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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1914)
HEPPXER. OHE., TIU'RSOAY. PEC. 17. 1014 PAGE THRKK mmW& TAKE III- Christmas Shopping MADE EASY Beauty and utility in many articles. Some SPECIALS for the BOYS and GIRLS. FATHER'S and MOTHER'S needs not overlooked. TEREST IN GIUIGS Offloinls of 30 Communities Are Studying Methods of Handling Their Constituents' Affuirs. OREGON IllSIfSI NEWS ITEMS OF NOTE Marshfield is planning a new city hall. Linn county has no debt and a re duced tax levy. IS Case Furniture Co. m hit i n n nr iir . i 111. d. 2J AUHVV uvvaa EXTENDED Owing to the fact that our shipment of M. J. B. COFFEE arrived from the wholesale house too late for sale week, we have received permission to extend the sale until Saturday, the 19th. i Please note that the ground coffee is now put up in ab solutely air-tight cans which preserve the flavor and strength indefinitely. During M. J. B. Coffee Week the consumer may purchase M. J. B. Coffee at the following prices: Mb. Cans - $ .35 3-lb.Cans - $1.00 5-lb. Cans - $1.50 This is a rare opportunity to lay in a supply of high grade coffee very reasonably and you should think twice before passing it up. University of Oregon, Eugene, Dec. 7. Officials of 30 Oregon cities have requested the pamphlet series .entit led "Short Talks for Busy umciais , whir-h Is being issued by the munici pal research bureau of the State Uni versity. The mailing list includes 16 may ors, 12 city commissioners, several city engineers, several newspapers, and A nil mher of interested citizens. "This hearty response from Ore gon cities shows that public officials in the state are cognizant of the great civic reform movement that is sweeping the country," said Pro fessor Don. C. Sowers, director of the research bureau. "This move- meut Is finding expression in the es tablishment of municipal reference an a research bureaus in city halls or at state universities; in the use and growth of magazines and period iota Hnvntfx l tn municipal affairs and in the attention civic problems are receiving from commercial clubs, r'lHirchns and civic Clubs. "A department of civic activity is now one of the well recognized de- nartmpnts of every wideawake com mercial club. Nearly every woman's rinnnrtment maintains a civic do norimoni while in ever increasing numbers the brotherhoods and men's clubs of the churches are devoting themselves to discussion of mumci nnl nrnhlems." Amone the cities of uregon in which one or more officials are re cnivine "Short Talks for Busy Offl rials." are Newbers, Albany, Amity: AahianH Kiiirpne. Roseburg, fat. inhn Florence. Salem. Baker, Rain ier, Tillamook, Independence, Port land, Medford, Springfield, La Grande, Marshfield, Cottage . Grove H.-,nd River. Astoria. Bandon, Ore gon City, Davidson, Troutdale, North Bend, Corvallis, Heppner and Con don. Scio gets a new dry goods and clothing store. SAM HUGHES CO. Engineer Laugaard, in charge of the Tumalo irrigation project, has announced that this project is now complete and that applications for the lands are being received in great numbers. The entire project em braces 22,500 acres of irrigable land, about 6,000 acres of which has al ready been contracted for. The lands are being sold in 40 acre tracts at $40 per acre, one-tenth of the price to be paid at once, the balance in ton installments. The settler, by ir rigating one-third of his land each year for three yearst can defer the annual payments for those three years, enabling him to apply tne money to the improvement of the land. Storage of water la the big reservoir was commenced Dec. 6. That private property cannot be condemned for private irrigation or waterpower purposes, was the de cinion handed down by the circuit court at Albany last week, the court contending that such action would be an infringement of the constitution al rights of owners of property. The operations of the Helix di vision of the Farmers' Union re sulted in an actual saving of an av erage of $109 to each of its 100 momhors ilnrine the past season. This saving was accomplished by economy In the purchase of grain haes. binder twine and other sup plies. At its Helix warehouses the association handled 271,501 sacks of wheat. Mill City Odd Fellows have dedi cated a new hall. A steel bridse is' to span the Uma tilla river at Mission. Carleton boasts a new steel bridge and eight blocks paving. nnmesHc Science will be taught in the Astoria High school. Riirene sold 134.000 bltulithic paving bonds at a premium. Thp r.ranltB Hill mine near Grants Pass will install a cyanide plant. Gresham is to be connected with Portland by hard surface road. cintsnn eives Pacific Power & Light Co. a fifty-year franchise. Rnkcr cnimtv lew same as last year at $600, 000 less valuation. North Bend banks are cashing more pay checks than over before. Tim nonth-Kpllv millR have been put on an 8-hour day for the winter. Another attemDt is to be made to enact the universal eight hour law. Bv eliminating the useless 1915 census the Btate will save $100,000. rnncrete work has started on the Southern Pacific bridge across Coos Bay. i-ihonv Viii(n pd men and fruit growers will build a co-operative can nery. Last half of November coast ports shipped 17,000,000 feet of lumber to 'Frisco. a tihw pountv office sought to be created by the legislature is public defender. Lake county, is organ izing a co-operative well-drillers as sociation. Portland Commercial Club ' and Chamber of Commerce want to consolidate. rTH, Jnnlln1tiV Wnfll IndllRtrV IS tO be promoted with demonstrations all over Oregon. , Central Oregon Irrigation projects are planning to get $450,000 from reclamation' funds. To get Idle men employed upon the land is one of the problems to come before the legislature. A. 31-lb. gold brick was brought out orf the Oglo mine, Clackamas county, the past week. ""5T"rnnrtern two and a half story