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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1914)
THE GAZETTE-TIMKS, HEPPNER. ORE.. THURSOAY. PEC. 24. 1914 TT1C f A 7FTTF TTMF ' totatlv. body, and of thl. number the tion pictures have their place in ed- &p ML UALLI iL-lU!l.J.lcS0;ius 8es-ion wil, contain 38 U- ucation as adjuncts to ttu.$ Established la new force and instrument of edu-; J I 1 I 1 n i tg40ittJMr&Jzmw4jz4Mm&trmr - I - , . V T.nl B VL V V 1 NT 1L U' i ' m m . . m 1 r : : Gaiette, The Heppner HewnVrTlm. Est.bli.hed Nov "consolidated February 15. 1911 VAWTER CRAWFORD, Editor and Proprietor. Issued everv Thursday morning, and enured at the Po.tofflc. at Heppner. Oregon, as second-class matter. ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES: On. Tear Six Months. II Three Months " Single Copies ADVERTISING RATES Dlsplav, transient, running less than one month, first Insertion, per Inch. J5c; subsequent Insertions, 12 l"20-; display, regular, 12 i-ic; io:'. insertion, per line. 10c; subsequent Insertions, per line, 5c; lodge resolu tions, per line, 5c; church soc als and all advertising of entertainments conducted for pay. regular rates. MORROW COCKTT OFFICIAL PAPER Thursday, December 24, 1914. It is estimated that it will require 300,000 tons of provisions per month to care for the starving Belgian peo ple until harvest time next summer. This means an expenditure of about $5,000,000 a month and the United States is the only nation that can produce the stuff and pay the price. .The whole country is now being or ganized to take hold of this relief work; it is a wonderfully big task but the people of these United States love to tackle a big job. In the fur thering of this work, each commun ity must do its part and it is gratify ing to note the hearty response that is being made by the people of Mor row county. No appeal for aid of the suffering has ever been turned down here and the little nation across the, water that has been plung ed in to direst want because of the great war will get its due share of practical sympathy from our people. The first car of flour and provisions should leave here for Portland before January 1st, as on that date the rail road company will withdraw their of fer of free transportation. Heppner Milline Company and Phill Cohn have Dut the Drice of flour right down to cost and your order for a barrel is good with them and nren vou to be Drompt so that the car can be made up and forwarded at once. Th first thine of importance after the new year rolls around, will be the Third Annual Morrow County Poultry Show. Are you making preparations? Gov. West has been asked by the Oregon Belgian Relief Committee to accompany the Oregon contribution to Betgium next month and he may decide to do so. The Gazette-Times extends Christ mus greetings to all of its numerous friends and patrons. May you enjoy this festal season to the run ana may th pnmine vear bring you sweeter joys and greater prosperity, Is our sincere wish. nnsinesH conditions, the country over, are beginning to improve and a o.omnlete return to prosperous times is looked for by early Spring. Let it come; our part of the great domain can absorb its share without grumbling. A Rhode Island Red hen has es tablished a new egg laying record, sir-passing Prof. Dryden's hen al the Arririiltural College by six eggs, ine former record was 303 eggs, but this hen, which lives in Pennsylvania, has finally succeeded in doing excellent work for 309 days out of the year. The Cottage Grove Leader warns the people that a movement is on toot to re-initiate some of the defeat ed freak laws. That paper is offering the suggestion that all the badly de feated bills be kept off the ballot by law for a period of at least six years. Tho Idea is a eood one and the leg islature should be induced to take favorable action on the suggestion. Educators acknowledge that mo tion pictures have their place in ed ucation as aqjuncts to books. It is recognized that the movies represent a new force and instrument of edu cation. Their alluring scenes and infinite ranee of subjects represent the most developed tool that has been devised in this century. The educa tor must use it for good, because the makers of films are educating 5,000, 000 American children daily, but not always desirably. It is calculated that one-fourth of the patrons of the mrwipa are less than 16 years old. The overyhelming majority of the pictures they see depend lor success upon an appeal in undue degree to the feelings. Italy exempts from taxation those theaters which exhibit only educa tional motion pictures. In