllll ship Jaie. uifnel He open
lion, nt I" boat lot wnl I'ioIiHh
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iniiitliis of lli ii aed I'"
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Postofflce as second-claa Matter
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$ .SO
ing purposes at the front, a material
never manufactured unt America
entered the war.
That America developed a substi
tute for salvarsan, formerly produced
only in Germany, and which proved
to be better than the German pro
duct. OYER MJM,ION SHELLS
IN FOUR HOURS
FIRED
The most intense concentration of
artillery fire ever recorded was that
of the American troops In the battle
of St. Mihlel, fought from September
12 to 15 and which was the first dis
tinctly American offensive of the
war. It was fought chiefly by Am
erican troops and wholly under the
orders of American officers. In this
battle the American artillery fired
more than one million hells in four
hours.
Two comparisons with Gettysburg
emphasize the magnitude of the St.
Mihiel operation. At St. Mihiel 550,
000 Americans were engaged; at
Gettysburg the Union troops number
ed approximately 100,000. In three
days at Gettysburg the Union artil
lery fired 33,000 shells. The St. Mi
hiel offensive cost the Americans
about 7000 casualties, less than one
third the Union losses at Gettys
burg. HOME
TOWN
HELP5I
3UILD WITH IDEA OF BEAUTY
House Should Never Be Planned Sole
ly Along Lines of Economy and
Practical Utility.
An earnest plea for more beauty In
building la siilimlttid by a writer In
- p
magazine Touchstone, who says.
Id part:
"Building home should be up
proached with reverence as weir a
joyous enthusiasm. There Is no ad-'
venture In life more fraught wllh ro
niance than the creating of a home.
We are upt to turn to the past fur
precedent In architectural styles,
whereas we should concern ourselves
chiefly with the honest expression of
our needs and surroundings. j
"Love of beauty was almost a re
ligion wllh the Greeks. To build nil
utjly thing was a misdemeanor punish-'
able with ostracism. Our ennntry
would be a much more delightful auilj
much more agreeable place to live In'
If our home builders were guided by
wise architects who took as much
thought for beauty as they do foe
e.-onomy nnd prolll. Every home I
nu Investment, nud a beautiful home
returns far mom Interest on Ihe
nnmcy expended thin docs mi miy
one.
"Would II not be well for us, now
Hint we are facing an era of home
liullillng such as the world U:is seldom
known, to pause a Utile ami appronr'i
ur tusk with greater carefulness?
We should remember that we ntv
building fur the futtife ns well as fn
present dcli-hl anil that our de-retnl-ant
! in;iy turn to our work with re
ntier!, !i we look Int. the past mid
Imw lenr th' Ki li'tli of the am i. nt
muster builders."
TRELLIS EASY TO CONSTRUCT
Twitted Wire Support Sweet Pn
Plants In a Most Satisfac
tory Manner.
A very s.iilsfni-tot y sweet p. -a trel
lis run be m,nio by streli hlng win--ell
a frame of iaoIui-Ii bard wood or
mi" nu Ii pipe, the length of 'he frame
lielns Ihe sumo as the length f Ihe
4m
to. Vhe Wires limild be placed
bmself shout Ihe frame, as ioau.
then tUbteued t'jr tnlstint them wlilt
a -pike. A trellis nf this kind run he
Ur,l for sei.rnl )ers, snd If deslrel
i-iin I remoted at the end of ructa
ne4in popular Misltsnli M.igailnc.
nrH'rti oe Town Lot
i ,.l ii Ii of a -d isrlety
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of red raspberry will afford fresh fruit
for the table for many weeks. Some
of the new varieties are ever-bearing.
Perhaps one of the best Is the Ersklne
Park.
In setting out the plants first manure
nd spade the bed as for a garden. If
the plants are trained to a wire trellis
they can be set two feet apart. Six
or eight plants will he sufficient for an
average family and ought to produce
at least a pint a day from eatfc plunt.
By having so few plants, they can
be watered and well cared for. Hand
weeding about the plant Is always the
best way to cultivate raspberries.
Thrift Mngizine.
Do You Think It Paid?
St. Joseph, Mo., employed a full
time expert garden Instructor last
year who organized the pupils of the
elementary school Into gardes clubs.
About 3,000 pupils reported that they
were doing garden work before the
schools closed In June, says their su
perintendent. Of this number 2384
entered their names for membership
In the United States school garden
army. The school children gardened
32 acres without help and helped their
parents work an area of 304 acres.
Although the season was very unfa
vorable, a conservative estimate of
the food produced by the pupils wortld
be $15,000 at market prices.
