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THE GAZETTE-TIMES. IIKPPM R. OKI-:.. THI'KSDA V. MAI!. 18. t!MS r.u.K two PICX" See the New Land scape Pictures in the Big Assortment Something Different It will do you good to see them and the prices will surprise you Orders Taken For Portrait Enlargement 1915 CALENDARS for distribution. Call and get one if you have not done so CASE f UK Nil UKli COMPANY hi Jl THE GAZETTE-TIMES. The Hepi'.ner Gazette, Established MThe itf Time Established No- vember l. lv'-'"- , ,-1010 Consolidated February!.., l.tl- V A W T K 11 V K V W F O H I) Editor and Proprietor. Tsdeve77' Thursday mornjnfr, and entered at' the Po.toHiee at Heppner. Ureson, as second-class matter, SCBSCUIPTIOX RATES One Tear 't? Six Months .J. Three Months ' : Single Copies - - ADVERTISING RATES Pisplav, transient, running less than one month, first Insertion, per Inch, 2Sc; subsequent insertions, 124, Huiilav reEUlar, 1 2 c. ', locals, first fns'e t on, ,fer line. 10c : subsequent nations, per line. 5c; lolpe resolu tions, per line, 5c; church socials 1 and all kdvertisinp of entertainments conducted for pay, regular rates, MORHOW fllVM'Y OFFICIAL PAPER Thursday, March IS, 1915. THE PEER OK THEM ALL. Another man has given his life to the cause of aviation, and this time the peer of all air navigators is the victim. Lincoln Beacliy, tne pion eer aeronaut of this country, began making balloon ascensions when he was 17 years old. He really grew up with the flying game, and later, when the dirigibles or airships sup planted the balloon, Beachey was the hcadUner of all the big attractions. Many people will recall his nights at the Lewis and Clarke exposition in Portland in. 1905. Still later, Mr. Beachey began doing stunts with the air crafts of to-day, using the bi plane mostly. About two years ago he made the announcement that he had made his last flight, but later, when the reports were being circulat ed of the wonderful success which Pegoud, the Frenchman was achiev ing in various "stunts," Beechey vowed that the foreigners could not beat the Americans in flying and he once more entered the game. This time he startled the world with his wonderful mastery of his- air craft. He "looped the loop" consistently, and also the perpendicular drop the very thing which brought about his death. Lincoln Beachey fell to his death in San Francisco last Sun day, before a crowd of thousands of spectators. The cause of the fall is attributed to the weakness of the monoplane, a new one which Beach ey was using for the first time. In the perpendicular drop, which he had done successfully many times before, the wings of the machine crumpled and the brave aviator was plunged with his machine turning end over end, into the waters of San Francisco Bay. It is estimated that he fell three thousand feet. PAVKOLL OK 13,0 .NAMES. Nearly $20,000,000 was expended by the Oregon-Washington Railroad ft Navigation Co. in the states of Washington, Oregon and Idaho dur ing the year 1914, according to fig ures just compiled. The exact amount Is 19,73o,703.73. The statement further shows that more than 13,000 names appear on the annual payroll and that between 5,000 and 75,000 persons are dependent on the opera tion of the Union Pacific system in the Northwest. For the year end ing June 30, 1914, the O-W. R. & N. paid $1,390,698.65 in taxes. In the three states $5,042,425.71 was spent hi the construction of new lines. HEAKS I WIN TAILS YOU LOSE. Here is a case where water users claim benefits and city refuses to ac cept rates made against it on its own complaint and demand for readjust ment of the schedule. On complaint of the City Council of Salom the Salem Water, Light & Power Co. was overhauled for a year by the Public Utilities commission of Oregon, on a charge of unreasonable rates. During the year of the investiga tion the affairs of the company were gone over by the experts, engineers, and at great expense a valuation of the property was ascertained and new rates established. The rates fixed for Salem were a reduction of from fifteen to thirty per cent for water users, meter rates were kept about the same, and hy drant rates for the city were raised from $1.82 to $2.50 per month. In lowering the rates to the con sumer the Public Utility Commission had in mind increasing rates to the city to help make up the revenues lost to the water company by reduc tions to house holders and others. The reduced rates are accepted by the whole city and are very much ap preciated, but the first time the city has a bill to pay for fire protection under the new hydrant rate the com mission findings are repudiated. While the investigation was pend ing the city council adopted a resolu tion and filed it with the Utility Com mission that if the hydrant rates were raised or lowered in making equitable rates to private users the city would be bound thereby. Now the city attempts to ignore this and demands a legal construction of the matter before paying the ad vanced rates for