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f " ' THE GAZETTE-TIMES, HEPPNER. ORE.. THURSDAY. NOV. 2. 1916 FACE EIGHT A WOMAN'S QUESTIONS A newly enfranchised woman voter liuH h. .mi avfcpri hv hpr husband to vote the democratic ticket but she trooPs t0 caPture" Vera Crui. Whereabouts is that! Is it some country e are at war with?" "No, of course not. that's a city in Mexico which Wilson ordered the did not care to exercise her new given prerogative without kuowing why she should vote for so and so and so and so. Following is a part of the conversation between the two: "Why should I vote for Wilson in prefi'ienee to Hughes?" ' Well, for one thing because he has kept us out of war." "I didn't know that anyone wanted to go to war with us. How did he kejo us out?" "By the way he handled the situa tions in Europe and in Mexico." "Who was tuere in Europe that wan., d to t to war with us?" "Why uo i.ae wanted t go to war with i.s. bat .. e might have gotten in to war with trem." "How did . iteep us out of war with them if they didn't want to go to war witn us? "Whv In- nnt hofno- in ha Kelt n-han I they sank our boats and killed our citizens." 'T-id Mr. Wilson let them go on sin! ; g our boats and killing our citizens?" . "No, he finally told iiiein they had toV.op." "Did they want to fight when he toldiheni that?" ?"iS'o. thy just stopped." " Well, why didn't he tell them that; la the first place, and save a lot ol our cii'Zens?" "He thought we might get into war." Why did ue want to capture Vera Cruz if we weren't at war with Mex ico?" "Why, some of our sailors were ar rested when they landed at Tampico on a wharf where folks had been for bidden to land and we captured Vera Cruz because Huerta wouldn't do what we wanted him to." "Did Huerta do w hat we wanted him to when we captured Vera Cruz?" "No." "Then were all those boys and those people at Vera Cruz killed for nothing?" "Yes, I suppose so." "Well, isn't that going to war?" "O no, we didn't call that war." "Well, if that isn't war, why don't we send soldiers down to capture some of the other cities because of iour citizens who have been killed? Isn't it as bad to kill our citizens as to arrest our sailors?" "Well, they haven't any business in Mexico." - . "But didn't you tell me the sailors went where they had no business?" "Yes, I suppose, so."' " ""Well, the.ny why didn't we say they had no business there and not sfend our sailor boys to be killed at Vera Cruz." ' ' "I don't know." "Well, weren't some of our soldier boys killed in northern Mexico?"' "Yes. a few." 'Why were they there if we were EDITORIAL SECTION - 1 ' " ' ..l..i i - l1 1 I.. . The Gazette-Times The Heppner Gazette, Established March, 30, 1883. The lleppner Times, Established. November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912. VAWTEH CKAWUmi), Proprietor. AKTHl'K K. CRAWFORD, Editor. Issued every Thursday nioining, and entered a, the postoirice at Heppuer, Oregon, as second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One. Year $1.60 Three Months $ .60 x Months .75 Single Copies . .05 OFFICIAL PAPER FOR MORROW COUNTY. Thursday, November 2, 1916 But they did not want to light 'not at war with Mexico. "They were cuasiug oanaus. Did the bandits kill tneinr when he did tell them that, did they?" "Haven't I already told you so!" "Well, if ihey didn't want to fight "No, they were killed by Mexican soldiers." Well, if Canada should send soia us and he finally told them the things iers over here to chase bandits and we should Kin some ui "i wouldn't we get into war?" "Yes, I suppose so. that he thought might get us into war how did he keep us out of war?" "Well, he kept us out of war, any way," "Well if he kept us out of war what "Well, why didn't we get into war with Mexico then?" "Because she Isn't strong enough was that war tax you were kicking ..f llen We would have got into war so much about?" 'if she had been strong enough to fight "O, well if he didn't keep us out of us?" war, he will keep us out of w ar." "Well, if he's going to keep us out of war why are we spending so many millions for preparedness?" "0, 1 don't know, I can't answer all your foolish questions." "Well, why was our militia sent down to Mexico, and why is it kept there? Are we in war with Mexico?" "No, of course not, didn't I tell you we've been kept out of war?" "Well, my sister wrote that one of her boys was killed in the battle of Vos T Rnnnnse SO. "Then Wilson has kept us out of war?" "Y'es, certainly. "0, I see. But you think Hughes would get us Into war?" "Certainly." "How?" "Why, he'd tell them they had to protect our citizens in Mexico or we'd send an army down there." "But isn't our army down there now, and didn't you tell me we would be in war now if Mexico wasn't too weak to fight?" "Oh, shut up!" ROY V. WHITEIS REAL ESTATE, FIRE, LIFE, STOCK AND AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE. List Your Property With Me For Quick Returns. ALL KINDS OF FARM AND TOWN PROPERTY AND RENTALS HANDLED. ? t Office 2nd door north of Minor & Co., formerly occupied by Dr. Culbertson. f ' . .. - WE HAVE MOVED VV VAHMVWVWVVVVV'A T I t t t t t T ? ? t ? ? ? ? ? Y f ? ? ? "I I To the Groshen Building Opposite Palace Hotel on May Street In our new quarters you will find everything J in the 5-10-15-25-cent line. GIVE US A CALL. 1 New Variety Store Y Y Y 14 A. W. R AGLAN, Prop. - A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A A A A A. AAAAWAAVmA 4 44 4 4 4 4 "4 Vi "4 We'llMakeitHotforS.G. McMillan "We knew it had to come and he has had it on his mind also but now that the matter has come to a show down we both feel easier. You sec, he wanted real comfort in his home. He wanted a warm house and he didn't want to pay too much he's a business man. So he arranged with us to fill his bins with our famous "TUM-A-LUMP" coal, and you can take our word for it, he will have a warm home th winter. We'll do the same for you. Just phone Main 41 and get the proper data for YOUH Home. "SEE WEIGEL OR CRONK ABOUT IT" At the Place , for "TUM-A-LUMP" .1 SHALL WE HAVE SOUP KITCHENS AFTER THE WAR? A .time has come for careful, fair-minded and just-hearted examination of the record of the Wilson administration. On one hand the opponents of that, administration must not bear false witness against it. ... .. Upon the opposing hand the supporters of that adhrihisf ra tion must not trv to cover up or run away from its record. The democratic party came into power -March 'l&13&inl the new president promptly convened congress in special ses sion to enact his party's program. First consideration was given to the tariff. That was logical, for the democratic party in the campaign of 1912 had put the tariff issue to the forefront. It had declared its conviction that tariff protection for Ameri iti.