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Thursday, August 5, 1915.
MONEY IS BEING WASTF.I).
The citizens of Heppner. and es
pecially our business men, have been
greatly interested for a number of
years in getting a road opened up be
tween this place and Ritter, in Grant
county. They have understood for
the past quarter of a century that a
good highway leading into this town
from that section of Grant county
would be the means of bringing a
profitable trade here, as well as giv
ing those people a better outlet to
market. Regularly, at intervals, the
question has been taken up and work
done In the direction of bringing
about the desired result, but not until
about two years ago was anything of
a definite nature undertaken. At that
time it was agreed between the For
est Service, through Hugh Rankin,
who was the supervisor of this Dis
trict, and the Heppner Commercial
Club, that some real work would be
done. The Ritter people were ready
to go at their end of the work, the
Forest Service would spend some
money to put a road through the re
serve, and the citizens of Heppner co
operating with the County Court
would raise funds and do the work
on this end of the line outside the re
serve. With this understanding in view,
the Forest Service started their part
of the work and expended J600.
There has also been spent by the
County Court of this county, a sum
aggregating about $3500, on this end
of the road. The $600 heretofore
spent on that part of the road run
ning through the reserve was suf
ficient only to mark out their part
of the thoroughfare, and in order to
complete this portion of the road it
will be necessary to make an addi
tional expenditure of perhaps twice
the amount already used.
Our people had been led to expect
that the money would be forthcom
ing, but there being a lot of delay In
the matter, T. J. Mahoney, of the
First National Bank took up the
proposition with the Forest Service
headquarters at Pendleton to ascer
tain why nothing more was being
done, and in a reply to his inquiry,
Supervisor Cryder states that there
will be no allowance lor completion
of the Heppner-Ritter road this year.
He states that this money comes from
the 10 per cent fund, and this project
has not been heretofore listed on the
Oregon road construction program,
and before it is so listed the Forest
Service Highway Engineer must
make a complete examination and
survey, and also assure himself that
the work outside of the Forest boun
dary will be of a permanent locaiion
and a suitable grade. This, in effect,
is the answer received, and means
that nothing can be expected from
that source for at least another year,
and perhaps by the time all the red
tape has been measured through the
Forest Bureau, the work that has
been accomplished will be obliterated
and have to be done over again, and
the money heretofore expended be
come a matter of waste.
To say the least, this is very dis
appointing to the people of both the
Heppner and Ritter sections.
At one time there seemed to be a
progressive policy that was vigorous
ly prosecuted by the Forest Service,
but this is apparently abandoned un
der the present management of the
Bureau. Even the work that was
done under the direction of Super
visors Chidsey and Rankin in making
roads and trails through the Forest,
is neglected and these trails are now
growing up in brush and becoming
useless; a further waste of money.
It sems to us that this sort of a
policy is wrong and there should be
a vigorous protest sent up to the pow
ers that control these affairs, asking
that some real benefits may accrue to
the people out of the money they are
taxed to keep up this piece of burau
ocracy. Our local "advocate" of the mail
order houses seems to think that he
has created a great stir in mercantile
circles in this city and the evil meth
ods adopted by our local merchants
will thereby be rapidly changed. We
would suggest, as it appears that our
local "oracle" can buy so much bet
ter than the merchants themselves,
that he be put on their salary list to
do the buying for them; no doubt
their customers would be well
pleased with the line of goods found
on their shelves as a result.
HI TTKKM1I.K AM) HACTK.KIA.
The popularity of buttermilk as a
food and a beverage is attested by its
widespread sale. Any drink which
can succeed in invading the precincts
of the saloon and compete for sale, as
buttermilk now does, side by side
with alcoholic beverages deserves at
tention. The plan of allowing milk
to undergo fermentation of such a
character that the products are not
unpleasant or unwholesome for hu
man consumption, yet serve as pre
servatives to prevent undesirable
types of decomposition, it not new.
The fermentation product chiefly de
pended on in such cases is lactic acid
although, in certain types, alcoholic
fermentation may also be in evidence.
