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THE NEWEST THIXG.
The success of the newest venture
depends upon adherence to the old
est principles.
One of the easiest facts in life is
to frame, up a program of what
might, could, or should be done es
pecially if it is along lines of which
you know but little from experience.
Much talked of efficiency is a mat
ter of simple principles. When you
have learned to do anything success
fully, you have arrived at bottom
principles and bottom principles are
so simple that they may be known
and read by all men.
The expert shearer of sheep had
reduced ri.uscular movement to sim
plicity itself. He goes about his bus
iness with an ease and performs his
work with an apparent carelessness
that surprise the observer. The first
thought is that anybody could shear
sheep if it is done as easily as this
expert does it. When a new man tries
his hand at shearing sheep, however,
this simplicity disappears at once.
There are halting movements of the
muscles; there is complicated action;
it is the hardest of work, and the op
eration Is the hardest to understand.
The other man's business, if it is
done efficiently, seems to be easy. Im
provements in the other man's busi
ness seem equally easy.. It seems so
simple a matter to tell the other man
how to do his work better.
The difficulties of one's own busi
ness are largely stored in the out-of-way
attics of experience. These dif
ficulties are largely a matter of his
tory and not of current observation.
The more successful a man is, the
more successful a business is, the less
is to be seen of the storm and stress
period which has resulted in the
present prosperity.
It is the part of wisdom to be chary
of the newest thing, especially if it
has to do with somebody's else busi
ness; or with conditions and exper
iences in your own business which
you have not hitherto met and con
quered. Spokesman-Review.
THE BLUFFER.
Teddy is dissatisfied and talks in
a way to make Buckers believe that
were he president, something would
be done right away.
He was president once. When the
crash of 1907 came, it will be remem
bered that he was on a hunting trip
on the lower Mississippi. He first
heard of the crash when he reached
Memphis on his way home. Of
course, he made a speech, the burden
of which was: "Wait until I reach
Washington and you will see."
He did reach Washington safely,
but we saw nothing for a good while.
The facts were that the great Uni
ted Steel company had for a lopg
time desired to obtain control of the
Tennessee Coal & Iron Company. A
great house in New York was behind
that company. There was nothing to
do but to smash that house, which
was done, and that caused the panic
in which the big company obtained
the desired control.
. Then what the colonel did when he
reached Washington was to official!
ratify that absorption.
The colonel seems to be growing
very active of late. Is he serving no
tice on the Democracy that if he un
dertakes to elect Mr. Wlson for them
again next year he will convince them
first that "the laborer is worthy of his
hire?" Goodwin's Weekly.
The Cottage Grove buyer knows that
his Chicago store sells everything. He
can find the price in a second or two.
The buver wants inforniaton and ac
comodation. If the local store does
n't give these it shouldn't kick if the
buyer's patriotism is not sufficient to
induce him to ask if the articles he is
sending away for can not be pur
chased at home and as cheaply.
The buyer who sends away from
home without inquiry has as much
patriotism as the merchant who
makes no attempt to overcome cat
alog buying with proper publicity.
The mrechant can place himself in
in the position of the catalog buyer
by asking himself how much he
would buy from the wholesale house
that waited for him to come to it.
Cottage Grove Sentinel.
The story of the war losses in men
is beginning to come across the sea
Nothing like it was ever read before
"Only so many millions killed and
wounded" is the burden of the news
So many million killed, so many mil
lions maimed, to be a tax upon
friends and the state so long as they
live. And how many millions of
hearts are broken because of those
dead? And for what? Nothing that
could not have been peaceably settled
save for ambition, pride and lust for
more territory and more power.
Will the result be a lifting up of
the poor and an insistence on their
part that they must be consulted be
fore the next war is sprung?
It it could have that effect the sac
rifice would not have been entirely in
vain. Goodwin's Weekly.
SHUTS OUT PRIVATE CAPITAL.
GETTING THE DOLLAR.
Portland merchants are to have a
dollar day next month. There will
be a gigantic demonstration of what
a dollar will do. Many thousands are
expected to visit the stores participat
ing in the special day.
