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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (June 20, 1912)
i m AT THE THEATER TONIGHT Tho ivittlo of Trafalgar. A emit Naval engagement of. the war of ISO." liehveon Knglami ami Spain. Very exciting. "V.:,.tui Harnacle, Diplomat." The bully of the town is threshed and Dick wins the girl. "(.iviitg the High Sign," or the Woman Hater. A ' comedy in colors. Africjin Sharpshooters. For Friday and Saturday. "A Squnw'." T.ovc. " Vitagraph. A story of old Indian days. Pathe's Weekly. Atlanta, Georgia. The great Corn Fe-tival draws crowds from every city it the state. Governor Harmon, of Ohio and Governor Staten of Georgia who reviewed the parade. DrSot'villo, Tenn. A terrible mine explosion imprisons lf0 miners. Hardened men and women stand in stolid despair awaiting tie'.vs of their relatives. Volunteer rescue crews are seen en tering the mind. Trixli , Tripoli . hhe Italio-Tui k ish war. A group of prisoner? con demned to death is shown and another lot of prisoners of war ji waiting their departure for Italy. Special for Ladies. Fan?, France. Fine examples of the hairdressing art. And many other features. C-medv "An Unknown Language." Edison. THE PASTIME & MBNDRIC50IN Sc. GURDrVNB, Props ? Seasonable Soft Drinks, i f-x fruits, uencious ice ream $ We maKe our own Ice Cream. It is a Morrow County (j production. i Confectionery, Cigars, ToLacco, Pipes, Notions rssai 'eady IVlade Suits For The celebrated Harde man Hats, Beautiful Ties, Sox, Arm Bands, Suspenders, Boston and Paris Garters. ress Shoes. In fact everything to dress a man from head to foot. Come in an fix you up 4lli of July. SAM HUGHES Lssa; ' I THE PALM j t t X Heppner's Leading Confection-1 I ery and Ice Cream Parlors t ROBERT M. HART, - - PROPRIETOR 1 J Can serve you now with riiee, fresh Ice Cream. None J better to be had in the city, $ Leading Brands Cigars and Tobacco j Liberty Meat Market B. F. MATLOCK, Prop. The Best Beef, Pork, Mutton, Veal, A Sausage and Home Cured Meats. I A STRICTLY CASH MARKET Domestic and Tropical i x Men. 8e! us for the i J rinelineor iresh Lanclies. t THE CAZET rF-TIMES Tk. U.nnn.r r..,rtt Eitahlished March 30. 1883 The Heppner Tiraei, EtaUi.hed Nov. 18. 1897 Consolidated February 15, 1912. VAWTER CRAWFORD, - Editor and Proprietor Issued every Thursday morning, and entered at the Poitoffice at Heppner, Oregon, as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $150 Six Months 75 Three Months -50 Single Copies, 05 ADVERTISING RATES: Display, transient, running less than one month, first insertion, per inch, 25c; subsequent in sertions, 12 l-2c.j display, regular, 12 l-2c; locals, first insertion, per line, 10c; subsequent insertions, per line, 5c; lodge resolutions, per line, 5c; church socials and all advertising of entertainments conducted for pay, regular rates. Thursday. June 20, 1912 The Board of Directors of the Hepo ner sohool upon being petitioned by twenty of the legal voters of the dis trict to do bo have called an election for bonding the district in the sum cf 140,000 to purchase a new site and construct a new school house. The election ia to be held on July 2nd, and at this writing is arousing no little internet. In f.ict there ia devel oping considerable opDosition to the bonding proDosition, tho up to date but little, of any, argument has been produced as to why it Bhould not be doiip. So far as we are able to ascer tain it is a sort of a "poverty" area meat presented by a number of peoDle of the town who ought to be the last ones to oppose a move of this charac ter. They are afiaid to have the in crease of taxation; seem to think that the $40,000 will have to be paid in a few years, whreaes the bonding proposition, contemplates a twenty year loan with the privilege ol exten sion at that time of aoother twenty vears if it should be found necessary to do so. True, it means the pay ment of some interest and this will have to be met ea"h year, and will be upwards of S2000, providing the bonds can be floated at n five per cent interest rate. To meet this expense will require a very small levy on the assessible property 'f the district which is now near $1,500,000. It will not be necessary to begin the provis ion of a sinking fund for at least ten years, so no additional levy will be required to take care of the principal. . The present bonded indebetednesn of the district is $8000. The present school building was constructed twenty years ago and the district bonded in the sum of $10,000 to help poy for it. These bonds matured