-i.: i can wage-eai nets was uiicuiisuiuuonai. . So the summer of 1913 was sriven un to the enactment of the free trade Underwood tariff law, and the new law went into operation October 3 of that year Immediately there fell upon the country conditions of acute distress among the wage-earners and dire ruin in the business world. Factories shut down or ran with diminished output, and the land was filled with idle men and women. So recently as February 17, 1915, as shown by the United States Bureau of labor statistics see World Almanac, page 127 there were still unemployed in the single day in New York 14o,591 men and women workers, and that survey covered only a part of the city's working population the building trades and a dozen other lines. In the dreadful winter of 1913-14, as shown by sur veys of charitable organizations, more than 300,000 workers were unemployed in New York alone. To relieve this appalling distress charity had to be or ganized on a scale previously unknown in the United States. From the Atlantic to the Pacific bread lines were formed, soup houses opened and all sorts of vacant buildings' turned into dormitories for the homeless poor. Business failures came in unprecedented numbers 1G,03" in 1913, 18,280 in 1914 and 22, 156 in 1915. In the dreadfu panic year of 1893 under another democratic administratioi they were but 15,242. See the reports ot K. (i. Dunn & Uo. Railroads went bankrupt and thousands of railway em ployes were out of work. In 1913, 9020 miles ot railroad went into the receivers' hands; in 1915, 20.143 miles, with a total mileage in receivership that year of 41.988, as shown by the re cords of the interstate commerce commission. . All that distress and ruin followed trre passage of the demo cratic free trade tariff law, and conditions were passing from bad to worse on August 1, 1914. The war practically annuilet ili.-. democratic tariff law. as the withdrawal of millions of European workers from fields of productive labor so reduced the output of the belligerent countries that little was lett tor sale abroad. At the same time the war brought a quick and unprece , , , . , ii i i ,f denied demand ror crawl lung we count promicc ,um ni.uiuic-- ure in the United States, lumber being about the only excep tion. It is idle for the democratic leaders to deny these facts, for thev are known first-hand to all the thouglittul voters ot the Pacific Northwest. Our farmers know what caused the ex traordinary demand at rising prices lor the products ot their farms. Our miners know the cause. Our fisherman know it Our stockmen. One of these days the war will end. Nothing is more cer tain than that; and unless the republicans are in power, we shall then be back to the normal working of democratic free trade, and facing an intensified invasion of the markets of the United States. If the voters nf the Pacific Northwest, knowing these facts as they are surely known, vote to bring back the distress and and ruin that democratic policies brought to this country be fore the war, they will have only them selves to blame for re turning bad times. Spokesman Review. On Wednesday, November, 8th the tax payers of school dis trict No. 1. will meet in the city hall for the purpose of accept ing the proposed budget for the" year 1917. The budget as proposed, contains an appropriation for the installion an main tenance of a domestic science course. The board is taking a progressive step in instituting this course in our school. Their action should receive the approval of every tax payer. Your disproval now will be more appreciated than kicks at a later date . Remember, next Wednesday November 8 is the day set for the meetin. t-f The fall rains are improving the roads as nothing else could do. The rains will also aid the farmer who desires to begin seeding for next year's crop, but its pretty tough on the man who has. not yet threshed this yjar'g crop, New Lumber Yard Now open in building formerly occupied by Independent Garage on Main Street. LUMBER, LATHS, SHINGLES, BUILDING ; MATERIAL. : LUMBER IN CAR LOTS A SPECIALTY. Get Our Estimates Before Building H. C. GITHENS t t X r5 CITY MEAT MARKET UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT All kinds of Fresh and Cured Meats and Lard This is the place to buy Oysters, Crabs, Clams, Salmon, Halibut, Smelts AttKXTS FOK "SEALSHII'T" OYSTKR8 Johnson & Johnson ANNOUNCEMENT The most highly appreciated gift ia the portrait of one near and dear. The truth of this statement is so evident that you will very probably admit it yourself. The most economical investment for the season Is a dozen photographs of yourself, of the baby or of the fam ily group; the same money cannot buy more satisfaction and pleasure to so many. Conditions governing the cost of living and conducting business are such that tliure must be an universal read justment of values, upward. On the first of the New Year photographs must go up ten to twenty-five percent. Make an early appointment, save the necessary increase of cost, and pleasingly perpetuate the memory of your self among your friends. A premium with each order over $5.00 during Novem ber, so that the rush will not be at the last moment. AM) KKMKMBEK Your friends can buy anything you can give them except your photograph. SIGSBEE STUDIO OVEB STAR THKATEK, lleppner, Ore. k4 With Your Business Well Looked After sufficient credit established at the bank by keeping a good amount in your ac count, and adding to it in times of plenty, there need be no misgiving about the future. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, HEPPNER, OREGON Resources Over One Million Dollars. F 1 14 W4ft I MM