The idea of showing what a dollar
will buy is a splendid one. The dem
onstration will show many a mail or
der buyer her folly. It will result in
many a dollar being spent at home
that would otherwise go to help build
a palace for some merchant prince of
Chicago or elsewhere.
The fact that letting the buyer
know what a dollar will buy will keep
a lot of money at home, will show
the merchant his folly in not letting
the buyer know the year around what
a dollar will do when spent at home.
Frofits on the goods bought away
from home would pay many times ov
er for the advertising necessary to let
the buyer know it is profitable to buy
them at home.
Merchants who expect the buyer to
come in and go over his stock is al
most forcing money away from home.
The people have had laws passed
and commissions created to regulate
railroads, street car companies, gas
and water companies, and driven cap
ital out of those fields.
It is getting so that no community
can secure a railroad or extension of
suburban or city street car lines with
out paying for the improvement, as
private capital will not invest.'
The Oregon Voter comments on
this in a manner that reveals the sit
uation that has been brought about
by too much regulation of the trans
portation business. It says:
Roseburg has voted $300,000
bonds to be turned over to a group
of timber owners, who in return
agree to build a railroad line Into
their holdings in the mountains east
of Roseburg and to erect a big saw-
mil to cut the lumber. It took nerve
for the taxpayers to agree to tax
themselves in the hope that embark
ine in the transportation and lumber
business would result in an industry
that would help their country atid
community.
It reminds one of the old days in
Oregon, when land grants and bonus
es were necessary to induce capital to
build a railroad.
For many years afterwards private
capital was applied in abundance to
railroad construction without sub
sidy and without risk to taxpayers,
but we killed the goose that laid the
golden egg. Hostile and restrictive
legislation knocked the profits out of
the railroad business, and now the
taxpayers find it necessary to tax
themselves to induce private capital
to invest, or to take the entire risk
themselves in a field which private
capital finds unprofitable.
THE SAME APPLIES TO HEPPXER
Two cart loads of Sears, Roebuck
catalogues have recently arrived here
by parcels post. If the people of this
community are interested in build
ing up Chicago, these catalogues are
valuable; if they are interested in
building up Stanfield then they
should be used for kindling at once
Stanfield Standard.
THE RAILROADS AS EMPLOYERS,
The politician who Is always ready
to jump sideways at the railroads and
holler the "deer peepul" is generally
employing no one but himself and
that at public expense. The rail
roads are our biggest taxpayers and
largest employers of labor.
According to compilations just
completed by the auditing depart
ment of the O-W. R. & N. Company
for 1914, the company has expended
for wages, taxes, construction and for
other purposes incident to the con
duct of its business in Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho, an aggregate of
$15,573,355. This is $50,893 for
each working day of the year. Al
though the exact proportion of this
amount that went for labor has not
been compiled, the company an
nounces that a large per cent of their
operating and maintenance expense
is chargeable to labor. Outside of
operating expense, which represents
two-thirds of the expenditure, the
appropriation for investment and
construction, totaling over three mil
lion dollars, was the biggest charge
for the year. The company paid in
taxes $1,416,745.
These figures are impressive, as
showing the large part the railroad
plays in contributing to the Indus
trial prosperity of the community it
serves. Were one to trace the extent
to which the industries are dependent
upon the rairoad for their growth
and welfare, its influence would be
manifest into the very foundation of
our industrial activity.
Heppner's first concrete bridge
soon to be built across Willow creek
at the lower end of Gale street will
serve as a lasting monument to the
intelligence and business integrity of
the present city administration.
IONE.
The hot winds last Sunday were
fierce and there is not much of some
of us but a greace spot.
Mr. Alfred of lone made a business
trip to Cecil last Tuesday. He went
down to the McBee ranch.
Born To Mr. and Mrs. Llbble Mc
Bee of Cecil last week, a daughter,
Mother and child all O. K.
Dick McElligott was a passenger
on Wednesday's train. We did not
learn what his destination was.
Hiss Olive Hartwell went up to
Lexington last Sunday evening where
she will remain for some time.
Geo. Frank has moved from the
R. R. Grabel house up at the end of
the town down to the Art Rice house,
Miss Velmaletta Woolery left lone
last Tuesday morning for Portland
where she will visit for some time
Miss Kittle Wllmot went down to
Cecil Thursday of last week to wait
on Mrs. Libbie McBee, who has been
ill.
