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THE GAZETTE-TIMES. HEPPNER, ORE. THURSDAY. Jt'LY IB. 1915
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
.a.
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Envelops to match, :::::: 10 cents
Also correspondence cards and box paper
Humphreys Drug Co.
Before Starting on
Your Trip
Insure yourself against worry in securing funds
while away, by purchasing a supply of Travel
er's Checks. We recommend these as the most
convenient method of carrying funds without
danger of loss.
Safety deposit boxes rented by the year at rea
sonable rates.
WE INVITE YOUR BANKING BUSINESS.
First National Bank
OF HEPPNER
Capital Stock
$100,000.00
Reduced Prices
on Flour
$6.20 per BbL
At Heppner for our White Star
No higher quality made. Discount of
30c. per bbl. on 5-bbl. lots. This price
good at all points on Heppner branch,
with freight added.
R. R. agents hold goods 10 days without charge.
Heppner Milling Co.
New Shop
New Equipment
GENERAL BLACKSMITHING
Repairing and Horseshoeing
Fift en years of Experience in an Eastern
plow factory enables us to do expert work in
this line. ISHn- us any work you have in this
line.
M. SZEPANEK & SON
HEPPNER, OREGON
TO AUTO BI'EEDKKS.
It Is very evident that many auto
owners fall to observe the ordinance
governing the speeding of machines.
All such will take warning that the
city ordinance will be strictly enforc
ed, and all violators of the speed law
will be brought to account. Please
be governed accordingly and save
trouble.
W. W. S.MEAD,
Mayor.
NOTICE.
All parties having boxes in the
new Postoffice must learn their com
binations and also teach the combi
nation to parties calling for their
mall. W. A. HICHAKDSON, P. M.
THE GAZETTE-TIME
The Heppner Gazette. Established,
Mnn-h 3l. IS S3.
The Heppner Times, Established No
vember IS. 1S97.
Consolidated February 15, 1912.
A V T KB V K A W FOKI)
Editor and Proprietor.
Issued every Thursday morninjr, and
entered at the l'ostottiee at Heppne:,
Oregon, ns second-class matter.
roads to put actual settlers at a min
imum price on every tract of this
land that is suitable for a home, be
it ten, twenty, forty, or 160 acres?
Pacific Coast Manufacturer.
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MOKKOW t'Ol XTY OFFICIAL PAI'KH
Thursday, July 15, 1915.
A MOW COMMERCE DEFENDER.
Report has it that the Rnritsh ho
discovered a match for the German
suomarine. It is nothing more or
less than an armed motor boat.
It is held that this craft would be
a capable antagonist of the subma
rine, for the reason that the latter is
blind and must be on the surface just
before it delivers its destructive mes
senger. The theory is that this fact
would enable the fast motor boat
equipped with ram and guns to do
business with the submarine and put
it out of commission.
If this report is to be taken ser
iously the marvelous stories of the
present war are not as yet all told.
Later we might expect the tale of
battling squadrons of these pigmy
warships along the lanes of trans
Atlantic commerce of a Lilliputian
war at sea the farthest removed it is
possible to conceive from the titanic
and thunderous struggles of dread
noughts. Telegram.
Many property owners on Main
street are getting the right idea in
removing the wooden awnings from
the front of their buildings. It is
encouraging to note that all new
buildings being erected or recently
put up are minus this, old eye sore.
The day is undoubtedly coming when
Heppner will be entirely free from
these wooden awnines and when that
day arrives, the attractiveness of our
town win De greatly increased.
It is said that Luther Rurhnnlr tho
noted horticulturist, is now working
to cross tne egg plant with the milk
weed, in order that he may produce
custard pie.
l'.VXAMA CANAL'S FIRST YEAR.
