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MOHROW CorXTY OFFICIAL PAPEH
" Thursday, July 2. 1914.
two were found, one a crippled old
soldier, the other a man who In sav
ing a woman's life from drowning
had so injured himself that he could
no longer do hard physical work. But
fifteen of the proteges of Curtis were
found, all lusty loafers.
Zack Chandler was for years adver
tised as a supreme political boss.
Millions of men really believed that
he was corrupt beyond description.
But he was high in office when Mr.
Cleveland was first elected. In the
campaign the opposition, for a shib
boleth, had picked up the war-cry of
Mr. Tilden that there must be whole
sale reforms to stop the stealing and
purify the public service. When it
was known that Mr. Cleveland was
elected, Chandler one day met a
band of exulting Democrats, who
were rejoicing over their victory.
The first thing the new congress did
was to appoint fifteen investigating
committees to lay bare the corrup
tion. One of the men Chandler had
met referred to this, to which Chan
dler grimly replied: "Bring on your
i ommittees; the. sooner the better;
if you have any bookkeepers in your
party, bring them, too; the books are
waiting for them. And when they
get through they will have a still
bigger ploblem to solve, which will
be to determine what monumental
liars your party is made up f when
the offices are wanted."
Oliver P. Moreton was called a
great political boss, but when a cru-
but in doing this he has proven that cial test of him was made he demon
it will be a paying proposition for our strated that by his invincible courage,
OWN SOME SHEEP,
niirin nast months there
has
been considerable discussion on the
question of putting sheep on the
farms to be used as weeders. We
Jiave one man in Morrow county who
may be considered an authority on
this subject. To be sure he has been
developing a theory as to running
sheep and avoiding the necessity of
taking his flocks to the mountains,
that did not pick up the charge and ships. Perhaps he did, but the ad-
expatiate upon it. Alter a wnue aiinisirauou iurct me me tuum
there was a change in the custom win without him, or he would have
house management In New York City, i been called over to their side. He
A friend of Curtis was put in charge has always been with the democrats
of it. The first thing was an inves- when wanted, and is always recog
tigation to find how many political , nized as a member of the majority
debts Conkling had paid by getting party in the senate. The Non-Par-hu
servitors nlaces on salaries. Just ; tisan stunt will not go any longer.
Blue Mountain American.
farmers to have bands of sheep on
their places to rid them of the weeds.
Alex Lindsay, who resides on an al
falfa farm near the mcuth of Rhea
creek is this year running a band of
about 1100 head of sheep. Last year
he ran 1600 head, and the year be
fore that he had a large band and
each season these have been run all
summer long on the hills In his lo
cality. During the summer season
they feed upon the weeds and pros
per. In fact he has good mutton
sheep all the season through. And
when it comes to feed, there Is no
end to it. Mr. Lindsay is firmly of
the opinion that within a radius of
some six or seven miles about lone
there is plenty of feed for all the
sheep of Morrow county in the weeds
that have been allowed to grow on
the unused lands. Weeds have be
come a serious menace to the farmers
and it is a continuous fight to put the
summerfallow in shape for seeding.
Mr. Lindsay guarantees that the
sheep will clean the summerfallow
ground of all the weeds, not refusing
to feed upon all the different variet
ies that infest the fields. They grow
fat on Russian thistle and thrive on
Jim Hill mustard, while "flood weed"
and other varieties of this sort are
cleaned up by them in a manner that
is delightful to behold
Mr. Lindsay is developing a class
of sheep that he believes will be
adapted to this service perhaps bet
ter than the breeds usually run here.
They are Oxfords and are a strain
that have no fear of the coyote. They
are large sheep and very thrifty, pro
ducing good lambs for early market,
lie is disposing of large numbers of
these sheep to people who are begin
ning to catch the idea, and he is of
the opinion that it will not be a
great while until our farmers gener
ally will see the advantage of put
ting some sheep on their farms to
knock out the weeds.
Weeders of this sort serve a double
purpose. They kill off the weeds
and furnish the farmer with his meat.
Besides this he can derive consider
able revenue from the wool and in
crease. Every farmer of Morrow county
should become a sheep owner to the
extent of his requirements. He will
find them profitable and easy to care
for and much that now goes to waste
will be turned into revenue.
patriotism and sovereign intellect, he
was able to maintain peace in his
state when a civil war seemed inev
itable. Right now the biggest political
boss of his age is in the White House,
the only one that in modern times
has been able to round up his party,
brand them with his political hot
iron and dehorn them when they be
came dangerous to their party.
We talk of the will of the people.
The people are a mob without a lead
er. No one would think of going to
sea In a ship that had no sailing mas
ter; an army never triumphs that
has not a capable soldier to direct
and control it; neither does a politi
cal party. When a man knows what
a people needs and brings that about
he is not a boss, but a leader. The
political boss as the term is under
stood is the small politician whose
only power is in his mouth, whose
only patriotism is in seeking to
awake storms, which, were they to
come, he could not direct or control.
Goodwin's Weekly.
