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PAGE FOUR THE GAZKTTE-TIMK3, HEPPNER, ORE., THURSDAY. AUG. 31, 1918. THE GAZETTE-TIMES. The Hoiiruer Caiette, War. h "nt 1 sVa The HeppiuT Tunes. Established No vem'nei !. 1!? Consolidated February !V 1912- arrangement and detail for a surwa ful county (air, and the people ot thit county are rapidly coming to the ton- Established j cmsion that they made a pood Invest ment when they sent dowa to O. A. C. for a fair manager. VAWTErt CRAWFORD - - Proprietor ARTHUR R CRAWFORD - - - F.ditor Issued even Thursday mornnnc. and nteid at the stoffiee at Heppner, Orec.Mi. as second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: .ll.5 THE PKMOCRVriC PARTY THE TARIFF. AND One year.. Six Months Three Months '" llnhrokpn American prosperity. Copies ' . .... mere are sikus uiai mcic Sinttle Copi Knoxvillt (Tenn.) Journal and Tribune There are thousands ot De mocrats all over the country, who be lieve that a tariff that is protective ot American industries is essential to More MORROW COl Vl'Y OFFICIAL Thursday, August 31, 1916 FALL ELECTION IS NEAR AT HAND VOTEHS SHtHI.D UElilS. TER. now The presidential election is only a few months distance. That reminds us that many voters failed to register in the primary election. Under the new registration law, it is not necessary for those to register who were registered after January '.. 1916, unless they moved into another precinct. But there are many voters who have failed to register at all. The present campaign, from a na tional standpoint, will be the hottest in the history of the nation, is the general prediction. You. Mr. Voter-W'ho-Has-N'ot-Registered. will want to taVe your part in settling the . great party issues. To do this, you should be registered and thereby be Qualified to cast your vote at the November election. over. APEtt ! among these thousands some who are . credited with being leaders. Bat It is a fact, as declared by Mr. Hoghes in one of his recent speeches that the Democratic party is utterly incapaci tated to deal with this question. In any other way than to hold to a tarifl "for revenue only." Anything other than that would be directly contrary to well-established Democratic principle. To prove that assertion, it is only neces sary to quote from the opening clause of the Democratic platform at Balti more in 1912, upon which Woodrow Wilson was elected president. We quote: "We declare it to be a fun damental principle of the Democratic party that the Federal Government under the constitution has no right or power to impose or collect tariff duties except for the purpose of re venue," etc. Every man elected to the two hous es of Congress and the president him self, before entering upon their offi ces, must take an oath to uphold the constitution. It therefore clearly follows, that according to their inter pretation of the constitution, if Con gress should pass a protective tariff any democrat who voted for it would do it in violation of his official oath, and if the president should sign such a bill, he would be guilty of a like violation. Therefore, it is fair to say that any party is incapacitated from dealing with the tariff question, in any way other than as a producer of revenue, for to do so would be a declared violation of a "fundamental principle" of the party. There are those in the party, men of prominence, would-be-leaders, who would get around this "insuperable" law, under the provisions of which imports of foreign commodities to be in American markets In corn- home producers, would But that would be pro- A little concentrated effort just now will be a means of putting all our main roads in fair condition. The only available and equitable method at this time seems to be that of straw ing. Past experience has proved that straw Is the best thing we have to fill the chuck holes and prevent further cutting up of the road. Two of the best examples of what straw will do is shown by the road leading from the W. H. Padberg place in Clarks Can yon into Lexington and also the road running out north from Lexington in to the Pointer-McMillan neighbor hood. Continual strawing on the last sold mentioned road has put it in excellent I petion with shape and the road bed has held firm, i be limited. This is a busy season for the farm- tection under another name, and the er. He has his hands full taking care names do not change facts or princi of his crops. But he needs a good pies. It would be just like whipp road to haul his wheat over. The ing the devil around a stump. It Is county court has hit upon about the too ridiculous to not be seen by men only plan that seems practicable. 