tutc OAZETTE-TIMES. HEPPNER, ORE
THURSDAY. NOV. 10. 1014
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THE
The Heppner
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MThehHeppner Times. Established Nov
18. 1S97;. ,..J r.v..,.,. IS. 1912.
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MORROW COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
SHOUT HOKX S.V1.K PROHIBITED.
A little more bureaurocy" In Ore-
. t. .(nrkntpn W ill
gon, ana mnuy ui vui
be forced to retire from business en
tirely. The order of Gov. West, pro
hibiting the holding of the Shorthorn
sale in Portland in December, is a
case in point. W. O. Minor, of this
city, associated with others 01 me
Northwest handling the same breed
of cattle, has for a number of years
past been holding a public sale in
Portland, and had an arrangement
made for this annual event, and now
comes the order of Gov. West calling
the sale off, because somewhere in
the United States a few head of
Shorthorn cattle are afflicted wim
the hoof and mouth disease (it is
said that in the whole country over
twenty-six head of Shorthorns nave
been found, showing symptoms of
the disease). This order means tnat
these men who have spent hundreds
of thousands of dollars in building
up their business of breeding tnor
oughbred stock, will now be denied
this means of getting cash returns
out of the surplus they have to dis
pose of, and it is not shown uiai
there is a case of hoof and mouth
disease among any of the herds of
the Pacific slope. This is on a par
with the present law and regulations
nvernine the examination of cattle
herds for tuberculosis. No one but
a registered vetrinary of the state is
permitted to apply the tuberculer
test, and it must be done by him
whenever he can conveniently get
around to it. In suiting his own con
venience, he many times causes
hc.vv loss to the stock owners who
must have his "OK" before cattle
can be shipped out of the county and
state. The law creates a fat job for
.!,.!,. nii likewise costs me
the handpicked candidate of the taxpayers a pretty penny eacn year,
nraisnt (mvprnnr. and was pledged to tn nothing of the hardship work-
,, ,it hia nnlicies. He made his nn he owners of the fat stock and
nnnpal to the people on purely po- riairv herQg, not one 'of whom but
nnoi dump, the chief of which was ..,, annlv the test just as intent-
nrnmise that if he were elected he ee.ty as the paid vetrinary, and
wn.iifl maintain a perpetual state of ,,,fit as honestly. The dilatory tac-
w.rfo with the legislature. , f this office prevented our stock-
Dr. Withycombe, on the other men making a showing at tne msi
Thursday, November 19. 1914.
A HEALTHY SEXTDtENT AFPAK
EXT.
SMVT, AX EXPLOSIVE.
A healthv public sentiment is ap
parent in the vote cast for governor
and for the measures on the ballot.
The campaign between Dr. Smith aud
Dr. Withycombe was on sharply do
fined issues. Dr. Smith stood for
continuation of the political uproar
that has distracted Oregon during
administration. He was
unJ stnnd for ereater development Mnrrnw County Fair, no cattle being
of the state, and close attention to allowed on the grounds for exhibit
the bread and butter questions that unicss first examined by the state
are regarded just now as highly im- vetrinary and he failed to get around
portant. He promised a cessation 01 to the joD and knocked out me snow
thn mimical antics that have fur- 7t meters little in these cases
ieh.H tho newsnaners with good what happens to the stock
copy but that have hurt tho state in breeQer and owner, just so a few fel
ti1Q ovoa nf investors and homeseek- ,. jrnw flown the pay. We have
ers. He has been elected by an ov- nothing whatever to say against the
orwhMminfir malority. The con-1 0..arinatp ve trinarv: he is a useful
cinsinn is obvious. U-iinw in hia olace and should be able
The vote on the measures is par- t0 take care 0f himself and make a
ticularly pleasing to everyone wno is Uvlng without special legismuuu
interested in the material progress 01 tne part 0f the state
the state. The ballot this year was
the most dangerous that has ever , PARTY SYSTEM
Gen SUUUllLUiU. ! tuuiaiuca wvug i -
urea that, if enacted into law, would rhlc&eo Tribune: Frederick
hava hlicrhted Oreeon's industrial r.owanT,nrt defeated progressive can
iw . v --cj I LC r c-ivf -F - ,
lito o IHlHne- frnst In June. I i.j..