The aggregation known as the I.
W. W. which is said to be behind the
trouble in Butte, is a peculiar pro
duct of the labor agitation of our
day. A few years ago it was not
known. All of a sudden is came into
prominence, as mushrooms that grow
overnight. A great deal has been
said about them, most of which has
been justified by the vehement speci
mens of oratory their street mendi
cants offer. They are revolutionar
ies. They believe in a violent over
turning of tlie established institu
tions. An Industrial Workers of the
World leader says: "The I. W. W.
has neither advocated nor participat
ed in violence against social order.
What capitalists condemn as violence
is but justice to society. " The Indus
tr'l Workers of the World are organ
ized against the existing 'social order'
which is a continuous reign of legal
ized and organized violence against
the human family." That is to say
when property is destroyed and men
killed In strike riots, those concern
ed in such acts are not guilty of vio
lence, It Is society as organized under
the law, that uses violence. This is
the doctrine of the I. W. W.'s, as set
forth by their own spokesmen. It is
no wonder that wherever such in
fluence Is strong, there are disturb
ances, war and bloodshed.
The world has always moved fast
er than the prophets predicted.
Largest department store In New
York and big bank in Boston fall.
There is nothing "psycologlcal" about
that.
AS TO POLITICAL BOSHES.
The average man, when questioned
as to Ids fitness to serve on a jury in
a criminal case, is very liable to
say that he has formed such an opin
ion as to the innocence or guilt of
the accused man on trial as would
require evidence to remove it. Such
The inauguration of the day elec
tric service in Heppner by the Hepp
ner Light & Water Company marks
the beginning of new" and better
things for our city along the lines of
progress and industry. In speaking
of the 24 hour electric service, Mr.
Gates said, "No other city of like pop
ulation, depending on steam power,
has attempted it. To make our at
tempt a success, we have carefully
built and used economical methods
of generating current." Further, he
said. "We shall, unless heavy losers,
continue this 24 hour service until
finally long distance transmission
shall bring to Heppner the more
economical, and therefore cheaper
water power generated current."
The company should have the In
itiative support of every citizen of
the town. The charges, which neces
sarily must be more than water gen
erated power rates have been brought
down to so fine a point that the users
of heat and power energy cannot af-.
ford to turn the day service down.
As Mr. Gates said, "Help usnd we
will help you. Help to both Is help
to Heppner."
POLITICS.
Without doubt this country is In
the midst of a revolution. At present
it is of peaceful character; doubtless
It will remain so. And it is not the
kind of a revolution that most of us
think it is. Most, at least some, be
lieve that we are undergoing a re
form from which we will presently
emerge purged from the iniquities of
the trusts, and with the wealth of
the country equally distributed
among the population, regardless of
merit. This Is a fond belief of a
number of agitators, but it is in no
sense true. Moreover, it does not
represent the present drift of things,
and it does not represent the desire
of the majority of the people. There
never will be an equal distribution
of wealth, and there never should be.
We sum up the aggregate of our
woes in terms of trusts; but when
we are through with our house clean
ing it will not "be the great combina
tions of capital that will be laacking,
but the "vacant chair" in our house
hold will be the one recently occupied
by the professional politician.
We may not have paused to consid
er the fact, but it is a fact, that the
professional politician is the curse
that we have had to contend with all
these years, not the trusts; the bribe
taker, not the bribe-giver. We have
men as a rule unwittingly do not tell
the truth. They have taken on prej- j been accusing the man who accepted
udice which is not due to any facta a special privilege instead of the man
that they possess, but to a latent wild
beast instinct which has lain dormant
away back in their minds, which,
like the vermiform appendix, has out
lived its usefulness, but is not yet
bred out.
In the same way accuse a citizen
of being a political boss and the aver
age man does not want to hear the
facts, but assumes at once that he is
guilty.
What he is guilty of is not a ques
tion with such men that he is ac
cused is sufficient.
who, placed in charge of affairs by
the people, thus had power to grant
the special privilege and did grant it.
for many years this country has been
over-ridden by men In every branch
of our government who have gained
political power for the sole purpose
of using it to grab fortunes for them
selves and their friends. It Is a
species of theft far more malignant
than that which sends men to prison,
and it is the error which, whether
they recognize it or not, the people
are now busy In the process of elim
George William Curtis was a great ! inating. If the professional politi
cian, the man who acquires political
position for the sole purpose of traf
ficking in it, can be politically and
socially killed, we will find that no
trust problem remains. The Westerner.
scholar and one of the very able ed
itors of his time. But Roscoe Conk
ling saw through him at a glance;
saw that despite his splendid gifts,
at heart he was supremely selfish, a
veritable Pharisee who, in his secret
soul, believed himself better than his
fellowmen, and who meant to use
his fellowmen to further his own sel
fish ends. So Conkling In his own
lordly way snubbed him.
Tlinn Curtis in his journal charged
Conkling with being a political boss,
and there was not a small-calibered
THE PROGRAM FOR THE UNEM
PLOYED. (July Pacific Coast Manufacturer.)