ome five years ago without anv provision having been made for thier liquidation so it became necessary to make other ar rangements. The district had on hnnd at the time in the general fond 12000, and a new issue of bonds was floated in the sum of $8000, the State of Oregon taking the bonds at six per cent. For the past three years or a ilttle better, the School Board has been providing a sinking fund to meet these bonds at maturity, upon the basis of a one-half mill tax. There is on hand in the sinking fond at this time nearly $3 00 to be applied toward the liquidation of this debt. Surely no one has felt the burden of taxation in this connection, and had the for mer boards of directors practiced the good business judgment that they were want to apply to tlieii affairs, this old debt would have been wiped out at the time of maturity of the first bond issne. . Now as to the need of a new and up-to-date school building there is nn question at all. People may stand down cn Main street of Heppner and gaze ud at the old structure with pride swelling their bosoms and feel that it is sufficient for all preseot ueeda as well as being adequate for niaoy years to come at least until they have passed off the stage of action and ceased to be the burden bearers of the community, but this is not true. The house is too small today to accom odte the growing needs of the school. There ia not room now to properly care for the High School. But this is not the woist feature. The building is in an unsafe condition. To prove this it ia only necessary to ask any of the pupils in attendance the past year, or any of the teachers having charge of the work. A severe wind will some day wreck the building entirely, and this of course is bound to happen when school is in session, and a catas trophe even greater than the Heppner flood will be the result. Dollars and cents count for nothing against such a contingency as this. A storm the past soring came near biowing this old shell down. It is cot a safe build ing and should be condemned. In order to maiotaia the standard set for our High School of making it sec ond tc none in the state and an insti tution of which every citizen of the communiv will be proud, it will be absolutely necessary to arrange for the installing of several new depart ments. This will require at least three additional rooms which will have to be built onto the present school house. Aside from this, the old building is not big enough to prit)erly care for the school as it now stands Tnere is no room for the commercial department and no. place for tho proper housing of a laboratory, a thing niuoh needed to propprly cu'e for what little apparatus the school now has, to say nothing of what is needed in addition. The High School has outgrown its preterit quarters and seating capacity, and there are runny other things taking in this connection that is not apparent to the casual ob server but loom up big to those di rectly in charge of the affairs of the school. All these things should be provided, and the proper way to do this is by authorizing the Directors to construct a new building that will take care of the present needs and care for the future as well. Oome to think of it the future will have a good deal to do with the paying of these bonds, and of course their needs must be cared for. Then there is always the question of health that confronts the pitions of the Heppner school. . Some are inclined to make litiht of this feature but it is nevertheless one of the great considerations. Many parenst ot this town can testify to the ill results to health of young girls just coming into womanhood, because of the terrible daily climb to the school house. It is no less than criminal to perpetuate such a condition, and for anyone to look upon this side of the question in a flippant manner and without due consideration, shows that they are not giving a serious question its proper place. Every parent in this town should line up for the new school building on this question alone if no other reasons prevailed. This should especially appeal to the mothers of the town , and it no doubt does. Vote to get that house down off the hill In the agitation for the new school building there is no call for misrep resentatiun nn the part of any one. If you are against it. it should be for good reasons. "There Is certainly no disposition on the part of any one to "bull" this thing through and least of all considerations 4s any personal interest. It is a move for the benefit of the public, and if the people of the district