0f average intelligence. That is, to have the various super- j All things considered, it it not visors take up the work in their dls- an unfair statement to make, that tricts. Working out the plan under the Democratic party is incapacitated a unit system, if systematic work Is to deal with this question upon any done, the entire county should be other theory than opposition to a thoroughly covered. There is, or will protective tariff because such a tariff be in a week or two, an abundance of would be contrary to the "fundamen straw. Getting It onto the road is the ital principles" of the party as de task to be undertaken. clared by the party representatives ! four years ago. Unless the party The coming colt show and the gen- has changed its principles In that eral stock exhibit at the Fourth An- time, it can give no protection to nual Morrow County Fair gives prom- American industries, and to attempt ise of excelling all former events of it through the enactment of "anti this nature. The fair board is mak-1 dumping" laws which would be but ing additional effort this year to in- another name for doing what it has terest stock men and make It worth denounced, and doing ft in a far their while to enter exhibits. Each less satisfactory manner, year sees an increased quality in the ; it is perfectly plain that if a majo stuff shown and each year finds a rity of the people of the United States keener competition among exhibitors, believe the country should have a With the improved condition under tariff that would at least equalize the which the stock are cared for, a new home "producer who pays American ImpetuR will be given this part of the wages, with the chances in our mar fair and fair visitors can look forward kets, of the foreign producer who to some A No. 1 stock exhibits this has the advantage of cheap labor, it year. must be done by a party that stands - " for a protective tariff and has al- Yictor Garvin, the man who is put-. ways so stood, ting the Gilliam county fair on the If the voters of the conntry want map is just as near the person!-j a protective tariff they know they can fication of pure "pep" as any man we have it by electing Hughes and with have yet had the pleasure of meeting. Garvin has an everlasting spirit of get-up-and-go and he is making peo ple throughout the Gilliam county neighborhood sit up and take notice. He is demonstrating every day that he has the correct idea of preliminary him a Republican Congress. If they want a tariff for revenue only, that falls short of producing needed reve nue, they may have it by re-electing Wilson and with him a Congress that will do his bidding, as the last two congresses have been doing. XON-PARTISAN BLIXDXESS. The Oregon Democratic papers, wet-nnrsed by that great non-partisan publication, the Portland Journal whose destinies are directed by a distinguished southern Democrat, Charles Samuel Jackson, simply re fuse to be pleased with anything that Republican nominee Hughes does or says. They couldn't ery well draw an indictment against the whole popu lation of Oregon for being extremely zealous in its desires to see and hear Mr. and Mrs. Hughes, so they train their guns on Mr. Hughes in an ef fort to minimize the effect of his speeches and his triumphal tour through Oregon. "He did nothing but criticise Wil son, "he found nothing to com raend in the Democratic administra tion," and other disingenuous and misleading remarks are heard in De mocratic circles all along the line. Let's see: In regard to labor, Mr. Hughes spoke for "more vocational training" and "reasonable hours, proper sani tary conditions of work and whole some recreation In addition to pro per compensation." He advocated the "faithful and honest application of the Republican doctrine of a protective tariff appli ed by those who believe In it and not by those who do not believe in it." In regard to our position in the Philippines: "We ought not to tole e the suggestion of scuttling the Tilippines. We assumed obligations there which we are bound to dis charge." In the Mexican situation: "We want to show ourselves the friend of Mexico and we desire as soon as possible that there shall be a stable government. We shall do all we can to aid Mexico in governing her self, respecting herself. Meanwhile, let Mexico and every man in her pow er down there know that we under stand that American citizens are go ing to be protected in all events." Regarding preparation: ."Prepare dness Is insurance against trouble. 