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THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON
Tuesday, August 24th. 1920.
THE HEPPNER HERALD
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
the United States aloof and apart from councils in which
it should have a powerful voice and does have an inalien
able interest.
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AIR TRAVEL IS COMING.
Med ford will dedicate a new aviation field on Labor
Day which is said to be till finest forest patrol landing
field on the coast. The field has been carefully leveled
and is 1200 by 2300 !';-et in extent. It is one mile from
the business section of the city. The Medford Commercial
ckib expended $1000 leveling the field and the United
States government did the rest.
All of which should remind other towns, Heppner for
instance, that aviation is coming waA will, in all probability,
be soon here. It is practically assured that mail will be
carried through this part of Oregon by airplane within
the next year and the town that is not prepared to offer
a suitable lauding place will be passed up.
Ilcppner should take some steps towards a landing
field before the summer and fall is over.
(b (her towns are. waking up to the importance as well
as the imminence of aviation. Why not ilcppner ?
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FINANCIAL BOOTLEGGING.
A new set of initiative jugglers from the legislative
mill at Oregon City have a great scheme to make money
cheap by imposing low legal rates of interest on all loans
4 per cent for one kind. 5 per cent for another. Or are they
from Oregon Cily? Nobody knows much about them, or
cares, except that their scheme has the familiar flavor of
ihe old reform bunk that a few years ago had the Oregon
City trademark.
Under ihe new method there is to be introduced into
Oregon a new and odious creature a financial bootlegger.
You want to borrow, say, Slooo. Mow are you to get it
if the measure passes? The banks won't lend it to you,
iipjr any other institution or person, at cither 4 01-5 per
cent. You hunt up a broker, lie will arrange it. lie
fixes it all up by having you siu a note for Sijom or
Islsix). lie gels the money from some bucket shop, or fin
ancial still, run by a new style bootlegger. You get the
I(mm), perhaps; but when oiir note is due, vou pay Sijx
or S 1 51 hi.
( )f course no reputable bank w ill adopt any .such prac
tices. I Sut what will it do? It will either send its money
out of the state, or i(ot lend it at all. Kithcr way spells
trouble, and even bankruptcy, for the borrower. lint the
bank must and will itself avoid bankruptcy by protecting
itself as it can.
If no money can be borrowed in Oregon at nortnhl
rates all industry will be affected. You cannot make the
bank, or the individual who has money, lend it; but the
borrower must have it. Where will he get it, either for
primary loans or for renewals? Oregonian.
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LEAGUE OF NATIONS IN ACTION
Some people talk of the League of Nations as tho it
were up in the air; as tho it had not yet been funned, but
that the (iiestioii whether it would be for the best interest
of the nations that they bind themselves together in a
league were open for discii-sion ; when the fact is that a
s'1" (l N ! ii 1 form ! .1:1! there are na
lios now members of it, while the only nay. mis of import
ance outside of it at the present time are Uussia. Turkey.
Ceimam. Mexico and the United States. The following
concerning the "League of Nations in Action", is repio
din ed 11 01 1 ihe New Yoik 01 Id :
The Council 01 lb,- League of Nations devoted its first
sess.n at San Sebastian r," ironing t,i one ol the
tioiiblesonie wiiukles Kit by the war b taking .steps to
abolish del.ix s and ,Iimiiih".i t s imposed on travelers at the
front uis 01 die new states of Central I'urope. These in
ole not otil vexation, d.tintr-ti but the lie, punt con
I. stall. .11 o! personal piopeitv. the loss of money under
the , nioH cd puu-luM-of m v ticket at an untax 01 able late
of exchange and other serious handicaps to ft eo cotnjiiuni
cation. The conn, il also he.u.l n-.,.t on the dispute be
tween Sweden and I inland lor the possession ,, the Ahi'd
Islands and discussed the p.i until of the expenses ,,f the
S.i.ti I'. Km boundaiy commission,
I ht-se. to be suie. are innior disagreement in intci'
ti.ttmnil lelalioiis ;,;, t!,lN h.MV tbe League of Nation
l, in. tiomr.g in go, onl. r and Mting a the world' high
' b"!'l'al 1-MiM- .. admdu.ne ,., , j
""'bit .1 national iiitfiet. And whetlur the
pio! ', n; 1. l ite to 1 In- p.K.ige of tr at It 1 or troop, aa,.
