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MORROW COl'STY OFFICIAL PAIER
Thursday, June 1?, 1914.
SPECULATION AND FARM DEVELOPMENT.
TTnder this heading, and writing
particularly of of land speculation
in the Willamette Valley, the Eu
gene Register well describes a con
dition that is prevalent all over the
state. It is particularly pertinent to
Morrow county. The Register says:
From all over the Northwest come
reports that the volume of land sales
has decreased greatly during the last
two years, and those who are prompt
to howl calamity find in this situa
tion occasion for lifting up their
voices in a mournful chorus the bur
den of which is that this country has
reached and passed the high tide of
prosperity and is now slowly reced
ing. This li k ftilftie f?y, and to prove
hew false it to It is only necessary to
tAcfe it source. When this is done
Will be found that the howl is em
anating chiefly from speculative
holders who bought land with th In
tention of making money by selling it
to someone else instead ot develop
ing it. They find that they are un
able to sell promptly At a consider
ably increased price, and they howl.
It is noticeable that the man who is
developing his land and is making his
money by working it is having very
little to say.
It is even possible to find an ex
tremely attractive silver lining in
this cloud that is troubling the spec
ulators. When land prices are boom
ing actual development Is very likely
to lag. This is in response to an au
tomatic commercial law. When more
money is to be made by turning
around and selling to the other fellow
at a considerably increased price,
there is small inducement to spend
any energy and money in develop
ment. Easy money is the natural foe
of industry, and the man who buys
a piece of land and sells it in a few
weeks or a few months and thereby
makes a larger profit than would
have been possible if he had worked
it is not likely to spend any more
time in actual farming operations
than 0 can help. Boom times dur
ing which the price of land increases
rapidly are never times of great ag
ricultural development. On the con
trary, the real business of farming
is usually at a standstill while such
conditions prevail. This is only nat
ural. Whpn a man can make his
money by sitting in an easy chair and
selling and reselling his land it is
hardly to be expected that he will
follow the plow and milk the cows
and give his orchard the painstaking
care it needs.
The decline in laml speculation is
by no means an evil in the Willam
ette valley. When those who have
bought land for speculative purposes
find that they cannot sell it immed
iately for a large profit, they will be
compelled to work it more inten
sively and more intelligently in order
to pay interest and taxes. Thus they
will become producers where before
they were only scalpers.
Land speculation can never make
a country of homes, for the man who
makes his ni(?ney by speculation
upends his time and his energy in
Felling again, rather than in making
two blades of grass or two cows or
two chickens or two hogs or two or
chard trees grow where but onerew
before. The legitimate business of
land selling is only in its infancy
in the Willamette valley, for there
are thousands of unproductive acres
to be sold to men who will develop
them and make homes of them, but
we need feel no regret if the specu
lator hus been driven to other fields.
AKOUSH THK SENATE.
Heppner people are returning from
Portland in large numbers and pro
nounce the Rose Festival the best
ever. That city, dressed in holiday
attire, which means there, roses and
more roses, was turned entirely over
for the entertainment of its visitors,
and yearly it is proving one of the
big events of the West.
Salem Messenger.
A young man whose time might
be bettor employed hns been in Sa
lem circulating an initiative petition
to place upon the ballot for the vo
ter's consideration at the November
election the puestion of abolishing
the State Senate.
Here is another piece of experi
mental legislation, of which Oregon
already has more than her share.
The government or the State Has be
come one of experiment, and that to
the detriment of the good people who
make up the population.
Some of us have somehow got (he
idea into our heads that the more
new-fangled legislation we enact the
nearer the government is to the peo
ple, and there are some who actu
ally believe that if the upper branch
of the legislature can be abolished,
much good will result.
Slowly but certainly we are get
ting away from representative gov
ernment. It is all very nice and
sounds well to say that the people
shall rule, but the only sensible way
for the people to rule is through rep
resentatives, and to abolish the State
Senate is not going to bring the gov
ernment any nearer the people than
it has been. If this agitation for
something new in government con
tinues, government will eventually
be a one man proposition or it will be
a free for all affair entirely lacking
in anything like a responsible head,
either form being much less satisfac
tory than that which we now have.
