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TAGK TWO THE GAZETTE-TIMES. HEPPNER. ORE., THURSDAY, JI'N'E 8, 1915 THE GAZETTE-TIMES. them whore the French have takeu strong positions. The Heppr.pr (iaxeite. Established Warrh 30. IvS. The Uejipiior Times, established No vember Is. 1 ;T. Consolidated February 15. 1912. VAWTER OKAWFOliD - - Propr'eior ARTHUR R CRAWFORD - - - Editor Issued every Thursday morning, and entered at the rostoifiee at Heppner, Oregon, as second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year 150 Pix Months T5 Three Months , 50 Sinele Copies 05 MORROW COI STY OFFICIAL PAPF.Il Thursday, June S, 1916. WORLD'S GREATEST BATTLE. Four months have now passed since the beginning of the battle of Verdun. It will be recalled that, during that time, hardly a day has passed without - clashes of contending troops at some t points along the lines, while, on most of the days, there have been engage ments In great force, employing al ways artillery and more frequently Infantry than has been the rule in this w ar. Perhaps it is not too much to say that Verdun overshadows any half doien other battles of this war, including even those at the Marne and at Hanneburg, not only in the number, but . in the variety of the forces engaged. In the beginning of the assault the Germans hurled great masses of infantry, Including the crack troops of their army, advancing under cover of great artillerv fire, against the French. The French, the strongest arm of whose military ser vice is artillery, were able to repel these attacks and inflict frightful lostes on their enemy. When the Germans succeeded in carrying a po sition, the French, returning to the attack, were forced to the use of in fantry in making it. The German attack by infantry in mass inthe be ginning, followed by a series of in fantry attacks and counter attacks on trenches and heights by both armies, has given the infantry more to do at Verdun than anywhere else along the total length of all battle lines. As a result, the casualties at Ver dun, in battle continuing over a per iod of weeks, hare far exceeded those of any other field. Figures now offer ed can, in the nature of the case, be little more than estimates. Judged by the duration, extent and violence of the fighting, there is danger of the re sults being underestimated.. Verdun is certain to hold rank as the greatest battlefield in the history of the world, in the history of all wars. It cannot be called a seige, since, while there ere French forts at Verdun, the Ger man attack has been directed much less at them than at points outside of Union Pacific System Ranks FIRST AMONG TRAVEL ROUTES of the United States in Scenery, Service Equipment Ihe three things that count most in making travel pleasant. Take advantage of Low Round Trip Fares and go East this summer via the cool, smooth, granite-clean Union Pacific. Ask for "TOUR" literature and the cost of a journey "back home." Union Pacific is the popular route to YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK Include a visit with your east ern trip. Through Sleeping Car Service direct to the' Park. J. 15. HI DDLESTOX, Agent ROUND TRIP FARES Denver $ 55.00 Omaha (10.00 Kansas City 00,00 Ht. Louis. . . 71.20 Chicago . . . 72.50 iM'troit . ... 83.50 Washington 108.50 Ronton .... 11 0.00 New York.! 110.70 A jury in Portland recently found a mother guilty of contributing to the delinquency of her 15-year-old daugli- ' ter, in that she permitted her to fre- quent public dance halls at night ami associate with men of doubtful char acter. It is said to be the first rate ever tried in Oregon where an at tempt was made to fix the responsibil ity on a parent for a child's downfall. That the decision is an important one is obvious, inasmuch as it will affect the status of all parents with regard to their responsibility before the law for their children's actions. It is be lieved that the result or this case will be far-reaching in that it will lessen the percentage of cases customarily ending in the juvenile court as the re sult of the delinquency of parents. COMMUNICATIO. The third annual Farmers' Union Picnic will be held in Heppner this year, the 17th of this month of June, being on Saturday. Although the de tails of the program for that day are being looked after by members of the Heppner local union, it will be up to the people of Heppner to act as host to the visitors who will come to our city on this occasion. The last two years lone and Lexington have han dled the annual picnic in a manner which will be hard to approach; but by earnest efforts on our part and co operation with the men in charge, we can, and will, make the third annual Farmers' Union Picnic the best yet. Let's all get busy and show the visit ing farmers a royal good time when they are here on the 17th. There are many men just now who would be president, either right or wrong. Evidently the Rose Festival has lost none of its popularity. Four prominent democrats leave Oregon for St. Louis to attend the national convention. Their task is easy in comparison with their con temporary delegates at Chicago. Wil son will receive the nomination on the first ballot. LAX8IXG THE NEXT PRESIDENT. The next president of the United States will be Robert Lansing of New, York, the