""""n " I U1UHIC
Tf on thfl wild and reckless schemes hcQ hv the fact that the coun
j.a.w-- I llilji 4 .
Kf nara nfnnnsoH Tifl.fl been adoot- i. a twn-nartv system, ana
bA ranital would have avoided Ore- Lofora tn hetter conditions by dis
jnn as healthy persons avoid a lep- irHninir first one and then the other.
r'a cnlnnv. But they were not third nartv interferes with or
adopted. ' destroys the effect of discipline. The
Let us hope that the tinkerers and progressive party made it certain
th Rchemers and the theorists will tht tho republican party would he
accent the results of this year's elec- Lia,niinfin in 1912. Now the effect
tion as conclusive evidence that the of lta operation is to protect the dem
Oreeon do not want the Ltt nartv from discipline.
ballot loaded down at every election Tj1is re8ult is even more noticeable
with fool bills. And let us hope also (n ,nai than in national anairs
that the mass of freak laws that we Chicag0( Cook county and Illinois
have iust escaned will call the at- hmm eovernment by a minority
tention of the public so forcibly to Deeause it has been impossible for
the need of certain safeguards for the maj0rity to make its expression
direct legislation that it will soon ne count.
made Impossible for every tlnkerer The majority of citizens will be af-
wlth a few dollars at his disposal to fectei hy a party's record. If the
eet his scheme on the ballot in the .pnrd has been bad the majority
face of adverse sentiment. Eugene i.keiy wm vote against the party s
I . ln41ianla
Oregonian
Agricultural experts who have long
been preaching crop rotation and di
versification In the wheat-growing
districts of the Northwest have a new
and telling argument in behalf of
more scientific soil cultivation. The
single-crop method is conducive to
the production of smut In wheat,
smut, it is declared, was primarily
responsible for the large number of
fires In threshing outius mrou&uuut
the Northwest in the harvesting sea
son of 1914.
The number of fires and tne ex
tont of their damage are surprising.
A bulletin published by the State
College of Washington detailing the
results of an extensive investigation
estimates the number In the Palouse
district of that state alone as very
300 and the total loss In
machinery, threshed and unthreshed
i tima nnd iniurv to men, at
mnm'than half a million dollars
In the number of such fires the
season was unusual. They had oc
purmd in other seasons, but hardly
than a dozen In the three
Northwestern states had been report
ed In any previous year. In 1914 they
nrevalent In all three siaies,
timing Whitman county. In Wash
ington was the most grievous suuei-
The first occurred wun a
onnoco and ferocity mat ctiuacu
them generally to be termed explo
sions. Tho separator was almost In
variably destroyed and in instances
the flames spread to the straw stacks,
to the threshed wheat and even raced
i?h the standing grain
The freauency or me expiosiuun
as sr. unusual that many farmen
J
mnnh(na nnprators reiuscu iu
UI1U iixi"""
nnonf the smut theory, but express-
art the conviction that they were in
cendiary. In Latah, Idaho, a half-
breed Indian was charged wiui r-
nr.nKiWHtv for one fire ana cou-
foosoH that he had put matches in
the bundles of grain. Thereafter lie
repudiated his confession, aecianus
i, hart nleaded guilty In order to
get a light sentence, believing mat
because of his Indian blood he would
not have a fair trial
Washineton State College invesu-
tort this chase of the trouble. Com
potent detectives were employed, but
..... L-t..lt.Hnn
hardly the sligmesi. suuiaiiv"
of the incendiary tneory wwj-.uu-
tained. The conclusion 01 me w.-
ege experts is that smut was me pri
mary cause, mere were uuiw w
ditlons, however, that were contrib
utory. One was the unusual arynesa
;ht to rule themselves.
What will happen when the dead
of the present war shall be counted,
the drain of their manhood consid
ered, the awful material losses com
puted?