Mrs. Tindal Robinson left lone
last Wednesday morning for Port
land where she will remain for some
time.
Mrs. Corson returned to her home
in this city last week after a couple
of months out at the Palmateer
ranch.
Mrs. Geo. Allyn and family of
Lexington, were visitors in lone last
week, being the guests of Mrs. Mag
gie Barnett.
We understand that Geo. Ely, of
Morgan is on the sick list. We hope
this will not last long as this is Geo.'s
busy season.
Miss Katherine Jones returned to
her home last week after spending
her vacation with her sister, Mrs. Ed
Keller at Mosier.
Rev. J. L. Jones returned to his
home at lone Wednesday evening of
last week after a visit to Portland,
Seattle and Mosier.
Mrs. Jesse Smith, who has been
visiting In and about Pendleton for
the past couple of weeks, returned to
lone last Monday night. ,
Miss Wllmot was up from Cecil
last Tuesday and spent the night
with her mother, returning to her
duties Wednesday morning.
Dr. Dye and Walt Smith returned
from the mountains last Sunday eve
ning after spending several days up
there having a jolly good time.
Mrs. E, H. Turner left lone last
Wednesday for her old home in Min
nesota, where she will visit with rel
atives and friends for some time.
Thelma Newton and Irlene Brlerly
were passengers to Rheas Siding last
Monday, where they will visit Vith
Mrs. Farnsworth for a few days.
Mrs. Bert Mason, who has been
spending the summer with her par
ents at St. Johns, returned to her
home in lone last Sunday evening.
Marie Cason was a passenger on
last Wednesday's train bound for
White Swan where she will visit with
friends and relatives for some time.
Mrs. J. L. Kincaid, who has been
visiting with her mother and Bister
for the past two months returned to
her home at Pendleton last Monday
Miss Smith, who has been visiting
with her sister, Mrs. A. E. Pierce,
for a couple of weeks returned to
her home in the valley last Sunday
morning.
Frank Calkins and part of his fam
ily are having the time of their lives
up in the mountains. We hear he
Is getting plenty of fish and plenty
of feathers.
Sam Esteb was a passenger to
Heppner last Sunday. We do not
know what the attraction is up there
for Sam but he certainly knows
where Heppner is.
Grant Olden and wife were in lone
last week getting a few of the neces
sities of life. They took a run up to
Heppner in Bert Barlow's- jitney
while their team rested.
W. F. Palmateer finished thresh
ing last week after a splendid run.
His son Bert jitneyed to the springs
below The Dalles to soak some of the
dust loose for a few days.
Charlie Chick, who has been down
at Portland for the past two months.
returned to lone last Tuesday eve
ning. Charlie spent a couple of
weeks at Newport before his return
Journey.
We overlooked mentioning in last
week's items the birth of a daughter
to Mr. and Mrs. Alex Lindsay at their
home on Monday, Aug. 23rd. Mother
and child getting along nicely and
Alex Is the same old good natured
fellow.
Mrs. Chlttick passed through lone
one day last week on her way to The
Dalles. She will go from there back
East where she has accepted a job
with the government. She has been
head cook at the Jake Young ranch
this summer.
Professor Doak and wife, who
spent the summer in Chicago, West
Virginia, and other places of interest
returned to their home at lone last
Saturday evening. One of Mr. Doak's
brothers returned with them. These
good people report a very pleasant
time.
Lon McCabe returned home from
the East Tuesday evening. Lon had
been back there for about a month
visiting with his father who is very
poorly. lie says the farmers are
loBing lots of grain there this fall due
to the heavy rains, the grain rotting
in the shock.
Mrs. John Olden and her mother
returned to her home last week after
a visit of a couple of months back
East. You ought to have seen the
broad smile on John's face when his
wife arrived. John does not like to
batch when he has so many other
things to attend to.
LEXINGTON.
Wm. Padberg finished the thresh
ing in his part of the country Satur
day. Prof. Doak aud wife rturned Sun
day from Tillamook where they spent
the summer season.
William Cronk and Frank Robin
son of lone were in town Wednesday
looking after business interests.