present secretary of state. This is not in the nature of a wild political prediction, nor is it the in auguration of a boom for a democrat j'dark horse." It is merely the statement of a fact, which barring the death or resignation of Secretary Lansing, is as certain as anything can be. Mr. Lansing's term of office does not depend upon the action of any po litical convention; it is likewise ir respective of any primary or direct election. In point of fact, it dates back to 1S86, when congress passed an act providing that, in the event or inability of both the president and the vice-president of the United States, the secretary of state shall act as president. March 4, 1917, will fall upon a Sunday, and it is contrary to all pre cedent although not in opposition to any law to hold an inauguration on Sunday. Therefore the incoming chief executive will take the oath of office and commence his term shortly after noon on March 5. President Wilson's term commenced at noon on March 4, 1913; therefore, according to the constitution, which defines the term of a President as "four years," his tenure of office will be over at noon on March 4 and, even if he is elected to succeed himself, he cannot take the oath of office until noon on the following day. Vice-President Marshall, of course, is under the same disability as the president. There fore, the secretary of state, Mr. Lan sing, will be president of the United States for twenty-four hours and some minutes elapsing between noon on Sunday, March 4, and the time that the new president takes the oath of office on the following day. This brief term of office is not a mere formality. It is an actual occu pation of the power of president, with !uT1 Mo autVinflHAa an na,ni,aHv. Mr. Lansing President Lansing for the day will be empowered to occu py the White House, to issue pardons, to attend to all the other business of which the chief executive has control, and to ride to the capitoi; should he desire, as he outgoing president on inauguration day. Moreover, this is the first time in the history of the nation that a secre tary of state has had this honor tie stowed upon him, and only the second Years ago there was a wagon road from Morgan down Willow creek to Cecil and it (lid riot find its way over high rocky points well nigh impass able. This was before the advent of a railroad into this country. But after the coming of the iron horse, or in the preparation for its coming it was necessary to appropriate part of the wagon road right of way, and the railroad company were given per mission to take what they deemed necessary, on the agreement however that the company would build a new road as good as the old one. But now, just before the railrond reaches Morgan it runs under the rim rock for a distance. It crowded out the wagon road, and now the highway runs up over the rim rock. We understand the railroad engineer surveyed the wagon road to come through the rim rock several hund red yards northwest of where it does now. His survey would have brought the road down on an easy grade to the old road bed that re mains there yet, but it would have taken considerable labor and powder to put it there. It was never done and here are a few of the supposi tions why it was never done. 1st, Mr. Contractor gets the con tract on the basis of the engineer's survey. 2nd, Mr. Contractor goes and in terviews the local supervisor and the two agree that a wagon road down Willow creek is not any longer neces sary since the building of the rail road so that all they deem necessary is to bring the wagon road around on top of the rim rock to a point where they can slide down without upset ting. This was done and every one who has come into the country since has been punished for allowing the trick to be put over. An example of the condition of this crevice in the rocks, is an incident which hap pened only recently when C. A. Minor and party of two automobiles came down on the road going to his ranch at Cecil. A lady was driving the first car and managed to get up to the roughest and steepest point in this 3lide through the rim rock when the car became stalled. It is not a pleasant place for a man to have a car stall to say nothing of a woman. Now what I want to know is, will the county court take the matter in hand and order the road opened on the old survey or must we travel this trail always? A Taxpayer. time in the 140 years of existence of the United States that the office has been held by any other than the pres ident or vice-president. The pre vious incident was in 1849, when United States Senator David Rice At chison of Liberty, Mo., as president pro tern, of the senate, succeeded to the vice-presidency and presidency in turn when the term of Polk and Dal las expired and held the office over Sunday until Zachary Taylor was in augurated. On January 19, 1886, Congress passed the bill which provided for the succession to the presidency through the cabinet, commencing with the secretary of state and passing ou through the secretary of war, the at torney general, the postmaster gen eral, the secretary of the navy, and the secretary of the interior. The other cabinet officers rank in the or der of their establishment. Since the foundation of the gov ernment cabinet officers at the close of one