lllh UAZKTTlvTIMES. HEPPNER. OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1918.
THE GAZETTE-TIMES
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One man claimed exemption from
the draft because "he had three boot
leggers dependent upon him." He
must have been a millionaire.
MORROW COVSTY OFFICIAL PAPER
Four
We are in receipt of letter from
a subscriber who calls our attention
to a distrains circumstance and "in
behalf of the young people I wish to
ask if somehing cannot be done to
check the disgraceful epedemic of
drunkedness In our county." - The
communication continues "Our young
folk cannot go to a dance without be
ing subjected to the degrading. influ
ence of men, yes, and women, too,
who are drunk and using language
unfit for anyone to hear."
We do not doubt the sincerity of
the writer and the truth of the state
ments she has made. Surely such
conditions of drunkedness and vul
garity should not be permissable at a
dance, and are not to be expected in a
dry county.
Continuing in her article, the
writer wants to know where our of-
ficers are and what they are doing In
regard to suppressing drunkedness.
She says to her knowledge, conditions
of drunkedness exist at Cecil, lone,
Lexington and Heppner.
In conclusion our correspondent
asks us to do something that will ov
ercome existing conditions. In other
words, she would have us devise ways
and means for putting the boot leg
ger out of business and suppress the
traffic in booze which undoubtedly
does exist in this county today.
It is needless for us to mention
the fight this paper made in previous
years to put the saloon on the shelf
for keeps. The saloon evil was final
ly recognized and overcome. It is
but natural that resultant evils, such
as bootlegging, should follow. So
long as booze is made it will be cir
culated to some extent and drunk by
those who want to go to the expense
and the trouble of patronizing the
bootlegger.
Of course the law is being violated
when booze is sold. Time and again
officers have taken cases "under ad
visement" only to find later that evi
dence was lacking for a conviction.
We are not saying that our officers
have been as vigilant in catching
bootleggers as they might have been
Judging from convictions and the
number of bootleggers who have been
taken into tow, we would say they
have not been relentless on the man
who sells booze. But after all, pub
lie opinion has yet to be educated to
the point where it will recognize the
full disobediance of the law and give
the officers that necessary evidence
to make a conviction.
Yet, as we view it, there is nothing
in the world to keep an officer off of
the bootleggers, once he is firmly con.
vinced that the law is being violated
and this should not be hard to see, as
the law is plainly written.
On the other hand, as long as con
ditions are in their present state, and
as our correspondent says, drunked
ness t public dances continues, w-j
can only say, stay away from the
dances until such a time as present
evil conditions are stamped out.
Like the slow evolution of public
opinion turned against the saloon, it
will turn also against the bootlegger.
Officers will become more vigilant, it
will be harder for the law-breaking
liquor dealer to ply his trade and
drunkedness will no longer be a no
ticeable evil at the dance or else
where. The worm turns slowly.
5-5
Have you tried a submarine trip
up Main street?
Yes, paved streets would have to
be kept clean but how are you going
to wash this mud?
"Military Party Hag Firm Grip la
Berlin" is the information we get
from the headlines. A good stand-in
at home ought to be worth something
to the gaiser, but he Is not so well
known at home as abroad evidently.
A pure, 100 per cent American said
something naughty about one of the
German leaders and thought after
ward he might have hurt the feel
ings of a man of German birth who
happened to hear him. That's the
trouble with us Americans, too easy
about our neighbors' feelings. We
forget that we are all Americans, or
at least should be. There is no room
here for the man whose feelings
could be hurt by anything we might
gay about the kaiser or any of his
bloody crew. Let'er buck, boys.
There are a few fellows who have
nearly choked themselves with their
n purse strings, they have been so
tigfit. You will hear them say in
future drives, "No, I can't give any
more, I gave a dollar to the Red
Cross." You will hear that plea,
but it won't go. A dollar a month
ago or a dollar six months ago won't
serve the purpose for which the new
drives will be made. We're going to
get the kaiser and you will have to
give more than a dollar for a ring
side seat.
Germany Is not yet satisfied with
the fighting spirit displayed by Eng
land, so she made another raid on
the English coast this week and
killed a few civilians.
A' six-cent passenger fare on the
Portland street cars has caused a
run on pennies. And everybody
waits for his change. They say an
extra car has to follow up to carry
the coppers.
