Tuesday, January I. 1024
THE HEPPNEK HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON
PAGE FIVE
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ETGEXE SMITH TO SEEK
SEAT IX CONGRESS
Eugene E. Smith, Portland man
prominent in the past in labor and
political circles, has announced that
he will seek the Republican nomina
tion for congress in the Portland dis
trict, on a platform that advocates
compensative adjustment for ex
service men, rigid enforcement of
the prohibition law, restricted im
migration extension of the federal
budget system and opposing the in
come tax.
Continuing in his initial state
ment, Mr. Smith says:
"One pledge to the Republican
voters of this district I now freely
make and will keep. During th,e
campaign I will make no appeal 10
racial or religious prejudice. If
nominated and elected I will not
discriminate against any constituent
because of his or her religion or
race. I see no danger of Catholic,
Jewish or Negro domination over
Protestant, gentile -and white Ore
gon or America. I think the whole
fuss is a scramble for political place
and power and I know that a great
number of good Americans are be
ing unfairly attacked, evilly slan
dered, unjustly abused and falsely
accused. W,e have an overproduc
tion of self-labeled 100 per cent
Americans, who are being taken and
are taking themselves too seriously,
' and they should bje laughed off the
political stage. A serious feature of
the whole silly business is the fact
that the people's attention is being
distracted away from the real bread
and butter questions and la being di
verted in a vain chase after econom
the goblineers are mistaken or in
sincere. I invite and will welcome
the vote of every free Republican
vot,er in the district who thinks for
himself and who agrees with my po
litical principles be he or she Cath
olic or Protestant, Jew or gentile,
white or colored. The constitution
of the United Stages makes no dis
tinction between lawabiding citizens.
Neither do I."
MAY 1XHEIUT McAKTHl'll'S
AXTl-KLAX MAXTTE
Urged on by sincere local senti
mena, the plaudits of intimate
friends and the motions of a friend
ly press, the temptation to become a
candidate for the highest legislative
honor in the state was too strong
even for tlie staid State Senator
"Bill" Strayer of Baker county.
Well, Why not? We appraise hit
character and his ability above most
of the other candidates. Asone ol
Senator Stray.er'a colleagues in the
last legislature said about him:
"Senator Strayer is all right but he
is a Democrat."
Democrats have been elected be
fore from Oregon to Congress. They
have even , been elected to the Gov
ernor's job. Someone will pick up
the late C. N. McArthur's anti-klan
mantle and carry it boldly into the
primaries. Rolling dice will be bul
little more fickle than Senator Mc
Nary's chances with four in the field.
The Senator from Baker county It
certainly entitled to have his fling at
one of Oregon's seats in the Senate.
Oregon Voter.
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Railroad Rates and
Transportation Costs
Freight rates and passenger fares on the Union Pacific Sys
tem have advanced less than half as much as the increase in
tl',e ccst of engines, cars and other principal items of railroad
expense.
Comparing pre-war prices with those of today we find:
Pre-War Present Percent of
Commodity Price Price Increase
Kail, per ton ? 30.00 $ 43.00 43
Freight Locomotive 26,000.00 64,000.00 lW,'c
Freight' Car 1,100.00 2,500.00 127
Ties, each J .35 .84 140
Steel (bridges, tanks, etc.)
per ten. 50.00 96.00 92
Steel Passenger Coach.... 12,000.00 25,000.00 108
Cotton Waste, per lb........ .03 .095 it0
Block Signals, per mile.... 1,200.00 2,500.00 108
Switch Lamps, each 4.04 , 8.40 108
Fuel, per ton 2.11 3.38 60
Average annual earnings (1912) (1922)
per employe SS4.01 1,808.47 104.6
Taxes 4,668,875.00 13251,552.00 280
In the face of these- increases, freight rates on the Union
Pacific System during the .same time have increased only
32 3-10 percent nml passenger farts .'IjU-IO percent.
In 1913 we received for hauling a ton of freight one mile,
D.7 mills: for hauling a pa:. (.user one mile, ? o In l it,!,
these rates were 1.185aud 3.0 !5 respectively. Die 1923' freig-'i
rate represent? a reduction oi about 117, under 1921 and pus
sengjer fares about 8 ;mu rll.'i
In order to earn enougl- i;ros-.i reve'iu; to purchase a pint
of ink, it is necessary for us lo haul one ton of freight 42
miles; for a cross tie, 65 i'-ll-v, a hand lantern, 91 miles; one
freight car wheel. 117 miles; and one monkey wrench 97
miles.
To pay for a day of track labor it is necessary to haul one
ton of freight 236 miles. For a day's wages of a freight train
crew 2680 miles. For a day's wages of a machinist 461 miles.
