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THE GAZETTE-TIMES, HEPPNER. OR-:.. THURSDAY. OCT. 7, 1915
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THE GAZETTE-TIMES.
Pendleton East Oreponian. It re- RED TAPE AXD COMMUNITY RE
fleets the spirit of the "Let 'er Buck"
city.
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Thursday. OctoVor 7. 1915.
A RURAL ( lii:ilTS LAW.
Newspaper:? in tiio ;
In the Western st-ciion
generally, are freely
prospect of rum! cre-i
at the next seloa of
r.thwest and
of the country
r.scussing the
s legislation,
duress draws
near. Congressman livii.'y oi Texas,
who has heretofore championed a
$500,000,000 bond tesae for the re
lief of cotton planners, is making a
demaEd for rural credits law, the
chief plank in the platform on which
he is canvassing his state as a candi
date for the United States Senate. It
was Mr. Henry who introduced the
first cf the rural credit bills in the
House, very soon after the convening
of the special session of Congress
April 15, 1913.
The fight for rural credits to be
made by congressmen representing
the cotton states will depend, to a
considerable extent, upon the condi
tion cf the cotton trade at the time
Congress meets. Should conditions
then be normal, or near normal, their
i! ore'liis will be much
fight f -,r rural or
more aggressive tfcau one for some
special legislation Uv the relief of
cotton planters. Should Vas cotton
situation be desperate, however, the
f.ght will be made for special cotton
legislation to afford quick relief, and
that for a rural credits law, apply
ing to the entire country, will not be
so earnestly pressed. The outlook
for rural credits legislation is not,
accordingly, either dark or bright.
There is hope cf a normal cotton sit
uation during the winter, but this is
not an assurance. Any aggressive
support cf such legislation may have
to come out of the West and North
west, if the Democratic House ma
jority, which comes mainly out of
the Smth. is in a complacent mood
becaus.-. the chi-.f staple of its section
is moving freely at good prices.
The joint House and Senate com
mittee appointed during the closing
hours of the last session has not been
called to m.-et during the long recess,
although the purpose cf its appoint
ment was that it should meet as often
durir.? the vacation as might be nec
essary for gathering all needed data
bearing upon the proble and pre
paring a bill for introduction. Its
inactivity mav or may not indicate
that the administration is not favor
able to the rural credits law. Mr
Glass of Virginia, a member of the
committee, and often an administra
tion mouthpiece, asserts that the new
banking system makes a rural cred
its law unnecessary. The president
denied this in one of his messages to
Congress. But Mr. Wilson has often
shown his ability to change front.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
German invaders and had sent him to
$1.50 i the semi-exile of the Caucasus; that
the Liberal party was in control of
the Duma, and that the leaders of
that party, besides insisting on many
administrative reforms, intended to
bri-.g about a change in the cabinet
and the dismissal of Premier Goremy-
! kin. Next came word that, in spite of
the protest of the Liberal majority,
the Czar had prorogued the Duma.
Are we to believe that these things
point toward a change either in the
foreign policy or in the internal or
ganization of Russia?
It is never easy for the western
peoples to understand the workings
of the Russian mind and of the Rus
sian political system, and it is es
pecially hard now when we are kept
in ignorance of much that would or
dinarily be made public. Some ob
servers take the removal of the grand
duke from the high command to
mean that the Czar tires of war, and
that he is beginning to listen to the
pro-German party, always strong at
Petrograd, which is urging Russia to
avoid further defeat and despoliation
by making a separate peace.
But there is as yet no real evi
dence that that is the case. It is
more probable that the grand duke's
downfall is the result of a cousinly
jealousy on the part of the Czar, and
of a widespread enmity on the part
of Influential persons whom the auto
cratic soldier has offended. He has
shown military capacity of a high or
der, both in offensive and in defensive
warfare. His reverses do not appear
to be his fault, but his enemies have
made them the occasion to break
down his authority.
' But Russia is not likely to make
a separate peace, unless its statesmen
have lost all power of vision. Such a
peace would deliver the empire from
much present suffering and humilia
tion, but at a cost of its future in
fluence in Europe. It would mean
the surrender of every historic Rus
sian ambition, and the abandonment
of the Balkan Slavs to German and
Turkish control. If the Czar were
weak enough to make the surrender
what would his people say?