In any event, it is hoped the people
will deal this latest fancy a death
blow in the November election. A
few rebukes in the way of defeats
will teach the agitators a lesson
which nothing else ever will.
It is about time to begin to get
ready for the Second Annual Mor
row County Fair.
Anybody Can Beat the Editor.
Assuming the popular idea that
anyone else on earth can run the
home paper better than the editor
himself and always have things right,
especially the things in which he is
most Interested, to be the correct one
it is not amiss to explain how an why
reporters and editors err, admitting
unreservedly that they do.
A newspaper staff in a weekly Is
working against time with every is
sue, no matter how little or how
much news and new advertising there
is to set and print. The paper large
or small has to be in the mall at a
certain hour on a certain day.
a railroad accident, some one return
ed from "abrawd" and a hundred
other things worthy of mention, all
of which the readers are entieled to
an accruate account. There has been
at least seventeen different accounts
of the tragedy rehearsed on the
streets by the goods box warmers and
when the paper comes out with an en
tirely different account as given by
someone who knows, it is pronounced
a muddle and only something to fill
up space. If in the account of the
distinguished one returning from
"abrawd" we neglected to mention
that she passed close to the home of
of an aunt of the father of one of the
chief butlers in the King's court, and
that she left her finger print on the
bust of some old geezer in the West
minister Abby we have made a "hor
rible blunder" and we are expected
to apologise in our next issue. Often
however, the grief is tempered by joy
when on the morning of press day
when the copy hook is full and the
editor, foreman, and type setters are
working their heads off to keep up
with the schedule, one of the merch
ants drops in with a whole or half
page ad, which he explains, had "en
tirely slipped his mind" and asks if
we can spare an hour to edit it and
set it at our leisure." On occasions
like that the editor leaves the fore
man to cuss and dares not say a word
to the typo, but feels an imaginary
hump in his flat pocket book. We
always "drop" for the whole page ad
and forget our troubles until we get
in bad with the postmaster.'
The reporter or editor often, has
to compile an obituary without the
least aid from any of the relatives of
the deceased, putting together the
few facts he can find, means of elim
ination and deduction about some
fellow whom we never heard of be
fore. The family had not thought of
the obituary, but if an error occurs
in it , the editor .gets the d .
The editor never lived who would
not frankly admit that anybody in
town can run his paper better than he
can, but it would take a powerful
microscope to find the instance where
anyone had tackled the job. Ex.
Yes, gentle reader, Heppner can
be made the prettiest little city in
Eastern Oregon, that is, providing
we have your co-operation.
Ninety degrees in the shade this
week, hut that is mild compared with
, some other sections of the Northwest.
Now, all together for the Second
Morrow County Fair.
What became of the creamery?
Talk is cheap. Doing something
is blone commendable.
It is beginning to look like the
Ritter road may finally become a
reality.
Show lone that you have the right
spirit by attending their big 4th of
July celebration.
The latest application of oil on
Main street comes as a proof that the
former ones were 0. K. The tltl
zens have become thoroughly con
vinced that this is the best method
of keeping the dust down that can bo
obtained for a reasonable amount of
money, A few more weeks of oil ap
plication will make Heppner a dust
less town In fact as well as in name.
'1'ie people of our sister city, lone,
are making extensive preparations j
for the proper celebration of the na
tion's birthday. They are preparing
for three days of enjoyment and this
paper hopes to see Heppner repre
sented there in large numbers. We
know this will be so. They did this
last year and they will show the same
spirit this year. Dr. Withycombe
will deliver the address on July 3, at
11 o'clock, and this day will be one
of the big days of the celebration. A
fine program of races has ben arrang
ed for the three days. These races
will be run on Main street which is
now being put in fine shape as a
track, and numerous other amuse
ments are being provided so that all
who attend can be assured of a good
time.
IRRIGOX ITEMS
Mrs. Tom George is In town visit
ing with her daughter, Mrs. Baucom.
Mrs. Col. Newport came down from
Hermiston to call on Mrs. L. C.
Roadruck.
George Caldwell was In Umatilla
last Wednesday on business, return
ing Thursday.
