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Try the
Uncle Sam
Sundae
at the cRptall Fountain
tnd get a ticket on the
S5.00 W. S. S.
FOR 30 DAYS, commencing June 20th and
closing July 20th, we will give each patron or
dering an Uncle Sam Sundae at our fountain
a ticket on a 5.00 W. S. S.
The person holding the most U. S. S. tickets
at the end of the month will get the IV. S. S.
Do Your Bit.
Be Patriotic and
Try One
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Toilet Sets I
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Trench Mirrors Smoking Sets j
Sewing Sets
Comfort Kits First Aid Kits I
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and a choice lot of assorted gifts in Khaki.
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Thing the Boys
Like.
state candidates.
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it out of the quality of the merchan- publican nominees in this county as
dlse sold to the government. Either carrying the county for the
the nation is robbed or its soldiers are
nmHo tn enffar a n A in nltliar pin. tha
. , ', . . .. ,, Grover B. Cox left the first of the
American people must bear the oblo- week fM h,g oW home at GftlaXi Va ,
quy that goes with revelations of where he goes to live with his par
widespread corruption. I ents. Mr. Cox recently disposed of
Tin.ro mil.;! ho nn n.Biw f,,r noh all his holdings here. He is a line
scoundrelism. Spokesman-Review.
Cloud Hurst Hits Mt. Vernon.
A serious cloudburst hit the town
of Mt. Vernon in Grant county on
Sunday last according to reports
reaching Heppner. The electric
light plant was washed down the riv
er and everything movable was wash
ed down the streets and large quan
tities of mud deposited in many
buildings. No lives were lost but the
report has it that two men were quite
seriously injured. Property was dam
aged to the extent of several thousand
dollars. J. S. Buseick also reports
that much damage was done to the
J. V. Beymcr place above Monument
the same day. Hay and crops being
washed away.
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THE GAZETTE-TIMES
The Heppner Gaiette, Established
1 .March 30. 18S3.
The Heppner Times, Established
November 18. 1897
Consolidated February 15. 19U.
VAWTER CRAWFORD. Proprietor.
ARTHUR R. CRAWFORD, Edit r.
Issued every Thursday morning, and
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THE REAL IS8VE OF THE TIMEh. his energies are bent on world con-
quest. If lie had to pay the price of
So great was the demand for sacrificing the morality of every man,
Henry Watterson's editorial on the' womai1 cnlld tn Germany he
DON'T EXPECT THE CHILDREN
TO DO IT ALL. j
Owing no doubt to the good work
of 'those hustling, keen young boys
and girls who have so generously
given of their time and their pennies
to the thrift campaign, the impres
sion has been created in the minds of
many that War Savings Stamps art
for children only.
Let us stop to consider the matter
for a moment.
The Congress authorized an issue
of $2,000,000,000 W. S. S. to be sold
In 1918. The purpose of the Stamps
was twofold: (1) To get money for
the Government for war needs; (2)
to instill the habit of thrift in the
American people and by the practice
of thrift save labor and materials for
the Government.
Can we expect the children, splen
did workers that they are, to account
for $2,000,000,000 of Stamps?
Do we consider that the children
alone of all our population need to be
inculcated with the thrift idea? Are
they the only spendthrifts?
Ceratinly not.
War Savings Stamps are for every
one. No one, be he a millionaire or
be he the humblest laborer, can say
truthfully that he is not interested in
W. S. S. and the saving program that
they stand for.
There are, indeed, few men and
women in the land unable to save
and economize more than they do
now. If they want to be listed am
ong the patriotic people of the land
they must save and economize more
than they do now. Tie winning of
the war with the least possible sac
rifice demands this, for there are not
enough labor and materials for the
Government's war needs and for the
use of the spendthrifts.
Cut those useless expenditures. All
of us have them. Remember that
our boys in the Army and Navy do
not expect luxuries and do not get all
the comforts that they are supposed
to get.
On or before, June 28 show the
children that you, too, are enlisted
in the War Savings Army.