What does that great inarticulate
nation think of the war, anyway? It
is suffering much and enduring stol
idly; but the Slav by temperraent and
past history is prepared for that.
Those who have the be3t oportunities
to judge think that the empire really
has its heart in the war; that it un
derstands the issues of the conflict,
and that it is ready to make still
heavier sacrifices if need be. The in
creasing power of the Liberals at
Petrograd points in that direction,
for liberal Russia dreads political
LET US REAP THE BENEFIT.
The artf-ian water developed by
the :.-,v!or!s in Morrow county, was
not an accident as many such dis
coveries are. but was the result of
nort'jfent effort of three years of
hard work in the sinking of many
wells to determine the true geologi
cal formation of this section of the
country. Their sleeps In producing
this valuable well has been phenom
enal insofar as they have had to over
come what would be to many, insur
mountable obstacles.
There is just on other thing that
the N'-wIobs are as much interested
in as in getting water for the wonder
fully rich section known at "the Ba
nana Belt" and that is, that the peo
ple of Morrow count' should reap the
benefits as far as possible from this
discovery.
Mr. Newlon learned only last Sun
day that there was a company form
ing to take over Ir.rge tracts of this
land. This company will of course be
made up of speculators, and this Is
what the Newlons are trying to keep
out, and as they are in a position to
get the choicest of tills land for the
bonifide settler or developer at ap
proximately $8.50 per acre, on very
easy terms, those interested will not
miss it by making an early selection
for their future homes in the Banana
Belt of Morrow county.
reach of scissors, pins, knives, etc., or
perhaps if the child had not been al-
lowed to run across the room with
For a year and a half an investiga- ,he do ,n her armg mi
tion of the, California-Oregon Power
Co. has been going on at the hands breaking the doll's eyes
of the Public Utility Commission. and having her own eyes cut by the
Inventories of all the properties broken bits of glass. Many of these
In many towns and the power plants preTentable accidents can be avoided ;
on the Rogue River have been made. j
and then hearings have been delayed. ' ' ,
For the past month hearings to de- common sense. iNoi aione in me ,
termine rates for service have been care of infants, but with adults en-
had at the State Capitol, where law- gage)i jn orajnary household em
yers of the power company and state loymentg M we a mUe extra
and city attorneys have appeared.
All these hearings have cost the 'i'wpnu. re-
taxpayers a great deal of money and suits from apparently trivial acei-
the public utility company has been dents. For example, eyes have been
put to great expense for witnesses ipaiy damaged by flying bits of
and lawyers and inventories. .... , . . . .... v .
As these hearings have for their " '
ultimate purpose fixing values of the Was into the eye, in lavlng a
properties and finally are to fix rates carpet; from a small bit of lime fall-
for the company to do business upon ing Irom a broken ceiling; from
stooping in a dark room and striking
the eye on the sharp corner of a table
or chair. In fact, the possibilities
of accidents of this sort are innumer
able, where a little less haste perhaps
or a little extra care, would prevent
them.
subjection to Germany more than re
actionary Russia could possibly fear
it. It is almost certain that the
breakdown of the Russian campaign
is owing in part at least to the sam
shameful peculation and greed in
high places that prevailed during the
war with Japan. If that is true, the
resentment of the nation may yet
bring about startling political and
governmental changes at Petrograd
but such changes are quite as likely
to be followed by increased efficiency
in the field as by the collapse of Rus
sian resistance. That will even more
hlv be the case if the allies
should win at the Dardanelles.
Finally, the world will watch with
interest the attempt of the Russian
Liberals to gain more justice and
freedom for the Jews, the Finns, and
tha Pole within the empire. If the
defeat of the Russian armies shakes
the stolid internal policy of the Rus
sian bureaucracy, the humiliation
throueh which the country is pass
ing will mark only a step, and, for all
its bitterness, a necessary step, ill
the progress of the people. The
Youths' Companion.
NORTHWEST CLAIMS GRAHAM
I. P. Graham has resigned as as
sistant chief of the livestock depart
ment of the Panama-Pacific Interna
tional Exposition to become editor ot
the Rural Spirit, at Portland, Ore.
