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TOE GAZETTE-TIMES. HEITXER. OREGON, THUESD AY, JTLY 19, 1917
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Tli? Heppner Gacette, Established March, 30, 1883.
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OFFICIAL PAPER FOR MORROW COUNTY.
Thursday, July 19, 191
PENDLETON.
Pendleton is a city in Eastern Oregon containing about
8000 people. It is a veil built town but in streets, buildings,
stores and schools, Pendleton is not a great deal unlike any oth
er progressive small city.
But Pendleton is the town with a punch. More can be ac
complished in Pendleton in a given time than in any other city
of like size that we know of.
There is a coordination of spirit in Pendleton that we can
not explain. No other city has it. "When a thing is started
there, it is finished on schedule time and the results obtained
are usually from 50 to 100 per cent better than was "dreamed of
in the beginning.
Pendleton is mostly famous for her Round-Up. This show
has been more widely advertised than any other like show in
the world. Consequently Pendleton has'receive'd an endless lot
of advertising from that source. But to an outsider, reading
about the Round-Up would mean nothing. A trip to Pendleton
and a view of the big show would mean everything. It is here
that you feel the electrifying touch of the Pendleton spirit. It
is here that the great big western hospitality takes you by the
hand and you are ushered into the homes of Pendleton as real
guests. Pendleton people give up their own beds on that oc
casion and sleep in the cellar if necessary.
It was the good fortune of the editors of Oregon to come in
close touch with Pendleton and her grand spirit last week. They
are entertainers of the highest order and they have made an
impression upon the state press of Oregon that will have a last
ing good effect not only upon Pendleton but upon the entire
state as well.
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ROAD COOPERATION.
While in La Grande last week, we heard Walter M. Pierce
of that city state publicly that he was now behind the State
Highway Commission with all the force now that he formerly
used in opposing the road bonding issue. Mr. Pierce can plain
ly see, now that the road bonds have carried, the only sensible
way to act in the matter is to give the highway commission all
the support possible.
This is a new condition the highway commission is finding
all over the State, tl is a laudable condition.
In so far as Morrow county is concerned, we hen are con
fronted with a peculiar situation. The commission lias desig
nated two roads. One goes up the Columbia river on the north
and the other is a more southerly route, coming up Willow creek
through lone, Lexington to Heppner and proceeding on to Pilot
Rock.
It will be years probably before either one will be totally
During Building
Operations
' This bank will be located, temporarily, in
the McNamee building, across the street.
There will be no interruption in business,
and all old friends and new customers alike
are welcome to our services.
4 paid on Time Deposits and Savings
Accounts.
The First National Bank
Heppner, Oregon.
TOTAL RESOURCES :
OVER li2 MILLION DOLLARS
hardsurfaced. Possibly a little stretch will be completed each
year and in this manner the roads can finally be permanently
surfaced, throughout. It is a question of on which route work
will be started first.
The commission is bound that all rag chewing will be elim
inated if possible. Therefore if both sides in Morrow county
want results there will have to be cooperation between the two.
Certain understandings must be reached.
A TIP TO GERMANY
Lloyd-George's Glasgow speech, like President Wilson's
epoch-making address to Congress, may be said to have been
addressed even more to the people of Germany than to his hear
ers in Scotland. The following significant paragraph seems al
most like a "tip" to the German public as to how it can secure
peace if it really wants lasting peace:
"No one wishes to dictate to the German people the form
ot government under which they should choose to live. But it
is right we should say that we will enter into negotiations with
a free government of Germany with a different attitude of mind
and a different temper ami different spirit and with loss sus
picion and more confidence than we should with a government
with whom we feel today to be dominated by the aggressive
and arrogant spirit of Prussian militarism."
This is a formal notice to the German people that if they
choose to adhere to their present autocratic form of govern
menta government that is dominated by Avar-mad militarists
the Allies have no other course open to them than to fight on
until the German military leadership that bathed the Avorld in
blood is crushed. On the other hand, if Germany should liber
alize its government and make it responsible to the people, the
Atues w ouiu oe inclined to revise tneir terms rather radically.