The Panama Canal started opera
tion under the handicap of the war
as well as under that other handicap
inseparable from new undertakings,
but its earnings in the first year,
from July 1, 1914. to July 1, 1915,
excppded pxnpnsos hv nhnut SI '? 0 4.0011
the tarnings having been $ I,4L'4,30C
and the cost of operation and main
tenance J4. 20(1, 000. This balance
falls far short of paying interest on
the cost, which, at 3 percent on
$400,000,000, would be $12,000,000,
hut traffic will duubtelss increase this
year, and when t li e war tnds tliee sti
mate of $10,500,000 a year made by
Professor Emory R. Johnson for the
llrst year may be reached or exceed
ed.
The canal's showing impresses on
us one of the strongest objections to
Government ownership of those pub
lic works which should pay their own
way. Han any private corporation
invested $4,000,000 and shown net
earnings over cost of operation
amounting to only 5224,000, gloom
would have spread from the directors
down to the smallest stockholder,
and there would have been talk of a
receiver. The promoters could not
have raised the money without a bet
ter prospect than this. The canal
can dig into the Treasury for interest
on its bonds, but the railroads, which
in April had a net operating revenue
of $65,866,046, had to begin by pay
ing out of that sum $11,106,959 for
taxes, and the larger part of the re
mainder went for inttrest on bonds.
The canal was built as a matter of
National policy, not with a view to its
earning interest on its cost from the
start, but there is not the same de
fense for other enterprises which the
Government is asked to undertake.
The ability to collect taxes to pay for
any scheme it adopts makes Congrtss
unbusinesslike in adopting public
work and it makes officials wasteful
in managing them. The best safe
guards for good judgment and econ
omy are a hard-headed boar.d of di
rectors and the necessity of paying
interest. Oregonian.
Poison Bran .Mash Fur Killing (irass
hoppers. Mix dry 25 pounds Bran and one
half pound Paris Green.
To one gallon water add one
fourth pound table salt and one
ounce Lemon Extract.
Mix this with poisoned bran and
add more water to make a very stiff
mash.
Sow broadcast wherever the grass
hoppers are present. Repeat every
three days as long as necessary.
Grasshoppers die in two to four
days after eating poison, but cease
feeding at once.
TOO Ml CH TINKERING AND TOO
MANY COMMISSIONS. r
The Mount Scott Herald says:
"The greatest evil attending our
present complex system of state gov
ernment is the constant interference
of. officials and commissions with the
conduct of private business.
"To this fact more than anything
else may be traced the present stag
nation in business and industry on
the Pacific Coast.
"As a matter of fact it is almost
impossible to secure returns upon in
vested capital under present condi
tions, imposed by the constantly in
creasing regulation of new legislative
acts, enforced by high-salaried com
missions with myriads of deputies
and inspectors the cost of which
must ultimately be borne by over
taxed industry."
The Salem Capital Journal whose
editor is one of the regents of the
State University, commenting on the
above says:
"We will go further than the Her
ald by saying that practically all the
present state commissions in Oregon
might be abolished without any in
jury to the welfare of the state, and
half the employees and deputies in
the state house cut off to the advan
tage of taxpayers and business men
alike.
"The state was well governed be
fore its payrolls were padded as they
are now, and taxes were much low
er. "Of course, it would be necessary
to repeal a lot of new fangled laws
in order to take a radical step in
economy, and remove the shackles
from the business and industrial in
terests of the state, but this ought to
be done.
"If taxes continue to increase and
industry to languish the people are
going to unite in a crusade against
excessive government.
"They are becoming convinced that
the present complex system is not
worth what it is costing."
TO UNLOAD UPON THE STATE.
The Pendleton East Oregonian fa
vors the plan of Gov. West to have
the stae purchase the O. & C. land
grant.
This newspaper assumes that the
railroad would have to accept what
ever the state offers for the 2,300,000
acres.
It charges that both the legisla
ture and past state officials "have
virtually thrown away" the public
lands entrusted to the state in the
past.
A large part of the railroad lands
are steep mountainsides, barren
rocks and inaccessable canyons.
The state is asked to invest mil
lions in property that neither the
railroad nor the federal government
can sell to anyone.
