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THE PRODUCTS
OF THE HEPPNER
FLOUR MILL
NflDNE BETT
PANORAMIC HEW
OF 0RE60N SOLON
Prices and Quality Guaranteed
Our payroll is larger than any
manufacturing concern in
the county
To the Right Parties:
I will allow the use of several of my
Jacks, for a reasonable charge.
Call on me at the Eastern Oregon
Jack Farm, east of Lexington, or
address me at Lexington.
Let your wants be known
1 also have
GOOD JACKS FOR SALE
f you do not find as good Jacks liore as there are in
the Northwest or the United States, 1 will pay expenses
of your trip both ways, providing you are a competent
judge and know a good Jack when you see it.
I keep no high salried men to sell my Jacks and any
one in the market for Jacks who can come to my farm
will save commission fees, etc.
B. F. SWAGGART
LEXINGTON
OREGON
THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF HEPPNER
We Invite Your Banking Business
We pay four per cent, on funds left with us in the form
of a Time Certificate, for either six months or a year.
We also pay four per cent, on Savings Accounts.
We rent safety deposit boxes by the year at reasonable
rates.
Information cheerfully furnished regarding the above.
THE
First National Bank
OF HEPPNER
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
Advertising Will Pay You If You Use The G.-T.
j L'y li. V. Swaggurt.
The j;uk, jennet and mule indus
tries are fields of activity of great im
portance to tile development of the
resources of Orosan, and capable, un
der favorable legislative enactments,
of great development. In order to
make the most of these industries
must have favorable laws thereunto
so that we who are engaged in stock
raising of this class can compete
with the corresponding stockraisers
of other states where good statute
law concerning these Industries ob
tain.
The acclimated Oreson-bred jack
altho superior in constitution, con
formity, vitality, longevity, endur
ance and symmetry of body and
limbs, to the jack raised in the East
and to that of the South, is now class-
ed as "mongrel-bred," a perversion
of a fact which is incompatible w
truth.
The Standard Jack and Jennet
Registry of America, incorporated
under the laws of the state of Mis
souri, by the Association of Jack and
Jennet Breeders of America, in which
my jacks and jennets are registered,
Is the largest and best in the world
and yet not recognized by our Legis
lature, and therefore, compels me to
license my stock as "mongrel bred."
Having requested of both state
senator and representative to use
their influence in passing a more fa
vorable law as to the jack and jennet
registry, we received the following
reply: "By tacit agreement we can
not pass any more bills." And tho
we have made several previous at
tempts to induce our solons to so
modify the present registry law as to
he of assistance to this industry they
have always turned a deaf ear to our
appeals, stoically ignoring that which
is of paramount Importance to this
class of stockraisers in Oregon.
The last Legislature made many
blunders that the Supreme Court has
been kept busy to modify and cor
rect the measures. If it were only
possible to instill into the minds of
our solons that one assembly is not
to outdo the precceding one in the
number of bills presented! Quality,
not quantity, should be considered,
It is hardly conceivable that a thous
ond bills were clamoring for recog
nition, awaiting the molding of legis
tive enactment. Because the less ink
and paper Is wasted In printing use
less bills, the better pleased will be
the people of the Webfoot State. -According
to the report of the Sec
retary of State, the apportionment
expenditure for the years 1915, 1916
will be nine million dollars, six mil
lions of which must be raised by tax
ation. It seems to be by one million
dollars greater than that which was
I spent in the preceeding biennial per
iod. The tax rate must be increased
if the Assembly grants all the re-
i quests made upon It uy the various
state departments. It is hardly nec
essary to say that state, municipal,
and county governments should co
operate with the one collective view,
that is, to economize in all public
affairs, and to temper all their en-
! actments by the economics of justice,
By a small majority of approxi
mately 150 votes the measure abol
ishing capital punishment in Oregon
was carried last November. The
ambiguity of the wording of this law,
with its theoretical bombast and psit
taceous vacuity, caused confusion
and uncertainty as to tho punishment
of criminals of first degree murder.
And to prevent such persons to go
free the Governor commuted their
sentence into life imprisonment after
the result of the November election
was known. Then there was con
fusion as to the time when an initia
tive measure should go into effect.
The Assembly of 1913 passed ap
proximately 100 bills. With few ex
ceptions, the Twenty-eighth Legis
lative Assembly has no constructive
legislation, and tho it has been cred
ited with 400 measures, only a few
are good, others detrimental to the
welfare of the people; still others in
discord with the Constitution. The
laws vary in importance from a very
insignificant one to an amendment of
the constitution giving the Governor
power to veto single items in appro
priation bills.
Following the practice of its not
very worthy predecessors, the last
Legislature, before closing, provided
for the holding of a special election
next November upon the prohibition
measure which is a subject to the
referendum. Such elections cost the
state approximately $100,000, which
greatly increases the burden of the
already over-burdened taxpayer. The
need of having effective legislature
for the enactment of the prohibition
measure after January, 1916, and the
fear that the act passed at the last
session would be subject to the ref
erendum, caused them to choose the
special election; yet its alternative,
a special session would have been far
less expensive to the State. As n
general rule voters are less Inter
ested in measures than in men, and
do not turn out en masse at the
special election as they do at the reg
ular election. And, as a consequence,
a minority of the electorate would
likely decide the fate of the prohibl-
tion measure and such other meas
I urea as would come up of decision
by the collective vote of the people.
Some years ago our tax law pro
vided for the payment of taxes in
April, or (me )iuif j April and the
other hail' in S-ptember. After it
had been modil.i-d so as to make the
taxpayer r.-ru it all of his or her taxes
in April, a.id an increasingly monthly
interest and a fine was added by our
pedantic srd ostensible law makers.