How a man without a tooth in his
head bit himself in an unusual man
ner during the excitement following
the torpedoing of the steamship Or
onsa was related in a report just re
reived from London concerning the
conduct of the fifty-seven Y. M. C. A.
workers who were on board. The
Oronsa was sunk while approaching
the British Isles. A Y. M. C. A. sec
retary was washing his full set of
'store teeth" when tne torpedo hit.
n went to his room for his grip,
-rpnned into a life-boat, manned an'erman generals and gravely con
oar and after rowing a few minutes, 1 ue,,",H ll,e pps' 10 legmiws uig
felt that his hand was hurting. He m7-
opened his hand, something dropped, 8 statement will open the eyes
and he realized only then that thru of many deluded Germans to s fact
all the crowded minutes he had car- wn!ch a11 the world outside of Ger-
iled "store teeth" which had bitten many Knows, namely, mat tne einper
tue hand that saved them. . r 18 not interested in morality. All
Christian religion as the only thing
that can save civilization, printed in
the fiftieth anniversary number of the
Louisville Courier-Journal, that It
was reproduced in a recent issue. In
that editorial Watterson remarked:
"Democracy is but a, side issue. The
paramount issue, underlying the is
sue of democracy, is the religion of
Christ and him crucified the bed
rock of civilization, the source and
resource of all that is worth having
in the world that is, that gives prom
ise in the world to come; not as an
abstraction, not as a huddle of sects
and factions, but as a mighty force
and principle of being. If the
world is to be saved from destruction,
it will be saved alone by the Christ
ian religion."
Bishop Candler! Georgia has com
mented on Watterson's utterance as
follows: "Mr. Watterson is right.
Democracy cannot be safe in the
world unless it be inspired and con
trolled by the highest morality and
the deepest spirituality. We hear
much of the democratizing of the
world. In truth the cry for the de
mocratization of everything is be
ginning to be tiresome. It is the cant
of agitators and demagogues in every
department of society. Some would
democratize the kingdom of heaven,
elect a half-divine president and re
vise by a vote of a majority the Ten
Commandments and the Sermon on
the Mount. Multitudes of persons
can not speak on any public occa
sion without the 'democratization' of
somehing. 4s it not just possible
that many men have become obses
sed with the superstitious notion that
democracy is the sovereign remedy
for all the ills that the human race
is heir to? The truth is that in
the absence of intelligence and virtue
among the people a democracy is the
least efficient and most dangerous
form of government. While we
ellng to our democratic institutions,
let us keep constantly in mind the
fact which Mr. Watterson has so
clearly pointed out that the para
mount issue underlying the issue of
democracy is the religion of Christ."
Bishop Candler expresses in con
clusion in his comment the judgment
that a godless industrialism is the
thing which today most menaces the
United States. The Pacific.
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('ORKl'PTING GERMAN MORALS.
From an authoritative German
source we have a statement quite at
variance with the boast of the kaiser,
frequently heard of late, of the piety
and high morality of the German peo
ple. The Protestana Krenz Zeituog,
of Berlin, publishing the quarterly
Church Review, declares that the
task of the church has become im
measurably harder "because of the
utter lack of discipline and religious
feeling among the people. Our
youth, with their easily gotten money
In their pockets, swollen with sinful
pride are entirely contemptuous of
constraint and contlngence." The
Review continues: "Confusion reigns
in numbers of the administrative gov
ernment departments as to what is
right and what fs wrong." It la
ments the lack of morality among
would not hesitate to make them pay
the price. Ever since the beginning
of the war he has sacrificed truth and
honesty, the basis of human charac
ter. He is absoluely concienceless.
He believes that In partnership with
his fiendish god he can shape the mor
als of the world according to his stan
dard. He wants world power. Al
ready he has caused the killing of 3,
000,000 of his own people, and he is
willing to sacrifice as many more in
; order to be the supreme ruler of the
earth. What cares he for the Protes
tant churches and all other churches?
This new indictment made public in
the German capital will not affect
him in the least. In his view it is
not wrong to corrupt the morals of
all Germans who shall survive his
vain struggle for world dominion.
Portland Telegram.
Some one has said: "If one of our
boys hesitated as long la going over
the top aB some people do in buying
Liberty bonds or War Savings
Stamps, be would be court-martialed
and shot for cowardice. And If the
same punishment were meted out to
nonoombatants for financial coward
ice an awful lot of people would.be
shot at dawn."
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We are not going to lose the war,
bat did yon ever stop to think what
would happen to us if we did lose it?
The speed with which we win It de
pends on the way you and I saVfc and
give the Government our financial
support. Buy W. S. S. for a quick
victory.
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Remember that the soldier's chance
of life depends upon the support giv
en him by the folks at home. Help!
Save and buy War Savings Stamps.
War Savings Stamps are within the
reach of everyone who concientiously
wants to save.