concrete dairy barn for 100 cows win be built at Rose City. Licensed Embalmer Lady Assistant J. L. Y EAGER FUNERAL DIRECTOR Phone Residence Heppner, Oregon Choice Flour, Feeds, Wood, Coal and M t 1 Posts, tor bale by HEPPNER FARMERS' UNION WAREHOUSE CO. Handle Wheat and Wool. Highest Price Paid for Hides and Pelts. To Aid Unemployed. The Spokane Chamebr of Com merce has started a movement to ward the solution of the unemploy ment problem by sending men who want work to Inland Empire farms. Warren Latham, manager of the Christian Home for Men, states that many of the men at his Institution are willing to do farm work during the winter for their board and keep. In a statement outlining the plan, Thomas S. Griffith, president of the Spokane Chamber of Commerce says: "The Spokane Chamber of Com merce is making earnest efforts to relieve the situation, and we believe that the hest and most practical way of careing for unfortunates is to give them something to do. These men, If placed on the farms of the Inland Empire, where many of them are willing to work for their board dur ing the winter, can be made of posi tive good to all of us. "We hope that farmers wno can use these men will notify the Chris tian Home for Men in Spokane." People's Cash Market Phone Main 73 All kinds of Fresh and Cured Meats, Poultry, Lard We pay highest cash prices paid for Stock, Hides and Pelts. HENRY SCHWARZ, Proprietor Grazing Trespass on the National Kores. tm,o noo nf .T T. Steen of Enter prise, Oregon, for grazing trespass on the Wallowa National Forest, was tried in Portland on December 7. The jury awarded damages In tne sum 01 $83.21, with costs amounting 10 $317.89. ' , L Mr. Steen allowed his cattle to drift on the National Forest without a permit, which is contrary to the roiT,,iotinnB while the government Is reluctant to prosecute In bucIi cases it is absolutely necessary mai acuuu be taken to protect those residents who depend upon tke government range for their summer grazing, and who have taken out permits for the use of the range. Gov. Withycombe says down state FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF HEPPNER ESTABLISHED IN 1887 We make banking our business. A sound and efficient home institution, is our purpose. Capital and undivided profits $140,000 CITY MEAT MARKET J. FRANK HALL, Prop. Best in the line of meats handled at the lowest possible price?. FINEST HOME-MADE LARD AND FRESH AND CURED MEATS. -- -- See Me Before You Sell Your Fat Stock. Between now and the 24th of December a nice fat TURKEY will be given to the team bowling the highest score on THE AL LEYS . i i The team shall be composed of three men each, and anyone so desiring, may organize and enter a team to bowl for these awards. The bowler of the highest individual score will also re ceive a TURKEY. An Ashland firm has begun manu facturina a folding crate to ship vegetables and fruits. Arphla Mason, contractor, is push ing hardsurfacing of a mile or Mil waukie road. Cost $16,000. Tn Washington the Blue Sky Law was defeated at the polls, as it was in Oregon when first proposed. Tim manufacture of buckskin crinvoa in rnrrv countv has been bro ken up by a posse of game wardens. .Tim legislature will tackle cover- Ine S697.000 fees now collected by state officials Into the general fund. Portland gave a local firm of con tractors the big Shattuck School con tract over a lower bidder in Montana F. W. Dodee of the Rogue River public service corporation reports in crease from BOO to 1500 horse power. Tho n.w n. & N. has spent $4,- 300,000 on its Malheur county exten sion to the North Bank of Harney Lake. About the only cities in the state that are not able to reduce tax lev ies are those conducting publicly owned utilities. bai,o THvor Public Service corporation bids on lighting Gold Hill by offering to put in a payroll of $600 io $1,000 per month. tv has aDDrooriated $15,000 for the Tillamook road West of Willamlna. The state win do asu ed for a similar amount. The Workingmen's Compensation commission law asks lor more wan a million dollars from the state and industries for next two years. Tim heads of the state insane asy- draftine a Dayrole law that will result in reducing by 200 the number of patients kept at state ex pense. The fight to cut state expenses half a million and to limit introduction of hills to five for each member is re ceiving unanimous support from the state press. Tho rviou-mican Press savs several hundred thousand dollars worth of property is awaiting action of the Desert Land Board that has been de layed for several months. Workingmen's Compensation com miaainn aaka salaries for two years of $90,720. State Labor Commis sioner collects $21,000. These two bodies are to be consolidated. a shnrt hnainosia session of the leg islature lopping off about half the boards and commissions, cutting Atl,n .n.oi minimis fixed charges uuwii ocicim im...""- - on the state, and consolidating boards and functions is the popular program I "6he PALM j: has a complete line of CONFECTIONS, CIGARS and SOFT DRINKS Try our Pop Corn always fresh. R. M. HART THE LAND OF SUNSHINE, FRUIT AND FLOWERS CALLS YOU WITH SUMMERTIME IN WINTER. Outdoor and Indoor Sports Boating, Surf-lathing, Golf, Polo, Tennis. For rest and recreation, California is delightful. For Saftey and Comfort, go via the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. through Portland. RETURN THE SAME WAY. CALIFORNIA IS STAGING TWO BIG SHOWS. Celebrating completion of the Panama Canal. PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION San Francisco, February 20 to December 4, 1913. PANAMA-CALIFORNIA EXPOSITION San Diego, January 1 to December 31, 1913. They represent the highest and best of human endeavor in the world of art, science and indus try. See Both of Them. Tickets, information, ect., upon op plication to J. B. HUDLESTON, Agent, O-W. R. & N. CO. Heppner, Oregon. appropriations and Keep aown taxes
