THE GAZETTE-IIMBS. HEPPXER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1918.
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A 2TH t'ENTl'KY PAI L REVERE
By Bennett Chappie
Listen, my eiildren, and you shall
hear
Of a Twentieth Century Paul Revere;
Oi" a brave young Scout on a valiant
steed,
Who rode a raoe for his Country's
need.
He heard of his Country's call for
men;
He heard of their sacrifice, and then-
He heard of the need for money, too;
For food and clothes to help them
through.
He wanted to help though he could
not fight,
He wanted to serve in the cause of
right.
So he mounted his horse, Thrift Card
in hand,
And rode and rode throughout the
land.
"Money V he cried, "Money for
clothes!"
"The boys in the trenches!" off he
goes;
And 'mid the sound of the clattering
hoofs
The call re-echoed across the roofs-
"Gather your nickels! Gather your
dimes!
"Help the Nation! Prepare, these
Times!
"Lend Uncle Sam a part of your pay
"Store up! Store up! for a rainy day."
The people heard, as the Scout
flashed by,
They heard his fervent, earnest cry.
And out of stockings laid away.
And out of closets hid from day,
They gathered their savings of many
years
And poured them forth with hearty
cheers.
"Take these," they cried, in the cause
of right,
"We'll do our bit and add our mite,
"We'll help to fight and win this war,
"We'll save as ne'er we saved before."
And when the Scout on his valiant
steed
Had spread the call of his Country's
need,
He drew the reins as he reached his
home
And patted the neck all flecked with
foam.
"Our work is done," he said. "Old
Man
The Nation's roused to a War-Thrift
Plan."
THE RIGHT MAN FOR THE PLACE
This is Morrow county's year to
furnish a representative in the state
legislative halls at Salem, from the
district comprising Umatilla and Mor
row counties. Just who would be
Speaker Stanfield's successor in the
houes has been a matter of consid
erable speculation and wonderment.
Umatilla seemed willing that the
representative should come from
Morrow county at this time, but up to
a few days age, the public had no
inkling that a man so eminently fitted
would be forthcoming, until C. E.
Woodson, pioneer Heppner attorney,
announced his intention of becoming
a candidate. Today's press carries
the announcement that Mr. Woodson
is sefeking the Republican nomina
tion and his friends, both Republican
and Democratic, are rejoicing that lie
vill make the race.
C. E. Woodson is a man who ha:-;
not dabbled in politics, and yet he is'
a man qualified to render the best of
service to his county, state and na
tion. For fifteen years he has been a
practicing attorney of Hnppner. Dur
Uva that time hj lias been a leader in
line affairs and served unopposed as
imtyor oi: the city and on the board
of education.
U'jht of all, Mr. Woodson is not a
politician and when he enters the leg
i. dative halls at Salem, his constitu
ency will know tiiat their interests
arc identical with their representa
tives who has made all he now has
and has invested what he has made
in M-jrrow county. He is a lawyer of
p'.ate-wido repute, a fair and square
dialer and just the man this district
wants to represent them at Salem.
It is not likely he will have any op
position for the position which he
seeks. Morrow county could put
forth no better man and we doubt
greatly if Umatilla could produce a
man better qualified.
"Keep a pig," but keep him clean.
Heppner is a poor town for the I.
W. W. or any of their ilk. Two itin
erants did not linger here long this
week. Its best to kevi) them so busv
moving they won't have any time for j
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Milling Canadian Wheat
. irm HILE our bushel was
being milled a carlot of
wheat reached this mill
from Canada. Importa
tion of Canadian wheat
without special consent
being forbidden, the mill
operatives became curious and made
Inquiries. This wheat was part of a
large supply which the Grain Corpora
tlon bad brought inio the United States
to aid In keeping the American mills
running.
There was another reason. Domes
tic wheat was not moving from the
farms as freely as the millers needed
it, and shortage forced the mills to
operate at a great disadvantage and,
according to them, at higher costs.