authorize the bond issue, which they undoubtedly will, the School Board Will work constantly to the end that every dollar will bring value received in the shape of a splen didly built and equipped house. It is estimated that it will cost $1800 to boy a new lot, and nquire about $5000 for furniture and rquipment. The house itself should be built for about 132,000. It should not require above this sum. ' Now if you are a taxpayer and ration of this school, get busy and figure nut what it is going to cost yon in taxes additional to what vou are now paying to have this much needed Improvement. It may sur prise you to find that the burdsn will be light, and that the work can be accomplished and cared for in an easy way. The farmers of onr county will cer tainly r-ap a splendid harvest cf the golden grain this season. From all reports that we can gather there is nothing now that can binder the har vesting of the biggest crop of grain ever produced in this county. The season has been an ideal one; the rain las cime jnst at the right time: there has been no hot winda, and there were no blighting froBts. The crops have grown and are maturnig in spleri did shape and in a few days more tne farmers will be in the fields with their headers and reapers and gathering in the grain for the harvest. The soil is filled with an abundance of mois ture much more in fact than is real ly necessary for the maturing of the nresent ercp, and this leads us to sug gest that it would be a splendid thing to commence the work of summerfal lowing right now so that this moisture may be conserved for use next season. There is no doubt at all but that the thoroogh working of the ground now, to be followed up later on by the kill ing of weeds and keeping the ground clean and well mulched there could be a good ciop next season even though we do not have half the mositure of the present season. It is gratifyiug to know that a large number of the best farmers of the county are doing this, and it should be universal. Crops can be raised in this county every year but our farmers should learn that there ia no profit in half farming: too many are trying to raise big crops by havir.g. in a large acreage and this is of course a handicap to the thorough working of the soil and con serving of the moisture. In compari son with other sections of the North west we have tut a few weeds, and some one has stated that it would be better for our farmers, perhSns, if they were afflicted with more weeds and had to work thier ground the more thoroughly in order to get rid of the pests and get a crop. There is 1 great virtue in working our soil thor oughly and keeping it absolutely clean of weeds as fast as they come op. Killing the weeds mulches the soil and the moisture is thereby conserved. We must not trust too much to Provi dence in these matters, for the Lord helps those who help themselves, and He is going to help the Morrow coun tv farmers into prosperity when the farmer does all he can to help along the conditious of prosperity. Be a booster and line up for Ilepp nor's new school KnuJe Special school election on July 2. A new -school house is the ; goal. Heppner's celebration is to be a, hummer. Come in and let us all re-1 joice together over the splendid crop' conditiuns and bright prospects. This will better prepare you to take care of the big crop. At the' annual school meeting on Monday afternoon M. D. Clark was re-elected director for a period of three years and Vawter Crawford j clerk for one year. There was no I opposition to these gentlemen and the vote out was very light, the people of the district manifesting little interest. The ' clem's annual report nbowed receipts of 513,580.79 and expenditures $12,152 82, leaving a balance of $1,427.07 on haud at this date. Of this sum. $77i 76 goes into the sinning ' fund of the district to meet maturing b..nds leaving on hand the sum of $6nl. 16 in the general fuud. It re-! auired $8, 163.09 to pav the teaching' force for the nine months of school. This information should be of interest to the patrons of the school who were i not present to hear tho report read. The affairs of the district seem to be in good condition, financially and otherwise. ' 111 an CouxIin unit Hreaku Itlb. After a frightful coughing spell a man in Neenah, Wis., felt terrible pains in his side and his doctor found two ribs broken. What agony Dr. King's New Discovery would have saved him. A few teaspoonsful ends a hte cough, while presistant use routs obstinate coughs, expels stub born colds or heals weak, sore lungs. ' - I