1 desire to see America standing great among the nations, In conscious self respect, seeking no trouble, not ag ressive or blustering, demanding only what is just but being firm In her de mands and prepared to maintain them." Efficiency In goVernme(nt: "We have got to put a stop to extrava gance; we have got to have more waste held down and prudent house keeping invoked in state and nation ; otherwise we invite disaster." And so the list might be extended Indefinitely. None is so blind as he who will not see and none but Democrats, attired in non-partisan regalia, and Inspired by the lust for continued power and will fail to find in Mr. Hughes' speeches a wealth of vigorous and construtive American statesmanship." DR. COOK TO TRY AGAIN. O L MILES of smooth, firm sandy beach w V sloping gradually oceanward more than a score of interesting beach hamlets inviting you to real rest and the simple life that'a NORTH BEACH. NOT DIFFERENT-BETTER I More beach better beach; an endles3 variety of things to do and places to go; quaint and re:;tful resorts; a pleasant boat trio to get there. Reached only via the 0-V. !L S. & K. S7EKHERS T.J HITTER KflSSALO HARVEST QUEEN Ftms, rmr'AU:: h-: .-':; 'kr Uiul full ifmnaHon upon upj.u..aium tolotUO-'S. K. K.&N. Auent,orth: General Passenger Agent, Portland Dr. Cook now contemplates going to the North Pole in an airship. After reading his plans, as we find them s&t out In an interview in a Kansas City paper, we are led to ad mit that it need not be such a hot air ship as he used in 1909. Dr. Cook may yet reach the North Pole So may others besides Peary. In fact, talking to the reporter of whal he says he has In view, the doctor-explorer seems to make It clear how a trip to the pole in a biplane is easily among the possibilities. The trip will be made during the Artie summer, which, Dr. Cook says, is much more pleasant than is gene rally supposed, the average tempera ture being at a point somewhere be tween 30 and 60 degrees above zero. Only the last 700 miles of the trip would be made in biplanes, of which there would be seven in all, one hav ing been left In advance at the end each 100 miles. The doctor an ticipates that the biplane trip from the point of departure, can be made quite speedily, and cites the fact that in Europe recently a French aero plane traveled 800 miles without stop ping. However , he does not calcu late upon such speed for himself, and looks to an arrangement by which he will change cars and also drivers, at the end of every 100 miles. Each of these stations will also be a provision station. "I expect to use biplanes of considerable carrying capacity," he said, "bo there will be no danger of running out of fuel." The Kansas City interview sheds no light on the dark point of who or what is to finance the expedition, which, the doctor added, he does not expect to undertake this year, or the next, but in the year following. The fact that lie is now traveling the Chautauqua circuit may Indicate that he intends to finance himself, if the chautauquas have not materially re duced the figures they were paying a few years ago for anything In the na ture of a curiosity or a sensation. And the exploring doctor Is perhaps both of these things. His talk of go ing to the pole In an aeroplane may be only advertising to hold the vogue he still has after seven years since he told it to the DaneB and to us. Hut any man talking interestingly about the North Pole in such a blazing sum mer as this has been, can always get a hearing, and proposing to demon strate that summer trips to that place can be made safe and easy is welcome to whatever advertising he can get in exchange for such a promise of the future. At that, we can find nothing impossible or impracticable In the project St.'Louls Globe Democrat. . A nrr : m i MORROW lOUNTYi - ' !? A if w JL - T I SEPTEMBER 14, 15, 16, 1916 f w .,... - -H 1 1 Entertaining Educational Amusing : I A. ? ? t f f f T T t ? ? T f f Y HERBE RT MUTER, Aviator I In Thrilling Dives and Loops. He performs the most thrilling stunts ever attempted by an aviator. THE ELKS' BAND, Of La Grande one of Oregon's premier musical or ganizations, will furnish music on all three days. I Amusements A Plenty---Rorri; - wneel, Dog and Pony Show, African Jungle and Girl Show Aeroplane, Portland Ad Club Quartette Punch and Judy Show, Magician, Flying Trapese and Revolving Ladder Act three times daily, Elks' Band of La Grande, Dancing and Other Features Lectures on Subjects of Interest to Agricul- f tunsts, Horticulturists and Stockmen. i ? ? t t ? t ? t ? ? t f f f f ? ? t t ? T t f f ? t f T f t ? t ? Y Colt Show. Stock Judging Contest I Best County Fair In Oregon I Don't Fail to Come I W.W.SME AD, Secretary vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv ? t ? Y T. f