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Pro-Germans probably think the
War Savings Campaign a foolish one
LKT THERE BE NO MERCY FOR
SUCH RASCALITY.
Disclosures at Washington make It
plain that the government is the vic--im
of gigantic corruption In the let
ins of army contracts. As the Asso
rted Press epitomizes the revela
tions, "the shadow of complicity In
extensive scheme of compilc-iiy 1,
uisssion agents made millions out ol
.overnment war orders by acting at.
niddleraen in obtaining contracts foi
aanufacturers today extended ti
.cores of business men and attorneys
n Washington, New York, Boston
aid other cities, and even to a few
secretaries of members of congress."
One reserve army officer, Lieuten
ant James C. Staley, has confessed
the taking of a bribe for the exercisa
of his Influence, and fears are ex
pressed that others have been equal
ly guilty.
It will be difficult, under existing
laws, to find a punishment to lit the
crime. Military law shoots young
soldiers who fall asleep on sentry
duty, bnt the crime of coriKipt profit
eering, fraught with even graver con
sequences to the nation's welfare, can
only be punished by imprisonment in
civilian cases.
Graft of the character exposed in
these investigations can only lead to
one of two evil consequences. Either
the contractor who pays the graft
mtwt add it to his bid price or take
A disastrous fire visited the cltv of
Cle Eluni, Wash., on . Tuesday when
more than 30 business and residence
blocks were destroyed. More than
1500 persons have been left homeless
and shelterless as a reult. and the
groceries and bakaries burned, nec
essitating the commandeering of all
rood supplies in the city. The total
toss is estimated at $1,500,000.
County Central Committee Meets,
The republican county central com
mittee met on Tuesday of last week
and organized for the coming cam
paign by electing C. L. Sweek, chair
man, S. W. Spencer, secretary, W. W.
Smead, state central committeeman
and Oscar Borg, congressional com
mitteeman. The committee will
have the machinery in smooth work
ing order for the election of all re
young man and during the years he
resided in Morrow county, made a
large number of friends who regret
that he has decided to leave. He
goes to help care tor his people in
theli declining years.
Henry Crump made final proof be
fore Judge Patterson at the Court
House on Wednesday on his home
stead in the east end of the county.
His witnesses were T. J. Matlock and
J. C. Sharp.
FOR SALE A Singer sewing ma
chine, almost new. Inquire at this
office.
Clareac Riee Hurt.
Clarence Rice came in from his
Monument ranch last evening, being
able to get about by the use of crut
ches. While driving a team along
a piece of sidling road on Tuesday
of last week, the wagon turned over,
taking with it the team of heavy hor
ses attached. Mr. Rice was riding
one of the mares and attempted to
jump out of the way but was not
quick enough and the two animals
rolled over him. Clarence got out
of the mlxup with a dislocation of the
left leg at the knee and some minor
braises. Mr. Rlcs says that he had
often been told that to have one
horse fall on a man would kill him
but he came out alive after two had
rolled over him, and his bad knee is
the most he has to suffer as a conse
quence. He expects to be some time
recovering from this Injury, however
and may have a weak leg for many
months.
7fie Gasoline
ofQualitf
Red Crown is a
straight-distilled, all
refinery gasoline, not
a mixture. Its contin
uous, uniform chain
of boiling points makes
easy starting, quick
acceleration, power
and mileage sure.
Look for the Red
Crown sign before
you fill.
STANDARD OIL
COMPANY
(California)
G. W. MILHOLLANI), Special Ajtent
Heppner, Oregon
Stop, Read and
Loosen
In times like these, men's feelings are
prompt to action. '
We call upon you to respond to the no
blest feeling you cherish love of home,
love of good, love of country, and human
ity; everything that lifts life above the ani
mal to subscribe your share of Thrift and
War Savings Stamps.
It is your right and your duty to com
bat those who caused this war; to do your
part to defeat their efforts, for, Tn opposing
them, you are fighting cruelty, greed, dis
honesty, and all that is evil in the world.
The people of our Country MUST fur
nish the reserve behind our battle line if it
is to hold. Guns, and powder, ships and
food these must be provided without
limit. Your money is needed to supply
them. Your Country doesn't ask you to
GIVE it merely to LEND it.
We have the stamps ready for yon, or
will take your subscription, to be filled la
ter, and we will deem it a pleasured fur
nish vou with them.
FirS tional Wank
of Heppner, Oregon
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