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About Heppner herald. (Heppner, Or.) 1914-1924 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 19, 1922)
' ""'Ik, PAGE TWO THE HEPPNER HERALD. HEPPNER, OREGON Tuesday, September 19, 1922 THE HEPPNER HERALD AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER S. A. IWTTISQX. Editor and Publisher fCrit" '1 at the Ib'ppnor, Oregon, Postot'fice as second-class Matter Terms of Subscription One Year $.'.00 Six Months $r.00 Three Months $0.50 -MENACE OF THE AUTOMOBILE PIERCE SEEKS KLAN VOTE '.11. Walter Pierce, democratic candidate for gover nor nf 1 'regun, is evidently seeking the supporot of the Ku i!ux K!an in the coming campaign if we are to judge by his recent -ta lenient in which he announces that he will sup 1 urt the so-called compulsory school bill which has the solid riulirseinent of the klan and other so-called "patriotic so cieties. " , I'll Mr. Pierce also has a good deal to say about reducing Me.-, a reform lie has .stood for for many years and just i'..w lie can reconcile the reduction of taxes with a measure 1 hat, it ' enacted, must necessarily increase the public school t axis, i ; not quite clear. School taxes are no small item in our total tax bill here i'i ( )regm and it is a self evident proposition that if the compulsory measure should carry and all of the private .-cliooU ai'e closed it would mean a very considerable in crease in attendance on the public schools which are sup ported very largely by a direct tax. In Portland alone there are 14,000 children in elemen tary and private schools and should they all be added next ear to the public schools the present congestion would urelv lie vastly increased and the present cost to taxpayers piled' til). Statisticians tell us that the average cost of modern school houses is around $1 5,cxx) per room which would mean, figuring 35 pupils to the room, about $6,000,000 for new scluiol houses in Portland alone if the bill is enacted. The men who figure these things out also tell us that the cost of maintainance and operation of the elmentary .ehools oi the state is about $70 per pupil which would mean if these 14,000 new pupils were added, an additional expense to the taxpayers, of $)8o,ooo and if we add interest on the So, (k)o.(hxj bonds the total additional school tax would run well over one and one-quarter million dollars. Mr. Pierce as a champion of tax reduction, in which he is no doubt sincere, should be careful ahout sponsoring a measure that will eat up that amount of money that must he put up by the people of an already tax-crushed state. Cermauy was reported the other day as a heavv huver ot wheat in Kngland and I he price in Kngland took a mater ial advance. 'I hat may have some effect on the market in this cnimli v but not to the extent that the fact which wili appear a lew inonlhs hence that the American farmer has been lorecd to sell at a low price will have. When that con dition i, pret ty well worked out then we may look for wheat 10 advance to a figure that will partially excuse the gener ally prevalent high pric of bread. The increasing menace of the auto mobile throuout the country is empha sized in a statement issued by tin National Safety Council on. a tabula tion, of automobile fatalities in 50 representative American cities. One-sixth of all deaths from acci dental causes in the United States during 1921 are checked against the automobile, according to Safety Coun cil figures. Thirty-live persons lost their lives each day of the year, bring ing the total number of victims up to 13,000, an increase of about 3 per cen tover the year 1920. According to figures compiled by tne inter-State Commerce Commls sbn, there were about 1,702 persons Killed at railroad crossings in 1921, About 75 per cent of these, or 1,276, were occupants of automobiles. Mr. and Mrs. J. v. Stevens and Mr .and Mrs. Ray Steers, are in from the Hardman country todav. Mr and Mrs .Steers brought their little aaugater to town for medical atten tion . Miss Cecile Stevens is teaching in the Burton Valley district this term. George Moore, who underwent n operation at a local hospital a few