Launching a new ocean-going steel
ship in Portland now creates 'about
as much excitement as a drunken
sailor walking down Market street.
They are turning out ships at a fast
rate down there and men for ship
yard labor are In big demand.
8-5
AMERICAN EFFICIENCY.
All the damage done to 109 Ger
man ships by their crews, prior to
their seizure by the. United States
government when war was declared,
has been repaired and these ships are
today in service, adding more than
500,000 gross tonnage to the trans
port and cargo fleets in war service
for the United States.
There Is evidence that a German
central authority gave an order for
destruction on these ships, effective
on or about February 1, 1917, simul
taneous with the date set for unre
stricted submarine warfare and that
the purpose was to inflict such vital
damage to the machinery of all Ger
man ships in our ports that none
could be operated for from 18 months
to two years. This purpose has been
defeated in signal fashion. In less
than eight months all the ships were
in service. The destructive campaign
of the German crews cunningly com
prehended a system of ruin which
they believed would necessitate the
shipping of new machinery to substi
tute for that which was ruthlessly
battered down or painstakingly dam
aged by drilling or dismantlement.
There is documentary proof that the
enemy believed the damage irrepar
able. To obtain new machinery would
have entailed a prolonged process of
design, manufacture, and installa
tion. Urged by the necessity of con
serving time the engineers of the
navy department succeeded, by
unique means, In patching and weld
ing the broken parts and replacing
all of the-standard parts which the
Germans detached from their engines
and destroyed or threw overboard.
The mechanical evidence is that
the campaign of destruction was op
erated on these ships for more than
two months and that the Germans
were convinced that they were mak
ing a thorough job- of it. Their
scheme of ruin was shrewdly devised,
deliberately executed, and it ranged
from the plugging of steam pipes to
the utter demolition of-boilers by dry
firing.
When the United States shipping
board experts first surveyed the ruin
the belief was expressed that much
new machinery would have to be de
signed, manufactured and installed,
making 18 months a fair minimum
estimate of the time required. How
ever, at the navy department, where
the need of troop and cargo ships was
an urgent issue, officers of the bu
reau of steam engineering, having
faith that the major portion of the
repairs could be accomplished by
patching and welding, declared it was
possible to clear the ships for service
by Christmas, and the last of the
fleet actually took her final sea test
and was ordered into service as a
Thanksgiving gift to the nation.
It has long been the German's'
boast that they are the moat efficient
nation on earth, but they are learning
a great many things since they went
to war. One Is that the United States
is not to be trifled with. It was fond
ly believed that the German ships in
terned in American ports would be
rendered useless tor the period of the
war, but American ingenuity and
American efficiency made them ready
for service within a few months. This
same American Ingenuity and effi
ciency is going to give Germany a
great many more severe shocks be
fore the war Is over. Eugene Reg
ister. WANTED Ewe lambs, white face,
wool on. Delivery your nearest rail
road station. State price and number
you have for sale.
COFFIN BROS.,
North Yakima, Wash.
Among The Gazette-Times sub
scribers and renewals during the past
week are C. L. Keithley and Joe Rec
tor of Heppner, Albert Hahn of Se
attle, Sam J. Turner of San Francisco
and M. E. Smith of Junction City,
Ore.
PAIGE
IRRIGON NEWS ITEMS
(Toe late for last week.)
' I
Edgar Doerlng has entered the
school at Boardman.
, Fred Caldwell was in Hermiston
Saturday on business.
Mrs. N. Seaman spent a few days
at Portland this week.
Mrs. C. J. Caldwell was on the sick
list a few days last week. .
Mr. Samson was busy a few days
last week leveling up around the de
pot. L, M. Davis has completed his gar
age and is busy leveling land east of
town.
Mr. . Ashburn has contracted to
plow 20 acres for Mr. Warrenton
south of town.
Mrs. L. Graybeal was visiting with
the Burchest family of Umatilla a
few days last week.
Mrs. L. M. Davis and son were Her
miston visitors Saturday morning.
They went over for dental work.
Irrigon girls over 15 are invited to
a party at Umatilla Saturday night
by the high school girls of that place.
Mrs. Ashburn spent a few days
with her daughter at Sunnyside, Wn.
Her husband has enlisted for mili
tary service.