Buttermilk belongs to the acid type;
it usually contains from 0.6 to 0.9
per cent, of acid. Strictly speaking
buttermilk is a by-product of butter
making; but with the development
of the milk industries, the demand
for buttermilk has frequently been
met by fermenting the skim of sep
arator milk which remains as a by
product of the cream trade. The fer
mented product is not literally but
termilk, but it may be indistinguish
able from the latter in composition
and properties. The use of these fer
mented milk products has been fa
vored, not alone for their intrinsic
food value, but also for accessory rea
sons. The specific fermentation pro
ducts have been reputed to have a
tonic" action in the digestive tract.
Special virtues have been attributed
to the lactic acid bacteria, particular
ly in relation to putrifactive changes
in the alimentary tract. Aside from
any alleged therapeutic virtues, there
can be no doubt of the nutrient value
of the beverages. With the growing
attention devoted to the bacteria
which milk may harbor, and the rec
ognition of the dangers which they
may entail, it is not strange that but
termilk also should demand bacter
iological consideration. Heinemann,
of the Department of Bacteriology
and Hygiene at the University of
Chicago, has demonstrated that the
presence of lactic acid in milk will
destroy the germs of dysentery, ty
phoid, diptheria and cholera. The
slower milk sours, the greater is the
danger of disease germs surviving.
Acids other than lactic acid are fre
quently present In buttermilk. This
beverage. Heinemann reminds us,
should therefore be looked upon with
suspicion, especially if heavily pollut
ed, unless It has been prepared from
pastuerized milk. There is, however,
says The Journal of the American
Medical Association, a remnant of
satisfaction to all lovers of the fer
mented product to learn that the
chances of buttermilk becoming a
carrie of infection are small.
KEY NOTE OK HKOADER
PROSPERITY.
OREGON THE VICTIM.
Retrenchment policies enforced by
the present national administration
on reclamation expenditures have
been more at the expense of Oregon
than any other state.
Although it is universally admitted
that Oregon projects are better lo
cated with reference to climate and
market than those in most other sta
tes, and that th? cost less per acre
to reclaim, the disposition of the re
cent administration has been to trim
more off Oregon than other states.
One of the latest efforts is a reduc
tion of the Klamath project appro
priation, already awarded and under
way, from $238,000 to $161,000,
right while work was In progress. The
Klamath Falls Chamber of Commerce
and Congressman Nicholas J. Sin
nott, have taken the matter up vig
orously, with the result that the cut
is being reconsidered.
It is a board in political harmony
with the national administration, and
in harmony with the politics of both
Oregon senators, which has systemat
ically given Oregon the worst of it.
We thought we were being treated
badly enough under the Taft admin
istration. But our present experience
is far worse.
By the way it may not be known
generally that the reason Colonel Bill
Hanley abandoned Taft and came out
for Wilson was on this very issue of
Oregon's reclamation appropriations.
Colonel Hanley did his best at a per
sonal interview with President Taft,
and by correspondence, to bring
about a definite decision by the Taft
administration on the appropriation
for finishing the Umatilla project. Un
der the influence of Director Newell
and Secretary Fisher, the president
was unable to give the much-desired
decision. Colonel Hanley got dis
gusted with Taft tardiness and step
ped from the frying pan into the fire.
Meanwhile the Taft administration
came through with a small appor
tionment for Umatilla County, and
our own Democratic Joe Teal devel
oped enough of a pull with Republi
can Secretary Fisher to procure an
order from the Secretary for the $50,-
000 of government money expended
with state money for the Des Chutes
survey.
But the Democratic pull expired
with the Republican administration.
No more hath any Oregon Democrat
any special influence, for lo, the Dem
ocratic administration is in full pow
er, and recognizes ony a Republican
congressman like Sinnott on reclama
tion matters.
All of which shows that we should
'nt rely on any brand of politics to
get results for our state. What we
need Is vigorous prosecution of Ore
gon's claims by commercial bodies,
officials and all organized interests,
Irrespective of politics, and we will
make more progress than by pinning
hope to party on local affairs. Ore
gon Yoter.
There is the individual interest and
there is the common welfare. The re
lation between these two make for in
dividual success or failure, and as
well advances or retards the common
weal and prosperity.
Fortunate, indeed, is that man who
parallels his own success with that of
the town, or the county, of the state,
from which he receives the assur
ances of civilized life.