Mrs. Carl Brownell was down from
Umatilla Sunday to spend the day
with, Mrs, McCoy.
New school officers were elected
for this precinct Monday at the elec
tion held In the school hotfse.
It Is very warm down In this neck
of the woods at present but we have
hopes that a little breeze or rain will
cool off the atmosphere soon.
George Susbauer and nephew, Les
ter, returned to their home in the
valley Monday. George has been
visiting his brother here for the past
few weeks and Lester attend'ed school
here last winter.
Earl Rand Is home from the 0. A.
C. where he has been attending
school the past winter, to spend the
summer with home folks. Earl is
one of the 0. A. C. cadets and there
fore will have the privilege of attend
ing the World's fair at San Francisco
next year, practically free of charge.
Stockman Buys Yearlings.
Ben Colvin, one of the biggest and
most successful stockmen of the mid
dle fork of the John Day, Is in Pen
dleton today enroute to Walla Walla
where he will purchase 200 head of
yearlings from the Drumhellers.
Conditions are so good upon his
range, he declares, that he has more
grass than he has cattle and he is
buying up more to profit from the
abundance of food. He refuses to
buy anything but first class range
stuff, declaring a few scrub cattle
In a herd pulls down the standard of
the whole when marketing time
comes. He will have a bunch ready
to turn off in a short time. E. O.,
June 11.
Miss Hager Loses Valuables. '
Miss Sybil Hager arrived from
Eugene Saturday, where she has been
attending the University of Oregon.
She will spend the summer at ,her
home in this city. Miss Hager spent
the evening coming through Port
land at the home of J. E. Werlein.
While there, Miss Hager suffered the
loss of her purse, which contained
her trunk checks, some jewelery and
twenty dollars, making a total loss
of about $100. It was while the
members of the house were over in
the city taking in the gala scenes
of the evening's festivities, that the
house was broken into and ransacked
and all jewelery and loose change
and other valuables were taken.
Since Miss Hager has been unable
to get her trunks up to this time, she
has been somewhat inconvenienced,
but she hopes that the guilty parties
may come to justice before long.
Fair Headquarters Moved.
The headquarters of the Morrow
County Fair Board have been moved
from the Wherry building to the
Scrivner building. Likewise the of
ficial sanctum of the Heppner Com
mercial Club has been moved to the
same building. Rev. W. T. Goulder
who for the past three months has
been secretary of the Commercial
Club, has been selected by the Fair
commission to fill' the vacancy caused
by the sickness of W. W. Smead, and
being "cut out" of office room in the
Wherry building found it necessary
to hunt a new location. The new
quarters are larger and will afford
ample space for the handling of ad
vance displays for the county fair.
In this regard, the Board urges that
all citizens of the county so interest
ed should send in such exhibits as
they now have and will get in the
next few weeks. This helps in work
ing up an interest In the fair besides
advertising our resources to the
stranger within the gates. The sec
retary will be pleased to. offer his as
sistance to anything of interest to
the fair and to the county at large.
And don't forget that as secretary of
the Commercial Club, Mr. Goulder
finds it a pleasure to lend assistance
to all matters of interest coming up
under that body.
E. F. Averill, deputy game warden
residing at Pendleton, has been in
Morrow county for several days this
week visiting different sections and
looking after the screening of the
irrigation ditches. He finds the laws
governing these matters quite well
complied with here. He also states
that Morrow county is soon to re
ceive another planting of fish from
the state hatchery at Bonneville.
This will be a carload, and he hopes
to have another delivery made later
in the season. A shipment of 40,000
was planted in the streams of Gilliam
county the past week, and Morrow
county Is to get the next consignment.
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Warm weather necessitates a change to lighter and cooler clothing.
Nothing helps in keeping cool more than comfortable footwear, and
every man likewise appreciates a good hat. Style and comfort are
pleasantly and sensibly combined in our Hats and Shoes.
Tan Lotus Sandal for Children Village School Shoe. Always in the
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lm. J, h. YEAGER.
Walter Hayes arrived home from
Eugene last Saturday. Walter has
been attending Eugene high school
the past nine months. He expects to
remain in this vicinity during the
summer vacation.