Mr. Graham is a welcome addition to
the ranks of those who are working
for better farming conditions in the
Pacific Northwest. He was for nine
teen years a professor in the Kansas
Agricultural College and for several
years was editor of the Kansas Far
mer. He was the organizer of the
Kansas Pure Bred Livestock Associa
tion and was one of the strong men
in getting legislation favoramle to
the farmers.
Mr. Graham is well known to local
readers of the livestock journals of
national circulation, he being a reg
ular contributor to several of them.
He Is enthusiastic concerning the
possibilities of livestock In the Pa
cific Northwest, and pronounces the
The Oregonian started something exhibits that he has Inspected at the
a little over a year ago, when It ere- Utate fairs of Washington and Oregon
ated the Monday Crawfish. Since then a8 the equal of the best they grow in
we have witnessed the arrival of the! the corn belt states, where much of
all development work has been sus
pended.
In the meantime the California-
Oregon Power Company has been
threatened with competition of a pi
ratical character that has started to
enter its field.
Public ownership projects have
been launched in many communities
to force down the rates of the California-Oregon
Power Company, but
so far none of them have materialized.
The Oregon Utilities commission
finds the properties have a. value in
the opinion of their engineer of $1,-
820,471 as cost of reproduction, and
$2,085,990 in the opinion of the com
pany's engineer.
The hearing was made riduculous
by Introducing testimony that tne
employees had a clubhouse at Gold
Ray where among the restaurant
equipment was found a set of wine
and punch glasses.
It seems that a former owner of
the plant did maintain a clubhouse
for his friends in the Rogue River
Valley, and later it was made a club
house for the employes by the pres
ent owners.
It can readily be seen how under
a long-drawn-out red-tape hearing, if
conducted never so fairly and with
never so much good intent, has held
up the development of these properties.
Instead of being able to borrow
cheap capital and extend their lines
to furnish cheap power to commun
ities and irrigation companies and for
private Irrigation plants, a big invest
ment has been killed.
State development demands a
more practical system of handling
public utilities unless the whole state
is to be forced upon a public owner
ship basis as private capital will not
come In under such a handicap, with
no certainty that it can earn divi
dends. The State Banking department
pursues no such policies and banking
is prosperous and new banks are be
ing opened in different parts of the
state and all are proud to have banks
make money. 1
Suppose on complaint of citizens
all the banks in southern Oregon
were given a prolonged investigation
and overhauling by the state bank
ing commission for the purpose of as
certaining their value and fixing
rates.
In the meantime, pending the in
vestigation, their business would fall
off, and some of them would have to
close their doors, and no new banks
would start up in business in Oregon.
But the State Banking department
does not do that kind of business
simply because it is not "good busi
ness," and would not be tolerated In
any other line of investment except
public utilities.
But the public utility has to make
rates for service the same as the
banker makes rates for exchange and
on loans and its rates must be accept
able to the public or it cannot do
business.
A power company must make spe
cial rates to power users, to farmers
who want irrigation, to the women
who use .ranges in their kitchens and
the rates must be low enough to pro
duce customers.
The whole tendency of the public
utility commission, aside from spend
ing $100,000 every two years on red
tape investigations, is to hinder the
development of utilities and keep
capital out of the state.
Forest Notes.
Fire fighting in Oregon, Washing
ton and Alaska, since July 1, has cost
the government $50,000. Most of the
fires were prevented from doing any
material damage to merchantable
timber. The majority of them were
confined to old burns.
The Forest Service has in Oregon
and Washington a total of 4062 miles
of telephone and 4028 miles of trail.
These are primarily for use in fire
suppression. 1
The Forest Service has. In Oregon
and Washington, over 100 high look
out points constantly manned dur
ing the fire season. The best known
of these lookouts is Mt. Hood.
An officer of the Forest Service has
designed a .portable telephone for
rangers, which weighs only two and
a half 'pounds. Connection may be
made anywhere along the lin with
this instrument. Over c.-.s hundred
of them will be used in Oregon and
Washington next year.
Success has followed forest plant
ing on the sandhills of Nebraska.