The individual is in a measure out
growing the belief that adding to his
own possessions corresponds exactly
with the loss of somebody else's po
sessions; and even towns and cities
are showing a broader outlook. Time
was when every town in the new west
seemed to think that the only way it
could obtain a new settler was to get
him away from another town; or at
best, to make some sort of a thieve's
bargain with the other town to di
vide the spoils. Rivalries for the
county seat, fights for the location of
state institutions, calling each other
pet names destroyers of that poise
of mind essential to permanent pro-;
gress.
A new idea is appearing on the sur
face of civil affairs. It is beginning
to be seen that the largest prosper
ity of any one county, or any one
state, is bound up with the common
success of other towns, counties or
states.
It ha become quite the mode to
assert that the prosperity of the town
depends upon the prosperity of tlu
surrounding country. It is even sug
gested that in the matter of crowd
getting occasions there should be an
amicable arrangement between the
different cities; that is will do no
harm for Spokane to recognize and
help on the Rose Carnival of Port
land, and for Portland and even Ta-
coma to lend a hand for the advance
ment of the Seattle Potlatch. The
added success of each of these festi
vals tends to increase the habit of
attendance and to that habit of at
tendance must be given credit for in
ducing the large crowd.
All this does not detract in the
least from the spirit of emulation.
Having joined In the movement for
the common good, it is up to every
town, every district, and every state
to see how much of that common
good can be appropriated. In other
words, having fostered the habit on
the part of people to occasionally en
joy a few days of amusement and rec
reation, there is a substantial basis
for any town or district to get busy
and see how much of that habit can
be utilized for Its own festival.
Herein lies the value of such a
movement as that of the survey com
mittee of the Pacific northwest. The
purpose of this committee is to seek
out the more successful ways of add
ing to the profits and pleasures of
life, as practiced in more or less iso
lated and scattered communities
throughout the four states of Idaho,
Montana, Oregon and Washington, to
make those better things the common
prosperity of all, thereby stimulating
the spread of these better things. In
formulating ways and means for do
ing this, the survey committee has
touched the key note of a broader
prosperity for all concerned-Spokesman
Review.
THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
In the casualties of the war in Eu
rope the proportion of the killed in
action is extraordinarily large. This
fact appears in the figures of each
of the combatants, regardless of mere
estimates, which can usually be dis
missed as exaggerations or under
statements. An official showing from
the French Relief Society places the
number of French soldiers killed at
400,000 and the wounded at 700.000
with 300,000 captured or missing. In
former great wars the ratio of killed
was about one to five among those
struck by bullets or other missiles.
Now the ratio is little more than one
to two, a remarkable increase. Great
Brita'n is reported to have had 61,
000 killed, 196,000 wounded; Russia
733,000 to 1,982,000, and Germany
482,000 killed, 852,000 wounded.
Turkey's casualties are given as 45,
000 killed, 90.000 wounded. Aus
tria's are footed up as 341,000 to
711,000, and Servia's 64,000 to 112,
000. Belgium has lost 47,000 killed
to 160,000 wounded. No return has
been made from the Italian army.
The grand total to June 1 is put at
2,173,000 killed and 4,So;J,000
wounded, a proportion of more than
one to two.
So far nearly as many have been
killed in the European struggle as
were enlisted in the Union army in
the American civil war. In the latter
conflict, by the adjutant general's fig
ures, 67,058 Union soldiers were
killed in action, 43,012 died of
wounds, and 40,154 in prisons and
from accidents. At Gettysburg :i070
Union soldiers were killed to 14,497
wounded, and at Chkkamauga 1656
were killed to 9749 wounded. The
number of Union soldiers who died
from disease during the war was
190,720, or more than twice as many
as were killed or mortally wounded
In battle. How many the European
armies have lost from disease has not
been stated, but the winter campaign
In trenches must have been extreme
ly costly in human life.
The range of arms in the present
war, the large number of wounds in
the head and Intense artillery fire, to
say nothing of poisoned shells, are
responsible for the augmentation of
the number of soldiers killed in all
the armies. In naval actions also the
THIRD ANNUAL
MORROW
COUNTY
FAIR
Will be held
SEPTEEMBER 16, 17, 18, 1915
at
HePPner Oregon
THE BEST COUNTY FAIR IN THE STATE
is our aim this year
$1500.00 IN PREMIUMS
for Agricultural, Horticultural, and Livestock exhibits, besides a num
ber of special premiums.