Keep the City Clean.
With .springtime usually comes a
"clean up" campaign, and n movement
In thut direction Is general In cities
and . towns throughout the United
States. Appeal Is made to civic pride,
and people are urged to make their
localities better places in which to
live. This Is good and desirable. But
why not keep cleaning up all the year
round? If things are not thrown Into
the streets, particular!? bits of waste
paper, they will not have to be picked
un Receptacles for refuse. If placed
In back yards, and used, will help much
In ninlntatning.a condition of neatness.
The cleanly habit can easily be' in
quired. WHEN FLYING JS, UNIVERSAL
' '
8oma Highly Interesting Legal Prob
lems That Will Call for Intelli
gent Settlement.
A series of interestln questions has
been made concerning .contingencies
that may be expected when the air is
Actually used for miscellaneous ' traf
fic. How, for example, will the' man
on the ground be protected against
carelessness by the man tn the alf,
and what kind of sign, can :ttie air
plane carry which wlll serve Jo Identi
fy It If some earth-mini.. wishes to
v lodge a complaint with .the .authori
ties? Or again, what will be the rights
of the proprietors of o 'baseball 'pa'rk
If an aviator evades the price of ad
mission by flying about over the dia
mond? Or what will be' the remedy
or the mini, who Is kept awake at
night by airplane motors? What will
be the limit of the private citizen's
property measured . perpendicularly
and hnw cun he tell whether or not an
airman Is trespassing? Such questions
are amuslngto rend, but In nil serious
ness they meiin thut the legal prob
lems that will come up wRli the In
creasing use of airplanes will require
Ingenuity for settlement. i .
1 Queen of the Rhine.
' A writer la the March number of
The Sunday at Home recalls Unit
Cologne, on the Rhine, which Is now
occupied by Uritisli troops, dates
hark to the year 37 B. ('. In the year
to A. l. a Itoinnn colony wus etab
llshed there by Coloula Arlpplna. the
wife of Claudius Caesnr, and the city
was nn miM after her. It hat always
been an Import nut 1ty, doing a large
trade. The VMto census show a impu
tation of 4'JH.5tCI, of whom SO per cent
are Roman Catholics.
Cologne Is a fortress of the lirst
rank, the forts forming a sciul-clrcle
around the city. Being an iim iinl tity.
Hie streets are narrow ami crooked.
The Church of Ursula Is snld to con
tain the hones of ll.tmo virgins.
slaughtered, the legend Informs us, by
the am-ent Huns b-cnuse tln-jt would
not break their vows of chastity. The
gr.-sf ciilhoilrnl Is one of the finest
exuniples of Gothic nrrhltm tore In
Europi'. It as centuries In uiilltlllix.
The total cost lies been iiIhmiI two
millions.
Toll of Snaki l in Ind a
The Anierlrsn consul. M M Hay
ho-kI, siatloiieil nt Cn!m!n. India,
itntos In a soiernuieiii r. i.r t lint
more llian 'tissi persons lot their
lives In the country last j,..r hem use
(if kM.ikes nnd wild H'i iris the
nukes chilliilm; by far the In ici-r mini
bir of victims.
T tie exact, the muitl ivs that
CHam persons illed In Ih.pn . year
as result of nnkc Mte nnd Hint
I ITi'. ierson were killed v ., ani
mal. This Is an Inrren-e of over
the previous year as rnini W fiititllile
from stuike bite nnd an 'n lease of
list as refar. the nnmh.r kHIed by
siiliiials.
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E. S. t.ILJEBLAD. PROPRIETOR
FIMD LITTLE JOY IN MANTUA
American Soldiers In ItaliaiwCity Can.
not Be Accused of Indulging
in Wild Revels.
Mantua, the metropolis of the prov
ince. Is the center of the territory
which encircles It In every direction.
Hither flock the country folk from as
far as five or six kilometers away, to
gaze at the vino and stand arouad In
the middle of the street. Impeding the
progress of the trolley car.
Equally fascinating to the American
soldier is ibis city, with Its car track,
Its air of cordial welcome, and Its in
salubrious climate, ail of which com
bine to make him think more of the
old home town than he did before he
came here, says a writer In Italy Am
bulance Service News. It Is not dif
ficult to find things to do, for one may
always spend- quite a while figuring
out when he last saw the sun, or when
he will see it again. And then one
may also look at the lake.