Jack pine planted there by the gov
ernment forest service ten years ago
now have a height of over 15 feet
and a diameter of 4 inches.
Only one modern sawmill Is oper
ated in the Territory of Hiawaii.
In Oregon there are approximately
769,000 head of sheep grazing upon
the National Forests. This repre
sents 43 per cent of the number
grazed in the State.
During the fiscal year ending June
30, 1915, there were opened to entry
on the National Forests of Oregon,
upon individual application, 315 for
est homesteads, covering an area of
about 29,000 acres; and in National
Forests of Washington, there were
812 forest homesteads opncd to en
try; covering an area of 3.S0 acres.
Results obtaia(! from !:.! dei
fication work on the National For
ests demonstrates the fart that prac
tically all farm land has been ex
cluded from the Forests.
According to figures compiled by
the Government, water powers in the
state of Oregon are capable of devel
oping 3,500,000 II. P. and in the
State of Washington 5.000,000 H. P.
In Oregon there are already devel
oped 156,183 II. P. and in Washing
ton 408,000 H. P.
Relic of Prehistoric Days.
Messrs. Finalyson and Roddick,
who operate the Quartz Gulch placers
east of town, at the foot of Canyon
mountain, brought into town the oth
er day a very interesting relic. It is a
petrified ivory tusk. The tusk is in
two pieces, one piece about 12 inches
long and the other about 18 inches.
The two pieces do not fit together,
but evidently belong to one tusk, the
middle part having been broken from
the other parts and as yet not located.
One of these pieces was found a year
or two ago embedded in the ground
at a considerable distance below the
surface. It was. washed out while
piping for gold. The other piece was
found near by this season. The mid
dle piece likely remains In the
ground. Whether this tusk belong
ed to a mastodon or an elephant is
A radical utility commission would not known, but it is evident that some
Saturday Evening Alibi, which has
made Rex Lampman as well as the
Oregon Journal famous, the Portland
Telegram's Monday Mutter, and now
the foundation flocks and herds in
Oregon, Washington and Idaho have
been purchased. Mr. Graham has a
national reputation as an authority
force the state and all its political
subdivisions into public ownership
enterprises that under the same kind
of red tape political management
would bankrupt the taxpayers.
In the meantime the good money
of the taxpayers and the capital and
revenues of the utility company are
wasted on expensive investigations
that will all have to be repaid by the
light and power users. Pacific Coast
Manufacturer.
Preventable Injuries of the Eye.
Much has been done in recent
years to protect the eyes of workmen
from Injuries, and the number of eyes
thus saved has been considerable.
Even with all these precautions how
ever, accidents are bound to happen,
but If the sight of an eye is occasion
ally lost through some unavoidable
accident, we can feel that everything
possible has been done to prevent it.
How different are our feelings when
we see an eye destroyed througn
monarch of the forest roamed over
Canyon mountain age3 past, leaving
this relic as mute evidence of his ex
istence. Canyon City Eagle.
Library Will Serve Lunch.
The ladies of the Library Associa
tion announce that they will serve
sandwiches, cake and coffee at the
library room of the City Hall next
Wednesday afternoon. It is promised
(and the ladies always make good
their promises) that you will get all
you want to eat for twenty cents.
Here is an opportunity for the gen
eral public to help a good cause along
and at the same time get more than
value received for your generosity.
Remember the date Wednesday af
ternoon, October 13, from 2 until 6
30; the place Library room,
our own section of the journalistic along livestock lines and in his ripe
field Is represented In this particular experience as an educator the farm
line of endeavor by "The Weekly j en of the Northwest have gained a
Bulldogger," In the columns of the splendid co-worker.
Dr. Hunlock Improving.
Dr. E. R. Hunlock, for a long num
ber of years a resident of Heppner,
informs his friends here that he Is
some accident that could easily have slowly recovering from the effects of
been prevented. Many a mother has an operation wnicii he underwent
wept bitter tears of anguish knowing several weeks ago at the Mayo broth
that she alone was to blame for the ers hospital in Rochester, Minn., for
loss of the sight In her baby's eye, the removal of a goitre from his
through her carelessness. If she had neck. Dr. Hunlock is now in Port
not allowed the child to get within ( land.
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