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Rollicking 5-part comedy by James Forbes with
pretty Irene Fenwick in the leading role. The
cast incluJes other very popular Broadway stars.
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Phone Residence Heppner, Oregon
Junction public schools add indus
trial course.
Sherwood has completed two fine
new business blocks.
There is an opening for a state
bank at Tigardville.
Astoria city tax for 1916 to be 1.2
mills less than for 1915.
Hood River is harvesting the sec
ond crop of strawberries.
Oregon's freak Sunday law is to be
construed to stop baseball.
The new Motor Vehicle Law will
produce $400,000 revenue.
Municipal theaters are advocated
by Prof. Sowers of U. of O.
Monument and Clatsop Plains
planning union high schools.
Hon. S. L. Moorhead of Junction
has bought the St. Helens Mist.
Clatsop Plains cranberry indus
try is yielding 50 barrels to acre.
The Weinhard Brewing Co., Port
land, will manufacture near-beer.
Portland will rebuild Tanner
Creek trunk sewer, to cost $50,000.
Lane county citizens are asking
30 per cent reduction in valuations.
M. H. Squires plans $40,000 fire
works factory to be located at G res-
ham.
Rail laying on the Willamette-Pa
cific has begun south of Siuslaw
river.
Work is to start again on the Suth-
erlln, Coos Bay and Eastern railroads.
A. G. Bauer and E. C. Conley have
bought the Hughes furniture store at
Eugene.
Yaquina Harbor part districts will
defray half expense of proposed im
provement.
J. C. Butcher is establishing a $10-
0'H arsenate of lead spray plant at
Hood Rier.
A. R. Badger of St. Helens, has
order for 400 incubators from a cat
alogue house.
C. E. Taylor has bought Stayton
Electric Light plant and will make
improvements.
Prineville Journal has it that A. R.
Rogers Co. will build mill and rail
road to their timber holdings.
Coast Culvert & Flume Co., Kent
on, is building a 40x60 foot two
story addition to factory.
The S. P. Co. is negotiating for the
purchase of 80 acres additional
ground at Springfield for car shop
purposes. It has already purchased
2 45 acres.
Clyde C. Dawson, representative of
Colorado Governor, in his address be
fore the water power conference at
Portland, put the whole problem in
a nutshell in the following para
graph: "The completely rounded
scheme which looks to the control of
our resources on the public domain
would lead to the substitution of a
servile tenantry for an independent
citizenship of owners, and would
leave the destiny of our future
growth and development to the arbi
trary control of ever-changing offi
cials in the far-distant city of Washington."
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PARCEL POST EXHIBIT
United States Government to Illus
trate Methods of Shipping Arti
cles at Coming Land Pro.
ducts Show.
Portland, Sept. 29, (Special)
The Post Office Department has au
thorized the Portland office to install
an educational parcel post exhibit at
the Manufacturers' & Land Products
Show which will be held at the Ar
mory October 25th to November 13
th. A similar exhibit was made last
year which attracted a great deal of
attention, there being something ov
er ten thousand questions asked by
interested visitors, showing that the
public is desirous of learning of the
many advantages of the parcel post.
This branch of the postal service Is
practically in its infancy, but there
is no doubt that in the near future
the parcel post will be the means of
furnishing a market for the products
of the farmers, as well as supplying
the farmer with facilities for the pur
chase of goods from a distance and
having them delivered by rural free
delivery direct to his home. In this
connection, it may be stated that the
Portland Post Office is now compiling
a list of producers and the commod
ities they iiave to sell, which will be
printed and distributed to the Port
land consumers without cost to the
producer.
The intent of the display at the
Manufacturers' & Land Products
Show will be to Illustrate the method
of preparing for shipment, and a
demonstration of a line of contain
ers and packers which are now man
ufactured expressly for the use of
making parcel post shiDmentH. A
government clerk will be detailed to
make explanations and give all in
formation concerning rates and reg
ulations governing the parcel post.