But It Is at night that Mnntua dis
closes Its true nature. With an elec
tric light gleaming on every fourth
block, and the comradely mist always
with you, you can start out for a wild
evening. There are plenty of places
to go all cafes. Variety Is supplied
by ordering beer In one place and wine
In the next, until in a final hurst of
hilarity you end up with caffe-latte
(the nadir of recklessness). By that
time It Is 10:30, the shutters are up,
the waiter jingles a pocketful of cen
tesslml and looks bored, the last pa
tron has departed and the girl behind
the bar seems to wonder what secret
sorrow keeps you from home. So you
depart via the back door, harking to
your footprints echoing upon the still
night air. The carablnlerl look at you
suspiciously, a cat runs across the
black street, and you are all, all alone
In the wicked city. You yawn and go
back to bed, filled with excitement
and beer. One night nearer home.
Mantua has many attractive fea
tures, bnt the best one Is the ten
o'clock train to Milan.
WAS DICKENS' OFFICE BOY
And All He .Remembers of Great Au
thor la the Peculiar atylt of
His Clothes.
The perseverance with which the
unimportant lingers In memory Is Il
lustrated by the sum total of what the
veteran porter who lately retired from
his post at Temple Gate, London, can
now recall about Charles Dickens.
Rack In the sixties this man. It Is said,
was office boy for tho author, then
editing "All the Year Round." All he
remembers Is that . Dickens wore a
"black velvet coat with big smoked
pearl buttons, and a queer waistcoat.
and trousers of shepherd's plaid, the
biggest check you ever saw, and a
great big deerstalker hat, as they
called them, and his hair all banging
down, wiry like." Also that once upon
a time somebody asked him, "Is that
a showman?" And he answered,
"That's the great Charles Dickens."
A vivid picture, and this Is probably
why, plaid trousers and all, It still
sticks In Ihe former office boy's mem
ory; but one wishes he could now re
call some of the other things he must
have observed In his remarkable chief.
Boy Saved by Rubber Heels.
Lawrence Rumm's study of electrici
ty whs not fur naught. The young.
Ren Franklin, who Is twelve years old.
and bis brother. John, two years his
senior, went out with other C'liw-sno
lads for a hit of play. They encounter
ed the end of a broken electric wire,
still 'charged with a strong current
With boytsh curious.iess John touched
the wire. He could Dot let go.
The other boys became frightened
and ran. But Lawrence remained.
Tearing off his rubber hrels, he Jam
tr"d them agaloit the 'wire tad his
brother's hand was released.
Dally Thought
Great thoughts, like great deodii,
eed no trumpet, Bailey.
COMMISSIONER CORKY ItKI'I.IKS
TO ItOIIINSOV
Public Service Commissioner H. H.
Corey, whose appeal to Ihe people of
eastern Oregon lo gel behind Ihe
long and short freight haul hill now
befuri- eoiiRMM was published In
Ibla newspaper tmo wnVi ago ha
written another Idler on this lin
porlant subject In answer lo a let
ler written by K. W. Hoblnson
chairman of Ihe Portland IllstrUl
freight Traffic Commute in which
Mr. ItotiliiMin argued against ihe
bills and at Hie Mine time urged that
there la not now nor has been since
March 1 5th, 191. any diirilnilna
lion against Interior points aa romp
pared with roast or terminal points.
Mr. Corey points out In his reply
that the present arianiement I only
tenipotary and that Ih puipow of
the bill la congress and of all ila
and Cleaning Shop 1
supporters is to make the present
condition permanent. The letter follows:
"In reply to your communication
of the 3rd inst., copies of wTnlch you
mailed to the Portland papers and
the commercial clubs of Portland,
Baker, La Grande and Pendleton,
I desire to advise tha I. C. C. Fourth
Section Order 6790, of June 30, 1917
which removed all fourth section
violations, was reecived by this com
mission probably on the same date as
received by you, and tariffs filed un
der apporval of Fifteenth Section
Application No. 324, dated January
21, 1918, as required by the laws of
this state, were duly received by
this commission. Therefore your
letter was not particularly enlighten
ing in advising that for more than a
year "in no instance have any west
bound rates been higher to inter
mediate points than to the termin
als,' and that there "has been no
discrimination by the O. W. R. Sc. N.
Lines on business originating west of
the transcontinental defined territor
ies since March 15, 1918," (1. e. Mis
souri River points). True, as far as
the Pacific coast is concerned, the
rigid Fourth Section or long and
short haul clause is now in effect,
but you did not advise tfaat this con
dition is -but temporary. May I state
that the purpose of the Intermediate
Rate Association is to seek regula
tion that will insure the continuation
of this ractice whWh has prevailed
for more than ayear without the
disastrous effect so long predicted by
the carriers, and thus place the inter
mediate points more nearly on a
parity wittu' the coast points, and at
tho same time encourage the use of
our rivers and harbors, and also to
extend the defined territory to points
farther East.