days ajio for gall stones and annen- dicitis is rerorted recovering Rapidly. The condition of Mlsj Hazel Brown who is in a local hospital where she recently underwent an operation for appendicitis, Is reported as yet bein'; in a srious condition. V. H. Lowe, of Cecil, an appendi citis patient in a local hospital, is Improving rapidly. Miss Bushke, of near lone, s also getting along fine. Speaking of peaches that box of late Crawfords J. D. Bauman left at this office the other day were the real article. Mr. Bauman is one of the county's most successful fanners be cause he knows how to make bO many things good to eat, grow to per fection . Alaska May Solve Wood Problem. Alaska alone is said to have wood enough to fill one-tliirc'. of the news print need of the nation. There are BG.fXlO acres of line lumber available most of which Is spruce mid hemlock and the remainder Is pine. Alaska's gold will probably vanish before her wood supply Is exhausted. There are forty varieties of wood which will soon become marketable by the open ing up of transportation facilities. iking 20 Years of Racing Serve Car Owners Uoday IN the early days of automobile contests, Barney Oldfield out to win every race studied tires. His consistent success led other drivers to ask for tires constructed to his specifications. Twenty years of road and track victories wifh a steady and increas ing demand for tires as he built them convinced Barney Oldfield that these speed tests pointed the way to 'a better tire for everyday use. The enthusiastic reception of Old field Cords by the public proved he was right. Scores of the most prominent dealers in the country and many thousands of car owners, experienced in the use of tires bear witness by their decided preference that Oldfield is doing a bigger and better job of tire making. This volume, handled in an effec tive way in every phase of manufac ture and distribution, has resulted in price quotations far below what you'd expect on tires known to be better built and more enduring. Practically every important race event for three years has been won on Oldfields. The Wichita Test Run in which an entire set of Oldfield Cords covered 34,525 miles on rough roads proves the mettle of the Most Trustworthy Tires Built in every--day driving. The Master Driver and Tire Builder has given the public a new standard of tire wear and tire cost a true economy that every car owner should know about. Your Oldfield dealer has these facts talk to him. 1 2 - -fflfomtifcvifliiir-1-' COHN AUTO CO. Word conies from Salem that Dr. Jlrumlicld cheated the hangman by coniniil t ing suicide. Too bad these mur der suicide cases do not start at the other end of the line Mid (In the suicide act tirst. ' r. ;.mi. a i; vii.uo vo 1 1: r W'J ii ;; hud!) 1' nir I. i l'.t i he ...fii-tr.t -tr'k-I., a I ii u I ov.r Itut its . t'te, '. se, m It b" tt ih in i; we Ii' j)ld:;r I'.or. ill" appearance of the ' i u : 0 1 -Ti t in I in- !l''ppnT branch. This ino:ni:ii' v hen the e iai -lii's were set in front of t.ie depot, a Herald repurlo" not icci' a 1 1 am man shovinn a block of cord wood in l ron I of a wheel of the for waid (Vi.ielt ftilU was curious cuoueh o at'k about it. The train man was m llp.eil t.i lie non-roiiiniitl.'.! at tits! '"i li".al!y .:uiited that the brake:-, vc hi neli a roiiiliiien that they .vim'-'t not hol l the eeai lies w hen the a;ine was i.ot ill I ron t if theia and t developed that, the cordwood br;k 'i'(T system is necessary at Lexington and leno also when the eoaelu-s are l"fi -sUinding. Drawbar and other parts of the eiiuipnient also reeiu t i he out of order and the general con dition does not add to the pea, mind of passengers . 1UU midl Gold Bkks 15c to 25c .3 ,1 i tic- CASH VARIETY STOV) Big Values for Little Money !jnBiMiiiiwi i wiTWir -jfTi - nrr" vtuu n wthit trvrr an Dick Robnctt J i Practical Horseslioer AT CALMUS SHOP Special attention given to lame and in terfering' horses. I Guarantee Satisfaction. Give me a Trial THE UNIVERSAL CAR COME IN AND SEE THE New 1923 Model Ford Touring Gar Sloping Windshield, One-Man Top Comfortable Seats . 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