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THE GAZETTE-TIMES. HEPPNER. ORE., THURSDAY, JI'N'E 8, 1915
THE GAZETTE-TIMES.
them whore the French have takeu
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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THIRD ANNUAL MORROW COUNTY
SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1916, IN HEPPNER
AT MORROW COUNTY FAIR GROUNDS
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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
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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.