feel it was a God-sond to human ity," writes Mrs. Edie Morton, Col umbia, Mo. "for I believe I would have consumption todav, if I had not used this great remedy." Its guar-,' anteed to satisfy, and you can get a free trial bottle or 00 cent or $1.00 size at Slocnm Drug Co. LEXINGTON. Mr. and Mrs. Bresheais were Hepp ner visitors on Sunday. , Miss Gertrude Beymer is visiting her Grandmother Beymer. Joe Thornburg and Miss Edwards tock Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Gentry. i Mrs. Frank Parker visited her daughter in Heppner on Saturday re turning Monday. Mrs. Karl Beach and three children left on Monday's train on an extended visit at Portland. We are glad that Lawrence Reanev aud his wife are home again from their pleasuro trip. ' Mr. Powell and wife, accompanied by her sister, drove throngb to Milton Monday, expecting to return on Fri day. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gentry have moved back to Lexington. Mrs. Gentry is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Munkers. Mrs. Robert Rice and son Edward departed the first of the week for a four months visit with friends and relatives in Missouri. About SO young people went out to the country Saturday night and chiv arried Ed Burchell and his bride who returned from Portland last Wednes day. Rev. Powell aud wife, while o ut driving had a run-away which ended very fortunately for himself and wife as neither were injured. It seems that one of ths horses broke tho tongue of the buggy the team then getting loose. The Bijou Comedy Company has been giving a show here for the past two nights. They will give their latt performance on Monday night. A real good show was given and several prizes. Miss Picket won the prize for the handsomest lady. There is also a contest going on and Monday evening a gold set ring will be given to the handsomest child under five years of age. ' Each age of our lives has its joys. Old people should be happy, and they will be if Camberlain's Tablets arts taken to strengthen the digestion and keep the bowels regular. These tab lets are mild and gentle in their act ion and especially suitable for people of middle age and older. For sale by Patterson & Son. Oscar Schafer and Lawrence Sweek were In Heppner on Friday and Sat urday last from Monument. They speak of plenty of rain over that way and a lot of hav down to receive it. In some of the alfalfa fields the wet weather has caused no little damage by weighing down the grass and mak ing it very hard to cot. Impure blood runs you down makes yon an easy victi u for disease. For pure blood and sound digestion Burdock Blood Bitters. At all drug stores. Price, 11.00. POST CARDS? Yes, all kinds Comics Birthdays Sentimental Local Views The Real Photographs at a real post card price, 2 for 5c A big assortment of all styles of Cards Watch our window PATTERSON & SON The 3g Store T is a prat E-tisfcction to carrv a vtc!i thct always pives correct tine. That is why there arc over seventeen million Waltham Watches in use. The owner cf a V.'altham can r.lways rely upon lib witch to ct hini there on time. t "It's iii:c yo:i ozskcJ a Wallham" We carry a completo strvrk of Waltham rinvrtiruints. n:.w Li wiJ t i VillA Li OSCAR BORG Jeweler 6k Optometrist BLACKHORSE Oral Soott was a Sunday Visitor at the M. J. Devin ranch. Ed Duran has been spending the past week in Black horse. J. D. Moyers and Mack Misaildine spent Sunday in Lexington. Loy Turner has returned from Cor vallis and is out at the Turner ranch. Mrs. Mary Bartholomew, of Butter creek, spent Monday at the home of J. H. Edwards. Barney Doherty was in town Mon day to aee the doctor about his eyes, which have been troubling him lately. The school meeting was held here Monday and Harvey Scott was chosen to serve as director for another term. Mr. J. S. Baldwin has finished the work he has been doing on his house in Heppner and has returned to Blaekhorse. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature ef STRAWBERRIES. Field pick. $1.35 per crate f. o. b. Hood River. Send money with order. Berries guaranteed. Order todav. Supply limited. Address C. D. Nikelsou Hood River Ore. House for Sale. Owing to the fact that we expect to move into our new home soon we will sell the house and lot- and three acres including chicken house and cow barn. Near site of the proposed Catholio Hospital. tf. ARTIE MORGAN COXDER. To Threshermen. About 400 acres of grain that party desires cut with combine harvester. 400 acres more adjoining that can be secured. Inquire ut or write this I office. 3t