Every day the thrones In those
lands are more and more endangered,
for every day the thought is more
and more crystallzlng that the war
was unnecessary; that there was no
difficulty that It might not have been
settled without making Europe one
great Golgotha.
One thing we are sure win iouow.
Nations will no longer trust to peace
agreements or the plighted faith of
each other. The thougnt win dom
inate that only laws backed by suf
ficient penalties will meet future de
mands.
Alliances between nations will be
forbidden. A code will be prepared
placing a limitation upon ambitious
rulers and all other natlonsxwlll be
bound to interpose in case there is
an attempted violation, while all na
tlona will educate their people as
they please, there will be a mighty
reduction of fleets and armies. Ann
each nation will not only be obliged
tn doal iustly with neighboring na
tions, hut with their own people and
with every race that may seek shelter
under its flag.
There will be no more wars of con
quest; no more wars wnere me ac
quisition of territory will be the real
object.
There will be perfect religious 110-
erty guaranteed, but there will be
no interference with the state on me
part of any creed.
The people will in trutn mane me
aws. but the combined nations will
be a check on any single nation that
fails In Its duties or seeks advan
tages unjust to other states.
Some people fear that because of
this war civilization is going to
eclipse. It will not. It may go
down cloeo to the valley of the shad
ow of death, but It will rise with
new glories and vastly increased
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Concert Company
THE BEST COM-
PANY OF COLOR-
ED TALENT IN
thf. wnRi.n.
HEAR THEM AT
I Heppner High School Auditorium
Wednesday Evening, Nov. 25,
at 8 o'clock sharp.
SECOND NUMBER OF LYCEUM COURSE
Get your seats reserved at Minor & Co.
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I
nower.
We cannot see why this war was
nermltted. but when enough blood
and tears shall have been shed, men
will discern the design behind it all
and the purpose that was fulfillea.
Goodwin's Weekly.
People's Cash Market
Phone Main 73
All lands of Fresh and Cured Meats, Poultry, Lard
We pay highest cash prices paid for Stock, Hides and
Pelts.
HENRY SCHWARZ, Proprietor
OREGON VOTES DRY.
. - lb-
In the growing season, aumum v
of normal humidity in the atmos
phere during the threshing season.
These factors causea a icea
average moisture ui 6""" -
straw and made them more compa
tible. They also contributed to ftp.
Increased amount of static eiecincujr
doveloped by the cylinder and other
machine parts. That the explosions
were caused by electric ignition of
the inflamable dust and smut Is held
to be reasonably certain.
Precautionary measures are recom
mended to owners of separators, and
those Interested therein may find It
profitable to write for a copy of the
i,uHn to the college at Pullman,
Wash. But It Is a matter in which
rv farmer ought to be interested
It may be that the same combina
nf; Hrr.nmstances will not soon
cause a repetition of the fires in the
Northwest, but that is not a safe re
liance. There are nuuiuiu"
for crop rotation and diversification
to which the season's fire losses to
threshermen and farmers are an em
phatic addition.
THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE
DEFEATED.
Register. candidates. The corrective inuueuus
n. ia cTorriRed Dy men noi
KOUCl"J -
party tied. If this body of voters
switches from one to another of two
it accomplishes iue
vnr veara there has been a triple ,r,.h u ,nkB. If in its protest, it
alliance In Oregon that has put on dlvldeg itself it is likely to defeat Its
the ballot and carried tnrougn an own purpose and make certain wk
kinds of freak, radical, progressive, success 0f the party It wished to dis-
experimental and even visionary leg- cipline.
islatlon. It was composed of the ex- A conBCi0usness of this is possess-
ecutlve committees of the State ed by neariy every voter who Is not
Grange, the Central Labor Council ty tled It may not be a clearly
and the People's Power League. This deflned idea, but the futility of his
year all measures which this com- effort demonstrated to him, and
bine initiated or endorsed were ue- the reaction is apt to De in me
feated. rection of Impatience.