Mrs. Mack Corey was on the sick
list a few days this week. At first H
was feared she had scarletina, but it
developed that she had the grippe.; '
The Irrigon pupils who completed
their club work last year have re
ceived their prizes. The winners are
Devls Lane, Mae Davis and Lula Sea
man. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Corey are leav
ing this week for Seattle where they
will visit his parents before he takes
his examination to enlist In the aerial
corps at Vancouver.
Every indication of spring having
arrived may be found at Irrigon, ex
cept the date, as we have peas grow
ing from 3 to 4 Inches high, lettuce,
carrots and other truck. Fruit trees
are also in the first stages of bloom,
but according to the calendar it is
winter.
Mr. Lane is home again with his
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Walt Caldwell are In
Irrigon visiting with friends.
Mrs. Ricks Is again supplying the
Irrigon neighborhood with beef.
Mrs. W. A. Walpole and family
were -Hermiston visitors this week.
t&zeAiast Beautiful CarinyJmerioa
THOUGH the Paige Essex "Six" is a large car, it is
also an economical car a thoroughly practical vehicle
for the man who wishes to avoid excessive "upkeep"
without sacrificing luxurious comfort and a vast range of
. power
" In brief it offers every advantage of the very high priced, high
powered touring car and none of the disadvantages. It
is a superb motor car an artistic achievement and a
mechanical masterpiece.
Essex "Six-55" 7-passenger $1775; Coupe "Six-55 ' 4-nassenger $2850: Town Car"Six-55" 7-passengef
$3230; Limousine "Six-55 " 7-passenser 53210; Sedan "Six-55 7-passenger $2850, Rrooklands 4-passenger
$1795; Linwood "Six-IT 5-passener $1330, lilcndale "Six-W Chummy Roadster $1330, Dartmoor
"Six-3T 2 or 3-passenger $1330; Sedan "Six W 5-passenger $1925. All Prices f.o. b. Detroit.
- DETROIT MOTOR CAR
RIVERS AUTO CO., lone, Ore.
Fred Caldwell is busy leveling his
land and getting It ready for seeding. '
Mr. and Mrs. Rider are.entertain
ing a couple of friends from Idaho
this week. j
L. M. Davis and family were Board
man visitors Sunday and Monday to
see the rabbit drive.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Caldwell, Geo.
Caldwell, Bruce Rider and Fred
Davis attended an entertainment in
Hermiston Friday night.
Among the farmers who are busy
leveling more land for Spring seed
ing we note Mr. Piersol, L. A. Doble,
Mr. Dawson, Mr. Grim, Mr. Relks
and Mr. Davis.
Among those leaving during the
week were Mr. and Mrs. Orsull Daw
son for the East where Mr. Dawson
will work, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Corey
for 8eattle, where Mr. Corey will
work In the shipyards and Bruce Ri
der to southern Oregon to visit with
friends and relatives.
I haul baggage and passengers to
and from the depot to any part of the
city. Phone 665 or 183. Lee Cant-well.
SAVE MEAT
and help observe the MEATLESS DAYS by using more MACARONI.
FOR ONE WEEK we will make some very SPECIAL PRICES on
Macaroni, Spaghetti, Vermicelli
REGULAR 12i2c PACKAGES. . . . . . . . . 1 0c
REGULAR 10c PER LB. IN BULK .... .8!Jc
You may never be able to duplicate these prices again during the war.
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Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
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ANNOUNCEMENT.
I hereby announce myself as a can
didate for Sheriff of Morrow County
on the Republican ticket at the com
ing Primary Election.
I am a pioneer resident of this
county and heretofore have never
asked any favers of the voters, and I
would not do so at this time did I not
know that I am competent to admin
ister the affairs of the office In an effi
cient manner.
If nominated and elected I will
endeavor to enforce the law, and han
dle the affairs of the office as econ
omically as is consistent with the
duties of the office.
Yours truly,
WILLARD H. HERREN.
1500 ACRES FARMING LAND FOU
SALE. .
The Penland farm adjoining the
town of Lexington, Ore., is for sale in
whole or In part. Part cash and
terms on balance to suit.
E. NORDYKE, Lexington, Ore.
FOR SALE Thoroughbred Lin
coln Ewes in lots to suit. H. Stan
ley Coffin, North Yakima, Wash.