The last Journey stage of our first
bushel, although considerably changed
in Its form, was to go as flour to port
under rush orders. It now had right
of way over all other classes of freight
except other munitions of war. Con
sent of the War Trade Board being
obtained, it was loaded on a ship and
passed safely through the submarine
field to France, wbere It succored the
hungry. t
We started out to follow the travels
of two bushels of wheat from the farm
to their points of consumption under
war condition with the U. S. Food Ad
ministration In control of the market
ing. I have previously discussed the
Journeys of these two bushels from
the farm to the elevator at the country
point Here they parted and one of
them passed on to terminal, and
from the terminal to a mill and from
the mill to seaboard. There It went to
France for consumption.
The Other Bushel of Wheat Starts
Traveling.
OW as to the other bushel
of wheat A certain
Georgia miller, In need
of supplies, notified the
Grain Corporation and
received permission to
buy on the open market
About the same time our co-operative
elevator manager had listed a shipment
with his terminal representative a
highly reputable commission firm, also
under Grain Corporation license. This
firm caught wind of the Georgia order
and secured permission to sell the Mis
souri wheat The second bushel was
among those poured into a car and
bustled along to Its destination. This
shipment did not pass through any
terminal market It moved straight
to Atlanta, where It went between the
rollers of the mill.
Controlling the Johber by License.
Now, the flour which came from our
second bushel of wheat was rolling
serenely along In another direction,
but the car was diverted by special or
der of the U. S. Food Administrator
and received by a large wholesale Job
ber In New York City. This Jobber
also does business under a Food Ad
ministration license, but administered
by the distribution dlvison. Under li
cense terms the Jobbers must sell at
fair profit only, although the exact
amount of this profit Is not determin
ed, the Food Administration reserving
the right In each case to call a halt
when a licensee has gone "the limit."
means of control of the retailer by
making the Jobber a voluntary police
man to his customer. The Jobber Is
licensed to sell only to traders who
deal fairly, and If It should turn out
that a jobber persists In doing busi
ness with retailers guilty of profiteer
ing In staples under control the Food
Administration has and may exercise
the right to revoke the license of the
Johber.
The other part of this shipment con
tained our second bushel of wheat and
went over to the East Side Into a small
bakery, which quickly made It Into
creamy loaves. These loaves were
placed in groceries and delicatessens
and the next day were eaten by hun
gry little boys and girls with dark
eyes and big noses and quaint ways.
Brings Out Startling Truths.
Government control has brought out
these startling truths :
More people unnecessarily make
their living out of wheat distribution
than was suspected. Thousands and
thousands of little speculators have
had to turn elsewhere for a livelihood.
A number of commission men have
had to close shop. There are places
where elevators should be built and
other places where there are too many
elevators. The Government, dominat
ing the wheat market, carries its own
marine Insurance. Wheat handlers at
terminals have had their activities re
stricted. But most of all it Is Interesting to
see how the price of flour per barrel
tumbled from the time Uncle Sam took
a positive hand In. the matter. The
Food Administration has recently com
pleted an Interesting chart on the
prices of wheat and bulk flour at Min
neapolis. In a statement of Novem
ber 26, the Food Administration says:
The farmer received for the 19U har
vest between 11.45 and 11.50 per bushel
for the harvest taking the country br
large and . Last rear he received
under 20 per cent of the price of the loaf.
Today he Is receiving over 40 per cent of
the money paid for the cash loaf, this
being- the result of the stabilisation of
prices and the total elimination of hoard
ing and speculation in this industry.
The statement reports that farmers
on November 28 were receiving with
freight charges Included from the ter
ritory represented to Minneapolis, ap
proximately $0.f30 for 4H bushels of
wheat. The price of bulk flour, n't the
Minneapolis mill Is about $10.25 per
barrel, showing that the miller is now
receiving about 75 cents per barrel,
which must Include both his operating
expenses a ml profit.
iB rniXQ Inst July and Au
gust, wtme congress wns
wrestling with Itself to
produce a food adminis
tration, and there was
no (Jrain . Cornorntlon.
flour production In the
principal centers was 75
per mit under the snme
period In 1916. In September, October
and November, under the 'supervision
of the Food Administration, flour pro
duction was 114 per cent of the snme
period In What this means In the
great national situation, with depleted
domestic flour reserves and clamoring
foreign buyers, enn hardly be over
emphasized, when movement of wheat
Into primary markets has been hardly
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Success in This War Depends Large ly on America's Next Wheat Crop.