administration have held over into a new administration until their successors have been appointed and confirmed and have qualified. New York Tribune. June 14th will be observed by the nation as Flag Day, it being the 139th anniversary of the birth of the stars and stripes. June 14th is also the 13th anniversary of the Heppner flood, one of the saddest calamities that has ever happened to any com munity. It would not be amiss to hang the flags at half mast in this city to the memory of those citizens who !"st their lives at thu". time. IONE NEWS OF INTEREST Bulletin No. 2 Why We Are Opposing A Government Armor Plant To the People: . v . . , Some people say that the very fact that the Bethlehem Steel Company' is so aggressively ' fyhtin;; the proposal to build a Government armor plant is conclusive proof that the Company is seeking to assure for itself the "vast profiu" derived from private manufacture. The fuel is that armor making is the least profitable feature of steel manufacture. ...', The reason vre oppose a Government plant is very simple. It is this: Ev?n th-iugh there is but little profit in the making of armor, we have invested over 57,000,000 in our armor plant; That plant is useless for any other purpose; if a Government plant is built the useful ness of our plant is destroyed. It would be good business for us to make armor for the Govern ment at any price over and above the actual shop cost, RATHER THAN SACRIFICE OUR ENTIRE INVESTMENT. We do not seek to save big profits; our purpose is very frankly to save our armor plant itself built solely for the use of the Government from going to the scrap heap. To do that, we are prepared to agree for any period to any terms of manufacture which the Federal Trade Commission shall say absolutely protects the Government of the United States. CIUS. M. SCHWAB, Chairman EUGENE G. GRACE. Prwi.lent Bethlehem Steel Company (Continued from First Page) drawback to development, will be re moved. John Harbke left by Ford for his Portland home on Tuesday. He was accompanied by Frank Engelman. The Farmers Union Warehouse Co. held their annual meeting on Tues day and lected officers and dirctors. Miss Lillian Troedson, daughter of Paul Troedson, departed Tuesday for a visit to Portland and the Rom show. Mr. Earl Eseltyne has charge of the Tum-a-Lum Lumber Co. business in lone during the absence of W. H. Cronk. Dr. C. C. Shlck was called to Hepp ner Tuesday to assist in performing an operation at the Heppner Sana torium. Miss Gwendolyn Jones is spending the week in Portland, visiting friends Rnd enjoying the Rose show. She de parted on Monday. J. A. Waters was down from Hepp ner Saturday to attend the annual meeting of the Farmers Warehouse Company held here on that day. Assessor Jesse J. Wells made an f ? f f ? ? T t ? T t ? t ? T T f T ? t X T T t t T ? T t T ? ? T i t T T ? m$m$m$mm THIRD ANNUAL MORROW COUNTY SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1916, IN HEPPNER AT MORROW COUNTY FAIR GROUNDS j ; - The program is being arranged and will be pub lished in full in next week's issue. J. E. Brown, State President, and A. R. Shumway will be the chief speakers. Good music. You are cordially invited to celebrate with the farmers. BASKET DINNER BRING YOUR BASKET FILLED WITH EATS ASSURED t t T t ? T ? ? t ? ? t t ? ? Y f f f f ? t t ? ? t ? ? t ? T f ? ? T T f t t ? ? ? official visit to lone during the week. ; He is now busy at work assessing the residents of this end of the county. I Augustine Liebl, prosperous farm er of the West side, was doing busi ness in lone on Monday. He now drives to town In bis new Dodge car. j O. B. Barlow, accompanied by his nephew, Floyd Barlow and nelce, Miss 'Etta Barlow, 'left on Monday's train for Portland to take in the Joys of the Rose show. Leonard Calrson, prosperous young farmer of Gooseberry, took his de parture for Portland Monday to spend the week visiting his parents and tak- tlon there. ing In the carnival festivities. Doak's new assistant. He arrived at the Doak home last Thursday and is a bright and lusty young , fellow. Mother and child are doing well. F. L'. Christensen, local druggist, left for Portland Tuesday morning, having in mind Borne important busi ness matters to attend to, and also to enjoy a visit with friends and see what is doing at the big show. , Frank E. Cronan, bookkeeper at Bank of lone, left for Portland Sun day to spend Festival week in that city. While there he will also attend the sessions of the State Bankers As sociation which is holding a conven- I I Kenneth Earl is the name of Prof, Mrs. Delia Corson returned Tues day evening from her vacation of two weeks. She was a delegate to the Re bekah grand lodge at Roseburg, and on her return trip stopped over at Lyle Wash., where she visited with her sister. . G. M. Akers, who was transacting business in lone on. Tuesday, states that the grain in the Gooseberry sec tion is fairly Jumping these warm days. He expects a fair yield and an nounces that hie neighbors will all fair equally well with himself. Miss Winnie Williams, who just re cently closed a successful nine months term of school in the Williams dis trict, departed for her Portland home on Monday. Miss Williams Is a good teacher and gave splendid satisfac tion both to pupils and parents.