The Gresham Outlook says: Re- If tjje progressive leaders want an
turnes show that the abolishment of CXpianatton of the dwindling of the
the Mate senate was turned down progresgive party vote they might
somewhat heavily. It was State Mas- find it ln part in this reason. Voters
ter C. E. Spence's pet measure, and want t0 gee reault8 attend their ef-
tncidRntallv and directly made the Th abstract right will not
whole Patrons of Husbandry ln Ore- hold them indefinitely. They seek
gon responsible for a silly measure. a practiCal way of putting their sen
Such measures trend not to make the tlmentg into effect. When they see
order strong and influential, but rft- what a bad administration of public
ther to weaken its influence. Voters affalrs nas done they, want to make
generally voted "no" along the line &R en(J o( that administration.. .
on the measures because they did not wheB they find that a three-party
understand them all, and feared the gtem interferes with doing this
inevitable "joker" in such a crude they wlu try to find their way back
mess. Of course they understood tn tha twn-narty system. As soon as
many measures, and could see their majorltieg are made ineffective there
menace upon the business Interests l wflU be an e(tort on the part of the
of the country, but it is saie 10 say maj0rity to regain its power,
that not one out 01 ten eumu kc
through these measures. Th voters of the state of Oregon
hoped that we shall nave seen uw - relegated to the scrap heap the
.. j -m .titn mAQifiroa tmnn the I nave rtsiofc" w ...
ena 01 hub -r frak tnpaBures that agitators, wora-
shoulders of voters that Mobs to f8"6 Latlv laW( have at
the legislature. There snouia oe . - ,he le By
, way to limit the number ox . ' these meag-
Let us suggest again, that It is not
too early for poultry fanciers to be
gin to prepare for the nexi annua.
Morrow County show.
If you were a full-grown man and
respectable citizen of the community,
no doubt you would appreciate being
called a hog you might; but most
..,,na,.Hn(r men wouldn't, even
acii- icofcm,..-o . . .
u nin.hnnil thought he
IUUUU DUU.o F"
was getting off a funny joke.
The annual fat biock. buu
Portland Union Stock Yards will be
a limited affair this year, owing to
the regulations handed out the past
week from the office of the Governor.
It will be confined exclusively to a
showing of stuff that has been ac
ponted for slaughter at the yards.
The show will therefore be far from
coming up to Us usual standard of
excellence.
The size of the dry majority in Ore
gon last week will back up all offi
cials with a public sentiment that
will be of immense value to them in
enforcing the new amendment, it
does not mean that the use of liquor
will cease altogether; but It does
mean that the consumption win De
reduced to the minimum, that there
will be no open saloons.
As soon as the amendment goes
into effect, January 1, 1916, the next
phase of the struggle will begin
enforcement of the new measure. It
is the experience of many communi
ties that a prohibition measure is
nnnniir (n nronortion as it is en
forced. Tho liquor interests will
make their usual great effort to vio
late the law and thus discredit it.
They will back hundreds of bootleg
gers, filling their ears with Becret
tales of the profits to be made from
illicit liquor selling, and tempting
them to take the chance.
if state, county and city officials
iov in mnkine arrests and in im- ,
posing the full penalty of law, a hue
a .n will he raised that prohibl-
tion does not and cannot prohibit,
and that license is better. The brew-
ers and distillers want license be-
cause they can sell vastly more liquor
under It, and that Is their only
thought or concern.
But every day of effective prohibi
tion adds to the sentiment in favor
of prohibition. Let the people stick
to their good resolution, iei mom
deal relentlessly with violators, aud
in a few years a generation will grow
up to which the saloon is a total
stranger. This generation of tem
noranofl men and women is the Ideal
. .nh!Minn- it Is the despair of
the liquor makers.
The coming struggle win can ior
patience and bacKDone. rneuu ui
temperance, industry, thrift and the
happiness that comes with prosper- JJ
ity will be assailed secretly and open-
ly. Let mem noi iuao uwn.
them give back better than they re
ceive, and, as their cause is Just, they
will surely triumph in the end. Ore
gon will be richer and happier for
the step It has taken. There will be
better homes, more love at the fam
ily fireside, more money In the bank,
more new houses, more boys and
Choice Flour, Feeds, Wood, Coal and
Posts, for Sale by
HEPPNER FARMERS' UNION
WAREHOUSE CO.