The New York Jobber took for his
own, In this case, n profit of 50 cents
per barrel. lie sold part of this ship
ment to a retail-merchant
This merchant did a small business
and was not licensed, but even here
was another social check. For the
retail merchants of the largo cities
and those of many small cities and
towns find each morning and after
noon In the dtiily papers a price list
for flour and other commodities which
are considered fair by the Federal
Food Administrator for their State.
These prices arc usually arrived at
through the machinery of the whole
salers' and the retailers' organizations.
The retailer also discovered that the
Jobber who sold him this flour was
keenly Interested In the prices paid by
the consumer. For the Food Adminis
tration Las discovered an Indirect
half that of a yeur ago, or 100,000,000
bushels less. It was nothing short of
master strategy.
The total number of bushels pur
chased by the Grain Corporation from
the time It commenced activities to
February 1 Is 97,278,145.50. Arranged
by months, the purchases In bushels
were: September, 7,841, 20(U0; Octo
ber, 19,3nn,6W.59; November, 30,920,
074.28; December, 21,458,249.06, and
January, 17.098,900,08.
During July and August our flour
exports were about the snme as In the
same two months of 1916; but In Sep
tember, October, and November, the
exportation was 50 per cent larger
than a year ago. So the Grain Cor
poration has discharged our obliga
tions to the allies, and restored our
flour reserves, which Is the larger as
pect of the question. j
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WITH a huge army of our beys "over there," it means that every man
jack of us forced to stay home to "carry on" this country's business
must do MANY TIMES as much work as he did before. He mmt lake the
, places of the boys "over there."
The American people and the United States government, in this hour of
economic trial, have declared the motor car to be an Indispensable
Utility.
We must win by Efficiency and Efficiency means transportation.
In the Paige Essex "Six-5 5" thousands of business men, professional men,
energetic men, patriotic men have found the surest and most economical
means of multiplying their efficiency. It has proved their best invest
ment for their effectiveness, their country and the CAUSE. The Paige
Essex, is a war necessity.
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'WRITES 10 MOTHER
YVm. C. (ioNiiey, Now in Kngluiul, Was
Taken to Ireland After Aceldent.
Will lie Home When the War
Is Finished.
William C. Gosney, Heppner boy,
who was among the fortunate on the
ill-fated troopship, Tuscania, torpe
doed off the Irish coast early in the
year, writes an account of his trip
across to his mother, Mrs. C. W.
Ranck, of this city.
On Active Service With the Amer
ican Expeditionary Forces.
Feb. 13, 1918.
Dear Mother and Sister:
This leaves me all well and enjoy
ing life. Perhaps you will be sur
prised to learn that I have been
moved to a foreign country. I left
New York City Jan. 22 and every
thing went well and we had a great
voyage until the night of Feb. 5th at
6 o'clock in the evening, when our
boat, the Tuscania, was torpdoed and
mink by a submarine. The night was
very dark and the waves were rolling
high. Can you imagine such a sad
experience as I have had in the past
few weeks? I was picked up and
taken to Ireland, to my notion the
most beautiful country I have ever
seen. The Irish poople gave us a
royal reception and welcomed us in
their cities.
The cross over to England is two
clays past and I am now in one of the
American rest camps here. This Is a
very beautiful place and I enjoy stay
ing here very much. Now, mother,
I don't want you and the family to
worry about me as I will use every
precaution to take care of myself. I
will return home just as soon as the
war is finished. Wo are not near the
firing line now and are being treated
very kindly. Write to me real often
and don't wait for my answers before
writing again. Write to me every
week so that I may receivo a letter
often. i
With lots of love and best wishes
From your loving son,
W. C. GOSNEY,
Co. F, 6th Bn. 20th Engineers,
Forestry, A. E, F., via N. Y.
A Spender is a Liability
to a Community
A Saver is an Asset
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THILE our Nation's needisereat
at this time, the Patriotism of our
People, and their "willingness to offer
their lives and property for the princi
ples of Freedom and Democracy are
infinitely greater.
BUY THRIFT AND WAR SAV
INGS STAMPS AND PREPARE
FOR THE THIRD
LIBERTY LOAN
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of Heppner
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