Washington, Sept. 29. Vast gov
ernmental operations involving the
expenditure of more thau one hun
dred million dollars were practically
paralyzed for over a month last year
by failure of the Democratic Congress
to properly enact necessary legisla
tion. The "tie-up" was paramount to a
strike with hundreds of thousands of
men idle, according to government
officials charged with expenditure of
the funds controlled by the legisla
tion. The amount was contained In
what is popularly termed the "sun
dry civil" bill. In order to carry out
the plans on which it was based, the
bill had to be passed by June 30. It
did not pass until more than a month
later. For the intervening time none
of the future work contemplated in
the legislation could be started.
It would take hundreds of pages
to describe the disastrous results of
this heedless delay. Only a mere
hint can be given of the activities the
"sundry civil" bill provided for. It
is one of the largest supply bills Con
gress handles, and included nearly
four million dollars for improve
ments and maintenance of soldiers'
homes; two and a half millions for
the protection of public health; seven
millions and more for keeping up life
saving stations and light houses; over
one million for fortifications on the
Panama Canal; over three and a half
millions to enable the Interstate Com
merce Commission to continue the
physical valuation of railroads and
other important activities; more than
thirteen millions for building quar
antine stations, hospitals and other
public buildings theretofore author
ized; and numerous other less strik
ing features.
"It is imperative that funds for
purposes like this shall be made
available with the beginning of the
fiscal year," said a government of
ficial in discussing this subject. "Ev
ery day's delay after that is nearly a
total loss. Funds really ought to be
ready by May 1 of each year; but
to fail to provide them by July 1,
and have to resort to resolutions con
tinuing old appropriations, as Con
gress was forced to do in this instance
is sheer waste.
"From ten to fifteen per cent of the
amount of an appropriation is a total
loss if it is not passed before July 1.
If the money wasted in delayed ap
propriations during the last four
years could be made available now,
we would not need to be devising
ways and means to replenish the
treasury. The waste would probably
more than cover the estimated def
icit." The crime of delaying action on
appropriation bills was emphasized
by the Democrats in the recent spring
session of Congress. Within tliirty
six hours of the time for adjourn
ment only two relatively unimport
ant appropriation bills had been en
acted. Yet in the brief hours before
noon of March 4, the enormous sum
of about one billion dollars was au
thorized to be expended.
This performance was an appro
priate close to a record of misman
agement that is unparalleled in the
history of our government.
Auto Accident at Ijong Creek,
'Mrs. Alta McIIaley was seriously
injured in an automobile accident at
Long Creek last Sunday. Her arm
was broken and she also suffered
some painful lacerations. D. Scrog
gins was also injured. He was driv
ing the car. Mr. Scroggins was a nov
ice at the wheel as he was just learn
ing to drive the machine and in turn
ing around he cramped the machine
too close and it upset. Blue Moun
tain Eagle, Canyon City.
I TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
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From The Gazette, Sept. 25, 1890.
Joe P. Williams got home from
Granite last Saturday evening after
several months prospecting and min
ing. Newt and Joe own in partner
ship, a claim in Granite which, so far
as developed, looks very well. Their
tunnel is now in 120 feet and they
also have a shaft down 20 feet. Joe
showed us some very fine rock from
noted mines very near his claim, all
within a radius of two and one-half
miles.
Hon. Henry Blackman, who was
visiting in our town and county for
several days, left on the Canyon City
stage yesterday, morning. We find
Mr. Blackman to be, since his elec
tion, the same talkative gentleman,
and just as ready to shake hands and
Inquire arter the "babies" as he was
when In our county electioneering.
We prophesy he will make his mark
in the Senate chambers of Oregon.
E. O. Herald.
Will Houston and little daughter
arrived Saturday from Junction City
where Mr. Houston is In the flouring
business.
About $125,000 worth of stock Is
already subscribed towards building
the Heppner-Sumpter railroad and
Pendleton branch.
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is a good time to
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WE BELIEVE THERE IS MUCH ROOM FOR DE
VELOPMENT OF THE SAVINGS HABIT AMONG THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE IN GENERAL, AND AMONG OUR
LOCAL PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR.
WHEN WE FIRST PUT IN OUR SAVINGS DEPART
MENT RESULTS WERE NOT ENCOURAGING, BUT WE
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