a iiorti. t. to the p.mn. m ,. a onuM s,.,ti , xn nn- bi'l
'! .. lot, .it ol war. ,tiM! n g 1 1 . . 1 1 tot .tin, . ,,,v,v ,,.,
' ' I l!:o," K t.;::.i -,x Wit mi t -. i-r.-.i f
That those who believe that the League of Nations is
necessary for the future peace and prosperity of the world
are to have a candidate who is committed to the League
may be learned from the following extract from Governor
Cox s speech of acceptace:
"The question is .whether we shall or shall not join
in this practical and humane movement. President Wil
s,on as our representative at the peace table entered the
League m our name, in so far as the executive authority
permitted. Senator Harding as the Republican candidate
for the presidency proposes in plain words that we remain
out of it. I favor going in."
IMXI.A.HATIOV OK I'lUMK IM-
POIITAXCK TO MOKHOW CO.
In view of the start already made
towards to working out of the John
Day irrigation project it may be said
that perhaps no other county in tLe
Northwest has a greater interest in
the. reclamation of arid lands than
has Morrow county.
The reclamation of nearly 300,000
acres in the northern part of this
county will mean not only the bring
ing into productivity of that amount
of unproductive and practically
worthless land, but it will also, to
those conversant with the subject tell
us, have a decidedly beneficial effect
on the wheat K-.nds lying above the
canals because of the added rainfall
and the prevention of hot winds the
evaporation from such a vast area
of irrigated lands will bring about.
Every additional acre brought into
production in Ihe county is an asset
to the county and to all of its in
habitants and for that reason the
people of the county should use every
honorable means to advance the
cause of irrigation in the west with
particular reference to our own local
project.
On September lGth and 17th re
presentatives from Ihe States of Ida
ho, Montana, Oregon, Washingion
and Wyoming will hold an Irrigation
and Development Congress at Seattle
at which states, counties, muncipali
ties, irrigation districts and commer
cial organizations will be represent
ed. At this meeting an educational
program will be promulgated press
ing upon Ihe Viiiteil State Congress
(lie necessity of the speedy reclama
tion of the arid lands of the West.
.Morrow county i -'tumid be well re
presented at this congress. Kvery
I'oin met rial organization should send
a ; I'm si luative as should the John
Day 'lis'rirl. s'ieed.v government aid
for the reclamation of ai d lands
me. ins too niueli to Morrow county
to permit any slicl;ing at I his time.
We should join hands with other
section.! of the great Northwest In
demanding and helping to bring
about the development of the uii.I
West.
MAklMi I.AW-lllll AKI I(S
No right thinking person will
blame a law o nicer for enforcing
law It Ik his sworn duty lo enforce,
no matter how obnoxious that law
may be. Hut when men nre employ
ed lo tempt ot hem to Violele the
prohibition law by giving unsuspect
ing person drink and offering to tell
them liquor In order to bring a
charge against I hem. every decent
pemon should decry the act, whether
men mean are unci by law officer
or orer-xealoui temperance advo
cated It In raid thin ruse has been work
ed In lone thin week, though unnuc
cessfully. The spy using such tac
ti.s Is nothing mine nor lei., than a
l.iw breaker himself and should l,
so considered and dealt with accord
ingly by the law, unless an outraged
community should beat the authori
ties to the miserable crea'ture and
apply a coat of tar and feathers to
his worthless carcas. lone Indep't.
IIOAKDMAX VOTB
AVITH HEKMISTOX
Editor Heppner Herald,
Dear Sir:
In regard to the matter of relative
road route superiority from the John,
Day ferry to Pendleton, I see the dis
cussion left the matter still open, and
apparently no decision was reached
which would guide the travelling
public in a choice of roads. There
for the Boardman Commercial club
by casting the deciding vote in favor
of the Columbia river route hopes
to effect a peaceful and final adjust
ment of the question in, debate.