Ontario, Canada, the children study geogra phy through the help of the movies. Greece has bought 4000 machines for use in its public schools. Wis consin has adopted the movies as a feature of university extension, and the varsity is collecting a film "li brary" to go from school to school of the state. Educators have shown hospitality to the new force, but spec ial films must be made for the schools and great intelligence and conscience shown in opening this new field. Spokesman-Review. AN APPRECIATION. Editor Crawford: Dear Sir and Bro.: Pprmit me space in this issue of The Gazette-Times to express my very great appreciation of the kindness you have shown me at all times. Relrlnm have I met wltn more courteous treatment at the hands of the public and professional men than has been accorded me during my stay in Heppner. I thank vou sincerely, genteimen, may prosperity attend you every one. Fraternally yours, REV. WILL. N. FERRIS. The Hobson "Dry" resolution, vot ed on in the house Tuesday, while re ceiving a majority vote, failed of the necessary two-thirds vote required. The debate was spirited on both sides and a much larger vote was cast than anticioated. The vote stood 197 we aves to 189 noes, and failed of adop tion by 61 votes. Hawiey, sinnott and Lafferty, Oregon's representa tives, supported the resolution. The commissioners of Douglas county have refused to pay the bill of W. R. McKenzie & Sons, expert accountants sent to make examina tion of their records by direction of the State Insurance Commissioner. The bill tor the work was $576, and the Douglas county court holds this to be exorbitant, and further al leges that no report of any value has been turned in by the experts. For a similar service Morrow County has paid $499, our court finding no way of holding up the claim, though it is exorbitant, and very largely graft. The law says these examinations must be made at least once a year, and the county court can not say who will do the work, and neither can they refuse to pay the bill. A few months ago an examination was made by a competent accountant, his report made, filed and published, and the expense to the county was not half what the last examination cost. We presume what is true here will apply to all other counties 01 tne state. The present system does not insure economy and efficiency to the "taxpayers, but it does insure fat Jobs to firms of experts who would per haps otherwise be out of employ ment. This work should be under the absolute control of the county courts. The present law should be repealed. A bill to re-district the state so that each county may have a repre sentative of its own in tne legisla ture, is being prepared and will be presented at the coming session. Three counties of the state have no representation from the boundaries of their own territory, these being Morrow, Hood River and Malheur. On the other hand, many counties have more representatives in the leg islature than they are entitled to. Surely if a county is worthy to be called such it is entitled to represen tation, and relief should be granted by some such bill as is proposed. The present arrangement certainly needs "fixln." Australia holds the world's su premacy as a wool producer and the ovhiVft from Australia at the Pana ma-Pacific International Exposition will be unsurpassed In quantity, qual itv and educative value. Not only the wool itself but the Australian mnd of cllDDing and sorting It will be shown for the Instruction of wool srnwera of other countries. Of re markable interest will be an interna tional sheep shearing contest. Amnne the remarkable exhibits to he Rhown at the Panama-Pacific In ternational Exposition at San Fran cis will be Thomas A. Edison's la test invention, the "Telescribe". This is a combination of telephone and riictanhnne and has never before been exhibited at an international exposi tion. It fulfills Mr. Edison's preaic tion uttered in 1870 that perfection in telephone communication would be reached only when means were ais cnvBrpd for combining the telephone and phonograph in order that tele phone msssags migeiit he properiy I'acorded. When the receiver of the desl: telephone is removed from the hook and nlflcen in the socket of the tele scribe the acoustic connection of the dictating machine Is made and then the user takes up the small receiver attached to a "telescribe" and begins conversation. In this way both sides of the conversation are recorded 011 the telescribe cylinder and commun icatlon with the central operator ie shut off, thus preventing "breaking In" nn the lino. The value 01 ine telescribe is shown by the fact that