Entertainment features will be better' than ever and every effort will
be made by the Fair Board to make this the best, biggest and
most eventful fair ever held in Eastern Oregon.
Premium lists will be out in a few days. A list of the attractions will
appear in these columns later. Don't fail to read same.
Begin Planning Your Exhibits Now
W. W. SMEAD, Secretary
mortality has gone far beyond any
former record. A growth in the de
sire for peace cannot be far away.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
WILL TAKE $20,000,000.
It will require approximately $20,
000,000 to pay interest and principal
on $10,000,000 6 per cent, highway
bonds, assuming they are issued at
the rate of $2,000,000 a year for five
years, and are amortized beginning
the first year.
By expending one mill a year, rais
ing $1,000,000 from direct taxation
for ten years, the fame result in road
construction would be achieved for a
little over half the tax money that
$2,000,000 a year for five years
would cost.
But we wouldn't get the roads so
soon.
The question that will confront the
voters when the road bond election is
held a year hence will be:
' Is it worth while to pay out $7,
000,000 to 89,000,000 extra for the
sake of having $10,000,000 spent on
roads In five years Instead of in ten
years? Oregon Voter.
Ex-Secretary Bryan was in Port
land the past week and told the peo
ple down that way how he was stand
ing behind President Wilson and the
administration, and did not fail to
impart to them the knowledge that
he is the great apostle of "peace at
any price" who has taken upon him
self the duty of educating the people
of America to properly receive the
policies promoted by our president,
just as thongh they were in harmony
with the teaching of Mr. Bryan. And
the leading democratic organs of the
state are now howling themselves
hoarse in their efforts to harmonize
Bryan's talks with the president's
actions. ' Verily war Is brewing in
the democratic camp.
Warsaw has fallen. Military ex
perts now predict that Germany will
throw the force of an army of a mil
lion men into a drive to the west that
may mean the fall of Wris and Ca
lais. This may be the beginning of
real fighting, and what the result will
bo only time will reveal.
Portland is getting its "rubbing"
this week. The national association
of Osteopaths is in session there.
NOTICE.
The city council has ordered all
past due accounts on the 1914 oiling
bill, collected. Property owners who
have failed to settle their accounts in
this respect are asked to pay when
the collector calls. tf.
75 cords wood, $2.50. 3000 posts
4c each. Near Slocura Mill. Haul
them yourself.
rilELrS GROCERY CO.
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.
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22' s Have the Call!
WITH the rise of .11 rifle-shooting to the level
of a sport, Ifemington-UMC became the fastest
selling .'22 ammunition in the world.
Whatever make of .11 rifle you shoot, Remington-UMC
Cartridges will give you better, surer results than any other)
in the world.
Co to the leading dealer the one who displays the Red
Ball Mark of Remington- UMC.
I'e'll tell you what sportsmen think about those famous
cartridges and he'll show ynu the Hemington-UMC .24
nines, hmgle Mint, Niue-action and Autoloading
tn a class by themselves for feel, easy operation
and consistent performance.
Sold by your home dealer and 645
other leading merchants in Oregon
Remineton Armt-Union Metallic Cartridge Co.
Woolworth Building (233 Broadway) Now York City
Br. Winnard reports that the In
fant son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Iteaney of near Lexington, that has
been so seriously ill with pneumonia
during the past two weeks, is now re
covering and entirely out of danger.
Ram Hughes will leave Sunday for
Portland to take in Buyers' Week.
While below he will attend to the
business of selecting some merchan
dise for the firm of Sam Hughes Co.
Telephone your orders to Hum
preys Drug Co. for the sawing of,
your wood. lm.
Seven hundred men are rushing
the work on the Willamette Pacific
Railroad to Coos Bay.
Mrs. K. B. Brooks, of Pasadena,
Calif., arrived in Heppner Sunday on
her way to visit with a sister, Mrs.
Van Bibber, at Monument.
Richard Peterson, who farms a
large tract of land in the vicinity of
Hale Ridge, was a visitor in Hepp
ner Wednesday. ,
A daughter arrived at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Ora Yeager on Fri
day, July 30. Mother and child do
ing well.
C. A. Houtallng, Portland archi
tect, Is in Heppner today consulting
with the Masonic Building Committee
concerning plans and specifications
for the new building.