For a ton of fuel 263 miles.
The railroads of the United States maintain the lowest
rates and the lowest capitalization per mile, while paying the
highest wages of any country in the world.
So long as the railroads' cost of doing business remains at
the present high level a general reduction of freight and pas
senger rates cannot safely be made.
Constructive suggestions are always welcome.
C. R. GRAY,
Omaha, Nebraska, President.
January 1, 1924.
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Uram Messenger of O. A. C. spent
the holidays with home folks.
Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Murchie spent
Christmas with the J. E. Ballengers.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Lee returned to
Pilot Rock Monday,.
Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Mul'key spent
Christmas with relatives in Mon
mouth. Miss Wanda Goodwin of Condon
spent the holidays with her father.
Mrs, Geo Blayden received a novel
Christmas gift in the form of a tele
gram early Christmas morning from
Lyle, who is in San Diego, Califor
nia. A big' dance was given in th Be:k
and Bailey hall Christmas Eve.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson entertained
Friday aP.eruoon with a chicken din
ner in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Cuy
Lee. The dinner guests were: Mr.
and Mrs. J. F. Gotham and Mr. and
Mrs. A. T. Heriem.
Miss Doris Healey returned Sun
day to Monmouth after spending
Christmas with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cramer were
dinner guests at .the Heriem home
Saturday evening.
Miss Dorothy Boardman, from the
Willamette University, was here to
ppend Christmas with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart spent Christ
mas with Mr. Stewart's parents in
Portland.
There arc several cases of measles
in town. Junior Davis and Marjorie
Albright are among the first.
The Sunday school gave a Christ
mas program Sunday evening in the
church. The room was attractively
decorated and th,e tree was heavily
loaded with candies and nuts.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Warren re
turned to Portland Thursday.
FACTION FIGHT IN KLAN BITTER
.IOHX WIIIEXAX PASSES
AWAY AT PORTLAND
John Wiidenan, well known: in this,
country, where he farmed fyr several
y(ears before his health failed, died
at a Portland hospital last Friday
morning after an illness of about
two years. He was here a few weeks
ago looking after soms business mat
ters and at that time he seemed
much improved in health, but after
returning to Portland he grew
steadily worse until the end came
last Friday. . .
He is survived by his widow, Cleo
R. Wiidenan, one son, Andrew
Wiidenan, and these brothers and
sisters: Charles, Peter and Matthew
Wiidenan, MrB. Melvin Fielding,
Mrs. Ollie Hyrkas, Mrs. Frank Bar
ney and Mrs. Avin Keyser. The
body was taken to Centerville, Wash
ington, the former home of the fam
ily, for interment.
FIRST TOUCH OF Wl.NTF.Ii
Heppner got her first touch of
winter Saturday night when a sud
den snow storm covered the ground
to the depth of four inchp. The
temperature was about freezing but
Sunday afternoon tt turned colder
and Monday morning thermometers
registered at from zero to six below.
Stockmpn put out the first feed of
hay Sunday morning and the hay
men feel encouraged that there may
now be a better market for their
crop.
Plumbers were busy yesterday re
pairing broken pipes and auto own
ers also had some trouble with fro?.-
en radiators.
POISONING MAGPIES
(By S. R. Woods)
A successful method of killing
magpies is described by Fred Peter
son, government trapper. To each
pound of tallow take teaspoonful
of powdered strychnin. Melt the
tallow, being careful not to heat it,
put in the strychnin and stir till it
is evenly mixed. Then pour into
pans till, about inch deep. As the
mixture cools and begins to harden,
with a table knife, cut into V inch
squares. When cold and hard,
scrape it out of the pan- and it will
readily break into H inch cubo.
Scatter the cubes plentifully around
carcasses or other places frequented
by magpies. Mr. Peterson says that
lard or other fats may be used but
that tallow is best. The county
agents will furnish strychnin at cost.
By this method no strychnin gels
into the bones of carcasses where it
may hp a menace for years.
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acter assassination, intimidation and
actual physical violence."
Clarke said he was responsible
for building up the klan on "high
ideals" from which it has now fallen,
but he would not sit by and accept
responsibility for what is being done.
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president to force the lawless ele
ment out of the klan "thus permit
ting it to function as a high tone
character building fraternal organ
ization, or, this being impossible, to
ward the stamping out of the men
ace which the Knights of the K. K.
K. has be'ome through the prosti
tution of its high purposes, ideals
and principals."
Clarke concluded by saying he
would issue a proclamation calling
ou the better element in the klaii
either to remedy existing evils or
meet in national assemblage and dis
band the organization.
Hiram W. Evans, present imperial
wizard of the klan, was reported to
be in Washington, with some of his
aides, preparing to answer Clarke's
attack.
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