Since then the law has been changed
again.
In retrospection of the above state
ment would it not be advisable to
confer the functions of the legisla
ture to the Suprene Court, which,
by the way, must pass upon many
laws crea'.ed by the solons. Some
are unconstitutional, others are in
discord with other laws, others are
Ambiguous as to phraseology of the
measures, and having a destructive
rather than constructive tendency.
Lcononncs of justice should al
ways prevail. It means a reconstruc
tion In laws, improved method of
procedure and opinions cleansed
from dross of selfishness, greed and
graft.
Persons who have attained moral
stamina will come to the front from
the ranks and file of the people. It
is time for us to take new and liv
ing symbols; and tear the bandage
from the eyes of justice. To discover
the wolf masquerading in sheep's
clothing. We must see that the
scales of justice do balance; that the
ballast of evidence is right opinions
and not flimsy expression, precedent,
and preginatic technicality.
As class consciousness reigns now
supreme on the mundane sphere of
activity, there is no equality today
in the value of man. Abe Lincoln,
the illustrious statesman of yore,
whose earthly pilgrimage was so
characteristic of purity, humility,
selfless love and impersonal love, and
whose pure deeds of love are immor
talized upon the scroll of heaven,
lived up to his motto: "Charity for
all; enmity to none."
Does our standard of conduct and
meteing out of justice compare favor
able with that of the sainted states
man, now sojourning in Kealms of
Light?
To man alone of all creatures in
the Infinite domain of nature's vast
laboratory, is given the power to
create his own character. His pow
er Is the sum total of ills powers and
faculties in action. The all-wise
Creator bestowed upon him the light
of reason and the transcendental fac
ulty of intuition to direct his activity
purpose. After all, in the last analy
purpose. After all, in the last enaly-
sis, the results remain with the indi
vidual, whether preacher, banker
judge, law-maker, printer or manual
laborer, because the collective stan
dard of our State is conditioned by
the individual units that compose it
Justice is an attribute of the Infi
nite. A power given to man to
transmute discord into harmony; cor
ruption into purity; suburban in
stinct into intuitive perception; paro
chial egoism into selfless and im
personal love, so characteristic of
the gentle Naznrene whose earthly
pilgrimage was a constant radiation
of purity, humility and impersonal
love, the mystic solvent of all human
shortcomings.
Only through the economics of
justice, tho imperfectly manifested
in and applied to human needs, shall
we solve our problems by the medium
of the alchemy of impersonal love,
Thus, and thus only, shall we be
triumphant in attaining our standard
n the economics of justice promul
gated to us by the omnipresent, om
niscient and omnipotent Creator of
the infinite universe.
JUST RECEIVED
by
A carload of FAIRBANKS &
MORSE Gasoline Engines
direct from the factory
At Greatly Reduced Prices
At least 25 per cent un
der last year's prices
We are fully equipped for installing
Deep Well Pumps and
Irrigation Systems
of all kinds, and guarantee all work to
give satisfaction
When you want water
get our prices before closing a deal
L. E. McBee, the Cecil stockman,
was in Jieppner last Saturday.
L. V. Gentry spent several days In
Grant enmity last week looking over
the sheep situation.
O. IL Forbes, well known farmer
of the lone section was a business
visitor in Ileppner on Friday last.
With Mr, J. A. Keihu, of lone, Mr.
Forbes is interested in the Percheron
stallion, Kalimacon, and we call the
attention of those interested to their
advertisement of this animal in an
other column.
Geo. II. Hayden, Hardman citizen,
was in Ileppner the last of the week.
He is rebuilding the sawmill on
the Geo. Hendrix place on the Spray
Iioad about ten miles south of Hard
man and will again engage in the
business of manufacturing lumber
for the citizens in that part of the
country.
Any number and breed of young
calves furnished. All orders shipped
on one day's notice, Prices and par
ticulars on application.
N. E. MELCHIOR.
Tillamook, Ore.
FOIl 8 A LB OR TRADE.
One pood young Mammoth Black
Jack for sale or trade. Also some
good work horses to trade for cattle.
Inquire of Frank Anderson, Heppner,
Oregon. Local and long distance
phones. lm.
WOKK HOUSES VOH SALE.
I have a number of good work
horses which I will sell on eight
months time. Want approved se
curity. 1 also have a Superior disc
drill for sale. A. S. AKERS.
WAXTK1V RKiHT AWAY.
About 50 head of horses to pas
ture. One section of fine grass close
to Ileppner. Plenty of water. Iu-
LicensedEmbalmer Lady Assistant
J. L.YEAGER
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Phone Residence Heppner, Oregon
I &he PALM P
has a complete line of
CONFECTIONS, CIGARS and SOFT DRINKS
Try our Pop Corn always fresh.
R. M. HART
I rLUWLKj fUK ALL ULLAolUiNo I
FUNERAL DESIGNS OUR SPECIALTY
The Jewell Green Houses
I THE DALLES, OREGON
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Phone B. 2721 t
CITY MEAT MARKET
J. FRANK HALL, Prop.
Best in the line of meats handled at the lowest possible prices.
FINEST HOME-MADE LARD AND FRE.11 AND CURED
MEATS.
See Me Before You Sell Your Fat Stock.
HEPPNER WOOD YARD
E. E. BEEMAN, Prop.
Dealer In
Wood and Coal
Leave orders with Slocum Drug Co. or phone Main 60.
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.
FUNERAL SUPPLIES
MODERN EQUIPMENT
PAINSTAKING SERVICE
CASE FURNITURE COMPANY
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