"If I am wrong In nay contention,
?o is your associate on the Traffic
Commission, Hon. J. B. Campbell,
who is now one of the shippers' rep
resentatives on your Committee, and
who is now I belelev at Washington;
D. C. urging the adoption by Con
gress of the absolute long-and-short-
haulsrovislons of the Interstate
Commerce Act. Also Hon. Jos. L.
Bristow, former Panama Canal Com
missioner, United States Senator
from Kansas, presnt member of the
Kansas State Railroad Coinmibuion;
Hon. O. P. Gothltn, former president
of the National Association of Rail
road Commissioners; S. A. Thomp
son Secretary of the National Rivers
and Harbors Association; Tthe Rail
road Commission of Nevada, Arizona,
New Mexico, Terns, Idaho, Missis
sippi, Indiana, Montana, Utah, South
Don't Let Tire Trouble
Spoil Your Trip
Your summer vacation includes a motor trip
of course.
Possibly the tire trouble experienced last
year, dampens the joy of planning this
summer's outing.
Hut don't worry.
A wonderful new principle embodied in an
invention by Charles C. (iates, E. M., devel
oped, perfected and applied by him to tire
construction not only reduces tire cost in
half but guarantees puncture-psoof service
besides.
The fact that nearly foo.otxj users of tires in
America are taking advantage of this great
money saing worry ending opportunity,
.should convince jou that it is well worth in
' ol:g;iiiun.
Stop in to see us before you start your trip.
Stephen M. Irwin
GATES TIRES
Authorized Service Station
Phone S;.' Oilman P.ldg. Heppm-r
PEOPLES CASH MARKET
WATKINS & Oviatt, Proprietors
Our location It at. 11 In th "l. c ktround" but If you lll toh
low ihe ' saw dust trolf you ; (ind u( preparM to eati r
to your anti la th wsy of i o ler. J tley mmlt and f ri l
fish and hll fish as thou.-n w r already la our Lew
b-nhlins
Our t W l.ii.M t.i ll b "ui .-ted br and by. In On una
true lintl't trft US
PEOPLE'S CASH MARKET
Carolina, Tennessee, as well as the
Chambers of Commerce of Monterey,
California, Bozeman, Montana, Butts
Montana, Helena, Montana, Lewis
ton, Idaho, Boise, Idaho, Spokane,
Washington, Reno, Nevada, Phoenix,
Arizona, Greenboro, North Carolina,
Columbia, South Carolina, Jackson,
Tennesses, Fort Worth, Texas, Ama
rillo, Texas, .Dallas, Texas, Hastings,
Nebraska; and also the State Com
mittee on Interstate Commerce, who
reported favorably the absolute long
and short haul bill during the last"
session of congres.
"May I cite one or two instance
to illustrate just what we are con
tending for? When the government
constructed the Arrow Roc'k dam in
Idaho, Kansas cement was used. The
freight on this cement cost 40,000
more Dhan It would have cost had the
cement been hauled five hundred,
miles farther west, crossing two
mountain ranges, one at an altitude
of over four thousand feet. The rate
on structural steel prior to March 15
1918, from Pittsburg was the same
to the coast as applied to points as
far east as Minnesota, while we of
the intermediate territory were com
pelled to pay excess rates to such ex
tent that on one building alone,
erected in Spokane, Washington, a
saving of $36,000 would have been
made had said building been erected
west of the Cascade mountains.
"Does not Khe sense of justice r
ceive a shock when a. nma.ll dentop i
a country town Is made to pay as Vb
much or more for the carriage of his
goods as a city merchant pays upon
a like quantity for even several hun
dred miles longer hauj.? To the com
mon mind this seems to be plainly
and unmistakably unjust even
though done under the protection of
the law. This thought has been ex
pressed by the Interstate Commerce
Commission in the Intermountaln
Rate case, 46 I. C. C. 236, wherein
it said: 'It is perfectly clear that the
Intermountaln section has paid and
now pays rates for the transportation ,
of manufactured articles which are
higher proportionately than are paid
by the coast cities, and rates to the
coast cities could be maintained at
a level more nearly proportionate to
Che service given.'
"It 13 to' permanently eliminate
th? higher rate for the short haul, if
possible, that the Intermediate Rate
Association was organized, and as
eastern Oregon's representative on
this commission, I will do all In my
power to secure the enactment of
Senate Bill 360 now before the Sen
ate Committee on Interstate Commerce."
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