the telephone system transmits sixty npr nt of all forms of communica tion in the United States, totalling fiftpon htllion conversations a year, a grand total In excess of the number of telegrams, letters and railroad passengers in the same period. Heppner Is prosperous; Morrow county Is prosperous. We do not feel the need of want and our citizens are in a land of plenty. Five million Belgians are facing starvation; in fact thousands of them are perishing at this time for the want of shelter, food and clothing. Our people pro pose to send them at this time a car of flour and much other food and clothing. You can give a barrel of flour and there is nothing that will be more appropriate. At this Christ mas season, let us all remember that it is more blessed to give than re ceive. A big campaign is on to create the office of public defender in all cities and counties. Now if a citizen is In dicted or accused of violating the laws and has no means the court auDoints a lawyer to defend. This practice Is sometimes abused by the accused receiving only formal or in different defense. But this is not an excuse at this time for creating new offices on a large scale, with equip ment and office expense. MOTION PICTURES AS TEACHERS Rnnks will soon." Edison has as sured us, "be obselete In the public schools. Scholars will be instructed through the eye. With the motion oicture It is possible to teach every branch of knowledge. Inside of 10 years our school system will be com pletely changed. The wizard of electricity can work wonders, but he and his movies can not render books obsolete In the rsr tparh everv branch 01 knowledge or revolutionize our pub lic schools. The shoemaker needs to stick to his last. This scientist and Inventor who is not an educator, is too sanguine and speaks overconfi dently. Nevertheless, he has made a brave start toward the fulfilment of his forecast. To his 700 inventions he has added a system of children's ed ucation motion pictures. He has test ed it through practice. He has list ed nearly a thousand subjects, had a specialist in fifty or sixty of them prepare the films, and brought them to the scenario stage. Each film, when made Is tested by rlfferent au diences. Dependence is chiefly put upon Edison's "gang" of boys, one of whom Is his own son, and nothing that these frank censors disapprove goes further. LEXINGTON. Mrs. Hattie Irwin left Saturday for Portland. W. G. Scott made a business trip to The Dalles last week. Frank Evans and family made a business trip to Heppner in their auto. NpIHb Davis came Tiome Saturday from Forest Grove to spend the holidays. w. P Harnett and family have re turned from a visit to the Wlllamett3 Valley. Hank Parker and wife have re turned from a two week's visit in Portland. Ed Duran returned from the mountains with a nice load of fir :rees for Christmas decorations. The exercises at the Hall last; Thursday night were a big success. .Sverybody had an enjoyable time. Mrs. R. B. Rice left Sunday for a : isit to her old home in Missouri. 3hn will remain away for two months. There was vacation at school three lays last week on account of the eachers' examinations at Heppner. Ml of the teachers took them. Ralph Barton was in Lexington Thursdav. He recently returned from Idaho, where he spent several months with his brother Earl, Mrs. Ida Burchell and her daugh ter Hulda came home Monday eve- aing for the holidays. Miss Hulda ;s attending the state normal school at Monmouth. Mrs. Cleo Van Winkle returned to Mikkalo, Ore., Sunday. She had been visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Eskelson, who reside in .'larks Canyon. Elmer Stamp and H. C. Maxwell of Vancouver, Wash., are looking around here for a location. Mr. Stamp was in this part of the coun- ,i-y a few years ago and is acquainted with its conditions. According to old settlers who have been in this vicinitj for the past 25 or 30 years, this is the drye3t year they have experienced for a long time. We have had less than two Inches of rainfall since September 1st. Mrs. Arthur Flnley of Sand Hol low, died last Thursday from dip theria. She was buried in the Lex ington cemetery, Dr. H. T. Allison, county health officer having charge of the Interment. Mrs. Flnley leaves a husband and two children. All of them are quaranteed and sick from the disease but from last reports they are improving and are out 01 danger. m We have just what vou are looking for in SUITABLE XMAS GIFTS DIAMONDS WATCHES JEWELRY CUT GLASS SILVERWARE CHINA UMBRELLAS FOUNTAIN PENS HAMILTON WATCHES OSCAR BORG JEWELER AND OPTOMETRIST m 1 . m 1 1 "ssMlfi 1 1 o. k OUHOUDAY THANKS ft