hydrants. HOME IXIHSTK1ES VERSUS STEEL TRUST. In awarding bids for the construc tion of the Interstate bridge at Van couver, there was a fight made for the home industries on the largest item of expenditure the steel work. The bridge proper across the Col umbia River was awarded to the American Bridge Company, alias United Steel Products Co. of New York, alias the Pittsburg Steel Trust. This award was made on a differ ence of $80 as against the Northwest Steel Co. of Portland and Vancouver, Wash., and the local company was given the bridge across the slough. The big contract takes $417,216.20 to the east for fabricated steel work that could have been made at home, and gives the home concern $S9,140 for a few bents across the slough. The Northwest Steel Company was $300 below on all t..e steel work for the approach and the main bridge, and Governor Withycombe of Oregon, made an appeal to give all the work to home industry. He was roundly applauded for his statement that this would mean the distribution of more than $200,000 In wages at Portland for high grade skilled labor but it was of no avail. The commission made up of the Multnomah and Clarke County com missioners seemed to have an idea that the recommendations of the Kansas City engineering firm were sacred. This was a test case, where public officials had the right to reject any and all bids, had the right to group bids, and in some cases awarded bids to higher bidders, but sent the big payroll east on a bagatelle of $80. WORLD'S GREATEST CATACLYSM In the Franco-Prussian war, 155, OrtO Frenchmen were hilled, 143,000 were wounded and disabled. The Germans los-t 28.000 dead and 101, 000 wounded and disabled. In the Russo-Japanese war the losses of the Japanese were about 170,000 killed and wounded; of ths Russians about 400,000. In our Civil war, which lasted four years, the Union forces lost, killed and wiunded, 359, 62S, and in pris ons and hospitals enough more to swell the total to 500,000 men. The Confederacy lost nearly a3 many more. j In the present war in Europe, tak- i ing the accounts from all the coun-1 tries engaged, in the seven months ! since the war began, the losses are ' counted by millions. Last December the estimated loss of the Prussian army was 753,202 officers and men, I 0 EXTRA SPECIAL SALE! been put out of action, which with the losses in Saxony and Wurtom berg armies swelled the list oPtier man losses in hilled, wounded and missing to 2,000,000 mei'. At the same time the estimate in Vienna was that the Austro-Hunear-ian army had lost about 1,500,000 men in killed, wounded and missin-i. Two months ago it was estimated that the French had lost fully one half of their soldiers. A month ago the estimated loss of the Kuwians was 700. 000 men, and a Russian pa aer in December gave the loss in Pussipn commissioned officers at 33, 000. Half of the Belgian army has been destroyed, more than half the army of Servia. while it is known that at least three Turkish army corps have been wiped out. A month ago Premier Asquith said, in the House of Commons, that the British losses to date amounted to 104, 000 men. In the past two montlm there has been almost constant fighting, but no figures for the appalling losses are forthcoming. The losses at sea have hardly been I noted, but really more ships have been destroyed than in any previous war since the battle of Lepanto was j fought and the great Armada wa-j j shattered. When the war closes Europe will j he as was Egypt, on that dreadful morning on which there was not a; dead. Seaside Signal. . FOR 10 DAYS AT THE FAIR STORE Running Until Saturday Evening, March 28 EN ADDITION TO THE REGULAR SALE NOW GOING ON UNTIL EASTER, The Fair Store is offering an Extra Special Sale in Spring Dress Goods, Embroideries, Ladies Low Shoes, and Mens Spring Suits. The Fair Store wants to prove to the good people of Morrow County that we can undersell any catalogue house.' Our already fast growing trade and secret of our success is our direct proof that the people are convincing them selves that there is no more necessity to send off for merchandise. Its our to become the cheapest catalog house to compete against other catalog houses The 1915 Oregon Almanac is on our desk. This Is the official pam phlet published by the State of Oreg on for the information of homeseek ers, settlers and investors, and put out by the Oregon State Immigration Commission. The present issue will no doubt be the last of this valuable work, as the appropriation for this commission was cut off by the last legislature and there will be no funds with which to do business. The Almanac is a valuable guide to the people looking for locations in the State of Oregon. It's time to swat the fly. TWENTY MILLIOX WORDS. If it be true that words were made to conceal thoughts, what an apuiling amount of cogitation must have been hidden beneath the 20,000,000 of them emitted by the Congress which has just come to an end. And if we could but delve into the bowels of this verbal Vesuvius and