Few citizens in Oregon except
those on the inside of the circle that
is in charge of the program for the
solution of the problems growing out
of unemployment have any idea of
the strength of the organized effort
or the scope of this predatory enter
prise. First came th'e Commonwealth
Conference with elaborate addresses
by the professors of Political Econ
omy from Washington, California
Oregon and Reed University, in fa
vor of minimum wage laws, state and
federal employment bureaus, and
state insurance against unemploy
ment.
This was before large audiences
of officials and experts at the Oregon
State University, giving it the stamp
of authority and semi-approval from
our foremost institution of learning,
filling the newspapers with reports
of the addresses which will appear
in full in state publications.
Next the Socialist' party initiates
its bill to tax estates of fifty thou
sand dollars or over, ten per cent
"and appropriations" for a public
works department under the direc
tion of the Labor Commissioner for
a fund for the unemployed. This bill
will go up to the people for the No
vember election.
The next step in the program has
been taken by the head of the de
partment of Economics of the State
University holding a conference with
the Central Labor Council, and
agreeing upon a tentative program
for the Unemployed in Oregon, that
is to be put over by the joint efforts
to the propaganda.
The people of the state should
realize that so far no one has put up
any opposition to this campaign. It
has strong backing and it is to be
presumed that the universities, the
labor organizations, the Socialist par
ty, and the State Labor Commissioner
will leave nothing undone to put it
over.
But the people should be warned
against the four propositions involved
which are as follows:
Universal minimum wage for all
heads of families.
State employment offices in all
cities and counties.
State insurance against unemploy
ment for workers.
State taxation for a fund for the
unemployed.
If this program, the expense' of
which will run into hundreds of thou
sands and ultimately into many mil-
A SUMMARY OF "SUMMERY" GOODS
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. Stylandcomfortarg
pleasantly and sensibly combined in our Hats and Shoes.
Tan Lotus Sandal for Children Village School Shoe. Always in the
Cool and comfy - 60 and 70c lead and worth - $2 25 to $3 00
Boys Chocolate Elk Outing Shoe Boys Shoes, Utility and Elco
A splendid value at - $2 50 $2 50 and $3 00
Ladies Shoes Tnr ri ADCUEIM CUfll? Men's Work Shoes
Several leading lot rLUKMltlffl MlUfc from $2 00 to $7 00
, makes in both hi- FOR THE MAN WHO CARES
cut and pumps m rt . eri Men's Dress Shoes
From $1 40 to $3 50 $5 00 to $6 60 from $3 50 to $4 50
THE HARDEMAN HAT, soft and stiff
A HARDEMAN HOT WEATHER SPECIAL
always $3 00
- - 76c
SAM HUGHES C6MPANY
SPECIAL SALE
SHOES AT HALF PRICE
We find that we are overstocked on Mens, Boys,
and Childrens Low Shoes, and for the next ten
days we will offer
All $4.50 and $5.00 Mens Oxfords at $2.50
All 2.50 to 3.50 Boys Oxfords at $1.50
All 1.50 to 2.50 Mdrens Oxfords at $1.00
These are genuine values and are being thrown on
the bargain counters at prices you can ill afford
to overlook. Remember this sale lasts
For Ten Days Only
Thomson Bros.
zations as named above.
Tor Oregon to adopt any of thesi
policies, or all of them would adver
tise to the world for the influx of a
dangerous element that would take
the benefit of these laws and help
extend them, and thus make Oregon
the experimental ground and a com
monwealth colony for applied socialism.
' All incentive to economy, all init
iative and private enterprise and all !
inducement for capital to invest in j
this state would be destroyed while j
taxes would soar to the point of con-1
fiscation. Not only would u!l estates
of fifty thousand dollars and over ,
become the prey of the confiscatory
process, but the combination would
find other ways to get "appropria
tions." It is the duty of all citizens to fully
realize what is being undertaken by
one of the most daring and subtle
combinations of influences, uniting
higher education, labor organizations
and all the I. W. W. elements in all
parties for a campaign of spoliation
in a commonwealth that already has
more freak laws than it can stand up
under.
"Non-Partisan" George Chamber
lain is now endeavoring to pull the
wool over the eye3 of the voters by j Hons of dollars were solely champion
calling attention to his opposition to j ed by the Socialist party, there might
President Wilson on the free tolls ' be no great danger to the people of
question. He claims that he stood by ! the state who have Industries, own
the interests of his state in endeavor- property and pay taxes. But it has
editor in the great state of New York ing to retain free tolls for American backing of very influential organi-
According to announcement in the
East Oregonian of June 25, plans
for holding the Annual Umatilla
County Fair have been abandoned.
The Round-up has put the fair out
of business, as it was predicted that
it would. This annual fair was a
big event at, Pendleton before the
advent of the Round-up and it is to
he regretted that the Umatilla coun
ty people have abandoned this means
of advertising their wonderful resources.
John Vaughn sold another Case car
this week. He did not divulge the
name of the" purchaser,
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