We do not believe that a careful
survey of the two routes will aif.nit
of much doubt as to which is the
most, desirable and we are inclined
to think that our Heppner friends
will he willing to concede that they
were in error, if they go over Ujith
roads.
The fact that the claim recently
made in the Herald in regard to the
best route brags up the wheat fields
scenic charm and not the road itself
lends emphasis to the belief that the
friends of this route have seen things
in a new light and are now converted.
It is hardly credible that any mo
torist who had from either direction
passed through endless miles of
wheat farms, billy, dusty, hot and
dry. would still prefer such scenery
when the other mad lay open to his
choice, willi its line level stretches
along the magnificent Columbia river
and picturesiue I'matilla river, well
settled, weil watered and with cities
and villages close at hand, all the
em ire dis tance.
In conclusion we will say tlial to
us it seems that the conditions as to
rival routes Is unimportant, as villi
the close of this season there will be
no iiuestion whatever us lo which
way we should go, and we expect In
Ihe future an In the past, to work
with Ihe rest of Morrow county for
the establishment of good permanent
well located highways, so that In the
future the motorist may travel In
uny direction without fear of disaster
and delay.
Yours truly,
A. V. Cobb.
Pres. Iloardmnn Com'l Club.
I I I I I I J I ! !
J. THK CAM. .J.
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He's going where It's home again,
Just going bark to roam again
Through woods and winding
t reams;
Hark to the place that's best for him.
The cp.it that holds real rest for hlin,
lli nide the rainpflre gleams.
Through marts of men It steals fualn,
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WHAT NO MAN
CAN AFFORD
The man of moderate means does not have
papers that represent as much wealth as those of
rich man, but they are none the less valuable to
him. The man of great wealth cannot afford the
loss of his documents, any mbre than you.
If you own a life or fire insurance policy,
deeds, notes, abstracts, mortgages, a will or any
papers of value, you should from this day on see
to it that those papers are safe in a private com
partment in the vault of the First National Bank
for you will then have at low cost the security
you need for your personal papers and valuables.
FIRS
NATIONAL BANK
Heppner, Oregon
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The luring that he feels again,
From where the red gods rule;
The whispered voices call to him
Tile vision of it all to him,
Of woods and waters tool.
lie sees the leaping trout again,
Come (lashing swiftly out again;
He feels the tingling thrill
That's found along the trail he makes
The lone und silent trail he takes,
O'er valley land and hill.
And so he starts to parlc again.
And soon he'll travel back again.
To seek the haunts of old;
To take the sunset route again,
And watch the day dim out again
Through galea of fading gold!
George B. Staff
la Field and Stream
hllKIUI K HA IDS IO.XE
Sheriff MeDuffee and DeputyChld
sey swooped down on lone lust Tues
day night looking for moonshiners
and violators of the prohibition law.
With the assistance ofMarshallFrank
several places were searched but no
Incriminating evidence found, we are
told, but, live of our citizens were
placed under arrest. The arrested
parti, s were taken before Jud:;e
Campbell at lieppner next day and
three oMliem were charged with be
ing drunk. Two pleaded guilty and
were fined $10 and cost, the other
entered a plea of not guilty and his
case was continued. No charge was
placed against the other two arrested.
We are reliably Informed that a
person who has been notoriously
making and selling a vile concoction
of booze here In town for weeks past
was not molested, though he did not
leave town until next day and Is now
said to be in another state.
lone Independent
HermiBton. Ore.A neV. modern
$12,000 moving picture house built
nyloeal capital, Is Bearing completion
t Hermlaton.
Ashland.Ore. p,.ir picking Is nor
In progress In the Hogue river valley.
The green fruit are being prepared
for shipment by the five packing
plants of the Ashland Fruit and rro
duce association.
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Are You Giving Your Child His Chance?
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MOST IN r.PlVATION
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