learn the nature of the thoughts that are there so deeply entombed what a revelation it would be of purposes defeated, of hopes deferred, of ambitions quench ed and of pride humbled. For it has been no secret that below its sur face of submissive pliancy there has heen a seething and a boiling that -ver threatened to break through and start something. We have often wondered at this outward placidity and inward violence, but now we icalize that it was the avalanch of words that kept it in subjection, an incessant,' unremitting piling on of words that held the victim gasping breathlessly through all the days. That is one of the deadly, or, we might say, asphyxiating, qualities of words, and it Is not at all necessary that they be words of wisdom. On the contrary it has long been observ ed that wisdom is found in words in inverse ratio to their quantity; that, a multiplicity of words is almost cer tain evidence of a lack of sense. ' The fool," says Shakespeare, "has planted fn his memory an army of good words." Pope expresses it in the CHEPE, GINGHAMS, ETC. 35c. Crepe, all colors, at this sale for lfc. per Yd. 15 c. Ginghams all colors, at this sale IOc. per Yd. 12'c. Apron Gingham at this sale.. Sc. per Yd. 20c. plain and figured Klaxon tills sale 15c per Yd. 35c Tissue Silk, at this sale for 25 per Yd. 12 Hope Domestics, at this sale...Joc. per Yd. Calicoes, all colors, 7c. grade, this sale 4J& per. Yd. .LADLE'S LOW SHOES The latest Styles patent ti ml nun metal for Ladies, Misses uii'l Children. $3.50 Ladie's Shoes for $2.75 per pair 3.00 Ladie's Shoes for $2.48 per pair $2.75 Ladie's Shoes for $1.05 Kr pair $3.00 Misses Shoes for $2.25 per pair Ladie's Juliette Shoes for comfort wear for Spring and Summer, worth from $2.50 to $2.75, at this sale for $1.75 per pair Children's $1.50 to $2.00 Shoes for. . 08c. per pair HOSIERY FOR LADIES, MEN AND CHILDREN. We have the celebrated bruii'l of Ever Wear Hosiery, 5J)c. Ladie's Silk hose in black and white at this sale for ;iOc. per pair 35c. Silk Lisle hose, at this sale for. . 25c per pair 25c. quality, at this sale for ll)c per pair 25c. heavy ribbed Children's hose, all sizes, at this sale for 15c. per pair 35c. Sill: Lisle, Children hose, all sizes, at this sale for ' 25c. per pair 50c. Men's Silk hose, at this sale for UOe per pair 35c. Men's Silk Lisle hose, at this sale 25c per pair 20c. Men's fine ribbed ose, all colors, at this sale for 12'&c. per pair , EMBROIDERIES A large selection of all kinds of Embroideries, La d's and Readings at prices that will astonish you. We are polling in new shipments every day. $2.15 quality Flouncing, at this sale 85c. per Yd. $1.00 'tiality, for Children's dresses, at this sale for U5r per Yd. 75c. quality at this sale for .'lOr. per Yd. 35c. quality, at this sale for 10c. per Yd. 20c. quality, at tills sale for 15c. per Yd. 15c. quality, at this sale for Kc per Yd All kinds of luce and all widths at jjreat redur (ions, which means a saving. CORSETS We have just received a new shipment of Corsets, all sizes, with prices Impossible to beat. $2.50 Corsets, at tills sale for..-. $1.50 $2.00 Corsets, at tills sale for 08e. $1.50 Ccfrsets, at this sale for 80c. MEN'S CLOTHING A new shipment of Clothing just received for Spring and Summer. $25.00 Men's blue, brown and slate colored all wool Serge suits, at this sale for $14.85 $20.00 Men's fine Serge suits, at this' sale. . $1.'J.50 $15.00 Men's suits, at this sale for $0.05 .Men's Pauls of all kinds, :t:5 per cent oft' t ho regular value. $5.00 Men's blue serge pants, at this sale. . $.1.75 $4.00 Men's serge pants, all colors, at this sale for $2.75 OVERALLS AND WORK PANTS $4.00 corduroy work pants, at this sale for. $2.75 $3.50 corduroy work pants, at this cale for. $2.48 $3.00 corduroy work pants at this sale for. $1.08 Overalls and work pants,-all $1.00 to $1.25 over alls, at this sale for !,, COc. work shirts, at this sale for s,v. 75c. work shirts, at this sale for ,. 48c. MEN'S FINE SUNDAY SHIRTS We keep t,le very best brand of shirts. . An an Hortment of all colors and styles.. The Arrow brand, also the same In collars, besides a lare va riety of other brands at reduction of prices. f We have the well known brand of WALKOVER SHOES. It will pay you to examine them. The styles and prices are enticing. One lot of $3.00 to $3.50 Work Shoes, only pairs leit, at tnis saie tor - - - per pair $175) Come One, Come All, to the Great Bargain Featft k of Morrow County at The Fair Store HEPPNER m. h. kopple, Prop. OREGON late but unlamented Congress when iie wrote, well-known couplet. Words are like leaves, and where;. thev most abound, Mucli fruit of sensebeneath is rarelyIIfiaPK of huge words uphoarded hide found. o"8'y And we are quite confident thatWith horrid sound, though having Spenser was looking far ahead to the "tt,B nse. Yes, indeed, 20,000,000 words ex plains everything, Globe Democrat. Symptoms of spring fever are sure to develop with such weather as we are now having. The Good Roads bee Is buzzin.