What is known as "the state" Is
an army of officials all lending a
hand and helping their friends to se
cure political favors.
It is charged that "the state" has
thrown away its valuable school and
swamp lands and has promoted a
gigantic land monopoly.
Why then make "the state" a
greater landlord and give public of
ficials more lands to squander?
Pinchotism, paternalism and offi
cialism are synonymous terms when
it comes to boosting the land monop
oly. Why not have the state and fed
eral governments unite with the rail-
jjON Consult Prs. Lowe & Turner,
"A-eye specialists at Hardman,
-" Saturday, July 31st., Hepp
ner Sunday and Monday, August 1st
and 2nd, Lexington Saturday, August
7th, lone, Sunday and Monday, Au
gust 8 and 9. tf.
University Expects Rig Freshman
Class.
University of Oregon, Eugene,
July 12. For every student lost to
the University through graduation
in June, six will be gained through
matriculation in September, accord
ing to Registrar Albert R. Tiffany.
Besides the increase through a
large Freshman class, Mr. Tiffany
holds that his correspondence, com
pared with previous years, shows
that the tendency of Oregon students
to seek big Eastern and Southern in
stitutions for the last years of their
course Is about at an end.
"Few, if any, students are going
to transfer from the University this
year," states the Registrar, "The
increased facilities of the University
and the spirit of optimism and en
terprise and loyalty that now prevails
on the campus is going to keep them
here, not only this year, I believe,
but in future years."
Mr. Tiffany prophesies 500 fresh
men as against a previous record of
375.
Local Man Wins Prize.
E. L. Berry, well known sign paint
er of this city, has received word
from New York City that some of his
work has taken a prize before the
Display Men's Club of that city, and
the same will be on exhibit there on
August 1, at their convention. Mr.
Berry did not make any special ef
fort to compete for a prize, but his
work has brought forth great praise
and commendation from the New
York people.
Mr. O'Sullivan returned from the
political meeting, which had waxed
long and sultry. "There's eight na
tions riprisinted in this ward of
ours," he said to his wife, as he be
gan to count them off on his fingers.
"There s Irish, Frinch, Eyetalians,
Poles, Germans, Roosians, Greeks,
an' ' ne continued, tnen stopping
for a moment, he started again:
"There's Irish, Frinch, Eyetalians,
Poles, Germans, Roosians, Greeks,
an' ain't it queer I disremem-
ber the other wan? There's Irish,
Frinch " "Maybe 'twas Amer
icans, wasn't it?" suggested Mrs. O'
Sullivan. "Shure, an' that's th' very
wan!" cried her husband exultantly.
Oi c'uldn't think of it."
We have a client who is thorough
ly vemed In drv farming, who wants
to rent a section of wheat land. If
you want to rent, let us know at once
as this man is anxious to get settled.
SMEAD & CRAWFORD.
Eph Eskelson, of Meadow Brook
farm, was in town Saturday. Mr.
Eskelson is an ardent booster for the
new Heppner-Lexington road, and be
lieves that some of the work on that
road should have been done last
Spring. Many of the farmers, he
states, are out of the notion just now
to contribute any work and probably
will be too busy until late in the
Fall to give any time or horses to
road work.
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Dealer In
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Trinidad Lake acnhalt makes roofine lastinirlv turlit arninst rain.
sun, wind, snow, heat and cold.
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' Because it gives lasting protection Genasco is economical roofing
it costs less in the end. Call and get samples.
REID BROS., Heppner
Columbia College and Normal
Five year Normal Course for Eighth grade graduates.
Two year Normal Course for High School graduates. -One,
two and three year's Commercial Course.
One, two and three year's Domestic Science.
Piano, Voice, Elocution, Art, Violin.
Board and Regular Course for $175-$200.
E. R. NAYLOR, PRESIDENT, MILTON, OREGON
LicensedEmbalmer
Lady Assistant
J. L. YEAGER
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Phone Residence Heppner, Oregon
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