Handle Wheat and Wool. Highest
Price Paid for Hides and Pelts.
it
To Our Subscribers:
We Are Now Offering You The Excellent
Opportunity to Take Advantage
of Our
Bargain Day
Offer
in
Our single-tax friend, Mr. Jack
not seem destined to cut
much figure as a lawmaker. The
Important measures he advocated
were overwhelmingly defeated. The
iSi SO 0 exemption, the non-partisan
Judiciary and the water front amend
ment and accompanying um,
according to report, were creations
of bin own fertile brain, were ruth
lessly snowed under. Pendleton
Tribune.
The Weekly Oregonian
and
The Gazette-Times
$1.50
tt Two Papers for the price of one.
girls in school and college, cleaner f
amusements, better churches. The
TT
some war
measures to be considered at one
election to five or ten, not more. The
voters, however, have learned to
"swat" these measures at the polls,
and they are going to do it in the
future. "No" is the effective weapon
against the Jumble and mess that Is
put up to voters at every general
election. Mr. U'Een may have learn
ed that he Is not divine, and that the
voters have no more respect for him
than any other man with an "itch
in his head.
ures, and others of their class, over
whelmingly large, there will be less
chance that they will be revived m
another election. Rogue Kiver Cou
rier.
A legislator who wishes to make
a reputation at the next session of
Oregon's law. makers will devote
himself exclusively to finding ways
and means to reduce taxes and en
courage industrial development.
THIS FEARFUL WAR.
To the emperors, kings and lesser
princes and lords or Europe auu
aroat Britain these should be anx
ious days.'not only ln trying to fore
cast the end of the war, but as to
what may happen then. The war
between France and Germany cost
Mannionn til his crown. From being
sovereign of a great and gallant na
tion he, in a brief one hundred days
became first a prisoner and then a
fugitive. Then, his countrymen de
termined . that never again . would
they be subject to a single man s call
to war; never again would they sub
ordinate their sovereignty and their
man who is offended by this uplift
and who would seek to mar the pic
ture should be driven out oi ureguu.
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TRANSFERS ITS RESERVE.
The First National Bank of Hepp-
having Joined the Federal Re
serve Association, this week trans-
tcrreA lt reserve ln goia 10 tne r eu-
ral Bank at SanFranc.sco, and have
also paid for their first installment uua
in this country, and will doubtless
lead to further changes from time to
time as the operation of this new
low mnv siieeest ana aemanas oi
Grafts Pass is a'mbitious for a fed-
have a
public
. in th Reserve bank. This
i- nmr venture ln National bank
ing, and is really the first change in eraj. building
the banking system of the country in Banaon ship yards will
fifty years of any Importance, it is new whar 40 by 10o feet.
felt by bankers generally thai the
fK ofW V-tad debt total .$95,000,000 or 76 per
crnn moving seasons and other capita.
thrnnehout the year when a r.resham cannery and evaporator
stress of business is on there will bo I wlll handle cabbage and potatoes
less difficulty ln financing uusiuem. thls month.
and as a result a money BWngejic , &
in the tattlW'wIllJBOt J ott.,dtatricta wlll unite in building,
able as in times past. It is tne nrsi
great move toward banking reform high school.
New Masonic Temple at Morton
nearly completed.
Cornucopia Is now the largest gold
and sliver producing camp in Ore
gon. ,
E. E. Morrison la building a ware
house for . explosives, three miles
from Springfield.
, Portland Catholics have bought a
$16(000 site for a new church at
Laurelhurst.
It is deplorable that In the little
clty.of Orenco there, was more hood
lumlsm reported on Hallow'een than
anywhere else ln Oregon.,
The People's: Transportation Co.,
operating , boats between Portland
and The Dalles, is. building docks at
Lyle, Mosier and Hood Rivet.