Bill McMillan and Frank Burgoyne
returned Friday from an extensive
trip into the Monument country.
Miss Ina Gilbert returned Sunday
to take up her duties in the primary
grade in the public school of this
place.
Tom Nichols and Ray Mc Mister
went to the mountains to get out
their winter's wood. They expect to
be gone ten days. .
H. E. Burchell returned to his
home in Portland Thursday after
having arranged for the care of his
ranch for another year.
H. W. Copeland is In from his
ranch In the Finley country. He re
ports the weather rather warm and
no decrease in the rabbits.
Houston and Son of Portland have
been awarded the contract for build
ing the new school house. They
commence on the foundation Monday.
Buster, the little son of Gene Gen
try had the misfortune to fall out
of a tree, breaking his right arm near
the wrist.- He is getting along all
right at the present time.
Bert Glover started for his old
home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, last
Tuesday. Bert has been away 10
years and says he expects to see some
changes In the old home town.
Mlrs Vesta Cutsforth is visiting
her sister, Mrs. C. R. Pointer. Miss
Cutsforth spent the summer at the
seaside and is now on her way to
Pendleton, where she will teach in
the high school the coming -year..
J. A. Sachs, who has 'resided In
Lexington the past year, has decided
to locate in town. He has purchased
the Thomas property on Main street
and has fitted it for a residence and
will move his family in this week.
H. V. Gates and Alfred Ayers of
the Heppner Light and Water com
pany were In town this week looking
after the power line going through
this place. Poles and wires have
been unloaded and work on the line
will soon commence.
Jim Allyn came to town Friday
from Paulina, Crook county. Jim
left Morroiv county nine years ago
for the central part of the state and
this is his first visit here since he
left. He is visiting his brother, Geo.
Allyn of this' place.
Last Sunday was a pretty warm
day for the country. It was a little
too warm for these auto excursions
that have taken place all summer.
A relief came Monday and Tuesday
with a change in the weather.
The family of T. J. Mahoney re
turned home Wednesday evening af
ter spending several weeks at Salt
Air, xn the Oregon coast.
W. L. Houston, of Portland, was
in Heppner Monday. He and his son
have the contract of building the new
school for Lexington and have begun
operations.
The citizens of the Butter creek
section are agitating a big rabbit
drive as a means of getting rid of
these pests. The situation in that
locality is coming to the point where
either the people or the rabbits will
have to move out, and the farmers
out there have arrived at the con
clusion that It Is the rabbit's move.
They are asking the county court to
coopertite with them in exterminating
the rabbit pest.
OREGON CONTINUES
(From Page One.)
May Save Oregon Building.
If George M. Hyland can accom
plish, it, the Oregon Building will be
preserved along with the Fine Arts
Palace, and the dome of the Horti
cultural Palace. The matter has
been broached to Exposition officials
and It Is said that President Moore
and Commissioner R. B. Hale have
given the Idea their hearty endorse
ment. Mr. Hyland and the Oregon
Commission are doing all that is pos
sible to bring about this greatly-to-
be-denl red disposition of the Oregon
structure. This building is on Pres
idio, or government ground, and if
the government will make certain
concessions the Oregon Parthenon
will stand for many years as a mag
nificent advertisement of Oregon re
sources. While the structure con
tains a vast quantity of marketable
lumber it is said that the salvage
would bring no more than the cost of
removing the structure, so there is
added reason for leaving the building
stand as it is. It is a tremendously
substantial building, could be made
to serve splendid purpose for many
years to come, and would prove an
Exposition landmark that thousands
would find pleasure in viewing.
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1080 ACRES OF DEEDED LAND
FOR SALE
ONE OF THE BEST
COMBINATION
RANCHES IN
THE COUNTY.
370 acres of this is wheat land now in culti
vation. The balance is pasture land,
well watered, with government land
adjoining. 130 acres fenced
hog-tight.
$14,500
Good Terms
CONSULT
SMEAD & CRAWFORD
Heppner, Oregon
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PEARSON, The Tailor
Is now located in his new quarters on Main
Street, and is displaying the finest line of sam
ples of Fall and Winter suitings ever brought
to town. Step in and look them over and make
your selection early. -:- .;. .:. ... ...
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