1'resident llson stated the purpose of the United States
in entering the war when he .said that the world must be made
safe for democracy, and this purpose has been formally accept
ed by the Allies. So long as the present despotic government
commands the support of the German nation there is nothing
to do but to fight until Germany is crushed, for the peace of the
world is not safe as long as the kaiser and his half-crazed lead
ers have back of them the weight of a whole people. If the Ger
man people, however, should see fit to take into their own
hands their proper share of the business of government, the
outlook for peace in the future would be so tremendously bet
tered that the Allies and the United States could well afford
to remake their terms. Eugene Register.
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PENDLETON, OREGON
The Fifth Annual Morrow County Fair is only a month
and a half away. Are you thinking about it
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Huckleberries will be on the bushes in abundance this year,
if we are to believe the predictions made by some of our .best
known mountaineers.
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Come out to the road meeting Friday night and hear some
live discussions on this subject. Heppner is getting to a point
where she is going to do something or forever after hold her
peace.
The Kaiser's own Prussian pot is boiling over with peace
talk, ministry dissention, cabinet crisis and what not. The old
boy and his immediate family with a few of the dear old friends
are having a rough time steering the ship of state these days.
BOTTLE UP THE GERMAN SUBMARINES.
German submarines can only pass out into the Atlantic
through the northern end of the North sea, for the southern end
tapers down into the English channel, and the entente allies
have completely blocked the narrow passage with an effective
system of nets, mines and patrols.
If the northern end could be as effectively blocked, the
German submarine would be bottled in, and U-boats out in the
Atlantic could not return to their home bases for repairs and
supplies. The submarine problem would be solved.
Some high naval authorities in the United States believe
hat a concerted effort should be made by England, France and
theUnited States to block the north end of the North sea by a
concentration of mines, nets and patrols. The distance across,
from the northern part of Scotland to the southern end of Nor
way, is about 300 miles, and the task has hitherto seemed sc
difficult that the allies have not made the attempt. But now the
United States is in the war, and its navy available for patrol
service, a project offering such certain and brilliant results
should have immediate consideration.
Germany has confessedly staked everything on her U-boats.
Once th;:':v fivlher use were completely checked, the kaiser's
last hope of victory would die, and the public clarnorfor peace
could no longer be stemmed. Germany would have to sue for
terms. Spokesman-Review.
LiMfoeir for aBeS
PROSPECTIVE BUILDERS OF HOUSES, BARNS,
SHEEP SHEDS, ETC.
You can obtain good lumber, Two by Sixes, No.
1 and No. 2 common, 8-0 to 24-0 at $22.00 per M.
SEE JOHNSON AT THE GRAIN ELEVA
TOR, HEPPNER.
This offer will not last many days. It is here
for your early inspection.
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was authorized to Investigate the
terms of the tax law before congress
and, if desirable, advise the senator
of the course considered to be tow
ard the best interests of the newspa
permen of Oregon.
The association by a rising vote,
expressed its appreciation of the
work of its officers during the past
year and extended its thanks for the
entertainment provided by the men
and women of Pendleton.
Resolutions of sympathy and con
dolence were adopted in memory of
Leland Hendricks, of Salem, John E.
Roberts, of Vale, P. C. Lever, of Co
quille, J. H. Upton and Mrs. T. B.
Ford, wife of the chaplain.
New Olllcers Named.
A. E. Voorhies, of Grants Pass,
vice-president of the association, was
elected to the position of president.
George H. Curry, of the Vale Enter
prise, was named vice-president. Phil
Bates was retained as secretary. E.
E. Brodie, retiring president, was
elected a member of the executive
committee succeeding W. J. Clark, of
Forest Grove. None of the officeb
were contested.
Invitations for the next convention
were received from Marshfield and
North Bend, where the fine home of
L. J. Simpson is offered for the use
of the association; and from Grants
Pass. George P. Putnam, of Bend,
announced the desire of that town to
have the convention at some future
time, but deferred the invitation for
another year. The executive com
mittee yesterday fixed upon Coos bay
as the site.
Matters of great Interest to the
members of the newspaper profession
were considered in the addresses of
the day. Among the speakers were
Edgar B. Piper of the Portland OreJ
gonian, E. E. Faville, of the western
Farmer, Lloyd Riches, of the Weekly
Oregonlan, J. G. Kelly, of the Walla
Walla Bulletin, Eric W. Allen, ot the
state university, Eugene, Georga Pal
mer Putnam, of the Bend Bulletin,
and Elbert Bede, of the Cottage
Grove Sentinel.
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