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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (July 18, 1918)
r A(.K KOI R THE GAZETTE-TLUES, HEPPXER, OREGON", THtTWDAf, JIXY 18, 1018. THE GAZETTE-TIMES The Hejinrr r.ajfilft Established Man ll 30. ls." The HeppniT t mses. Kstiibl'tsheil November 1. CVnsoii.i.ittsl February 1, 1912. VWVTKK i liAW Folil. Proprietor AliTHVK K O'.iAYVFOUP. Editor. lnvaoii every Thursday morning, ami entered at the lMot!iee at Heppner, Orecon, as seioini-class matter. AP KRTlSIXi H ITKS I. I K Al'I'l.lt ATIO.X SlKl KirTION KATES: 0::? Year $ ?. Mouths Throe Months :?;:;:le tVpio .at present, it' it be necessary, rather than say. No I can t follow t:ie pro gram of the Kood Administration, I ! am too busy." Just a half million more people i have died in the European countries I from starvation and t'amiue in this j war than have been killed on the field ;of battle. Is food saving worth while? srenn; why, i kktaim.v. Tne splendidly encouraging news of our military accomplishments con- i . tinues. Only the other day the War I .00 MOIlltOW (OlMi OFFICIAL .05 : Department told of the departure of 1 more than a million men fur the Eur- I opea:i area ot war. Now the me I source of information announces that f,raud total of 2,17,4im is with MMIXATUV HI' NKWSl'AI'KKS. On? of the most interesting of American domestic phenomena in tlie Ust year or two has been the rapid decrease in the number of daily nevvs lapers in the larger cities. Some times by dropping out entirely, but usually through the process of con solidation with some other journal, one paper after another has been eli minated from various local fields. Chicago, the second city of the coun try, now has but two morning news papers printed in English. One of the two represents the amalgama tion of no less than seven once flour ishing papers. Many other large cit ies can show similar instances of con centration and elimination. The tendency has not been so nota ble in the far west, because there has not been in the west the journalistic overcrowding that competition has brought about in other parts of the cauntry. Eut paper are dropping out occasionally, nevertheless. A short time ago Tacoma papers went through a process of amalgamation, and now it is announced that a Los Angeles morning paper has suspend ed publication because it considered and to persist in moaning "wasted Uself "not a necessity in war times." j year," whatever that may mean, that Necessity or not, the principle of , is his prerogative In this land of the the survival of the fittest is beinsr'free But it is a sign either of limited rigorously applied to newspapers un-' intelligence or of partisian bile. Even der war conditions. The high cost 1 the few newspapers afflicted with Wil of paper is. of course, the principal ! son-phobia are beginning to drop it. factor. It used to be possible and J In the face of all these magnificent sometimes worth while to continue achievements and at a moment when the publication of an unprofitable pe-j everything is at white heat of effl per, but at the present cost of paper . ciency and rapidity, how cheap and and other materials deficits can hard-1 transparent are the yells of petty ar- the colors, here and abroad: that more than 2700 Browning guns were delivered during May; that more than, 1,300,000 rifles had been produced and delivered up to June 7; that we are making 80 combat airplanes a week and that over 2000 Liberty mo tors have been delivered and axe be ing turned out at the rate of 115 a week. Looking at, these fine accomplish ments, it seems a dream that only six months ago a senator of the United States publicly stated in the upper chamber of congress that Secretary Baker's assertion that before the end of the year he believed that there would be 1,000,000 men in France was "exaggeration of the wildest sort"; that the promise was "abso lutely preposterous" and that the whole thing was a "gigantic bluff" on the part of Mr. Baker. Where is that gentleman now? Only 11 days more than half the year have gotiu, and more than 1,000,000 men, are al ready overseas. If that be "bluff," let's have a lot of it says the Boston Post. If anybody wants to continue to be pessimistic over such a great showing ly be kept at a bearable size. If a paper is superfluous iu its field it must drop out. Spokesman-Review. 1 I . WHAT'S THE ANSWER. tisans: "Speed up the war!" E. O. 1-1 CONSOLIDATING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. Legislature after legislature has One of the first nuestions facing a i "passed the buck" in Oregon on the woman who is running a home is "Is subject of abolishing useless and su Food Conservation Worth While?" peruumerary boards and commissions. Before giving the answer let it be! About half of the Oregon Blue asked, "Is ti e saving of human lives Book is taken up listing these crea worth while?" jtions of the legislature making soft If it is, then food conservation is honorary jos. worth while: for the program of the There are half a dozen labor com- Inited States Food Administration for saving f.od in American kitchens is the only way to save the lives of millions of people in Europe who .might otherwise die of starvation. Isn't thi.; reason enough to put aside everthing else we are doing missions, four or five medical aud sanitary boards, and as many on ed ucation. Nearly ten years ago a bill was in troduced to place all higher educa tional institutions under one small board of three business men and take mm 1 J. WHINS Price Pictures 2 i-2 x 4 1-4 1 KODAK Jr. Other Kodaks from $2.00 to $50.00 Kodak pictures from home will help put good cheer into your soldier letters. Try it. Let us do your developing and printing. Prices right. Work guaranteed. Patterson & Son The 1?eaj22. Store them out of politics. The Speaker of the House, as us ual, was elected to protect the "in stitutions," and took the floor to kill the bill. He did it by creating a new one the board of higher "Curruulae" which was to cut out all duplications, but resulted in a new duplication the School of Commerce at U. of O. The last legislature appointed spe cial committees on consolidating functions, but never introduced its carefully prepared bills till the end of the session. It again "passed the buck" by cre ating a new commission of seven to have two years and $2500 to pre pare a reform bill. The commission is spending the money and has some earnest men among its members. J. M. Mathews if the Il'lnois com mission on efficiency and economy is preparing a report, based on his ex perience with a similar reform in that stat- One state board of three men. (Governor, Treasurer and Secretary! of State, with a Secretary who is state purchasing agent,) manages ef ficiently nine state institutions and administrates the business affairs of the tenth. J A board of three business men could manage the rest of the institu-! tions of Oregon and reduce the an nual overhead about half a million dollars and now is the time to do It. With the nation's war taxes piling up, and all citizens making sacrifices, every superfluous official, board, com mission and sinecure should be cut off. Nearly all of the new Consolida tion commission are business1 men, who know the desires of the people on this subject and the man they have employed to make the report has had experience. It is believed the $2500 will not have been expended in vain and if the legislature again refuses to act this needed reform should be initiat ed and enacted by the people. The Manufacturer. 5-5 Just as a sample of the "don't care" spirit of some people who drive auiomooues is me moment ttiat oc- curred on the street Monday evening, when a certain party came driving down the street and over a section of the fire hose that happened Just at the time to be In the way as the fire boys were having drill. Just such things as this makes one wish he had the authority to use a sawed off shot gun, loaded with heavy shot and could fire both barrels at once into the inflated tires of said machine and thus give Mr. Speeder a dose of his own medicine. Good fire hose is ruined in this manner and parties guilty of such work should be taken in by the City Marshal arid hailed before Judge Williams. We guaran tee that if this is done they will get! what is coming to them. douated. Men like Barratt, Shutt and Currin should be entrusted to handle such work in the right man ner, so why all this fuss on the part of those who, if they had such work to do might be able to understand just what a delicate matter It Is to carry out the task. Oregon Football Stars Win Commis sions. From the Oregonian of Wednesday we take the following with reference to a couple of Oregon football stars. As one of these boys, Johnnie Becke.t is a Morrow county product the item is ot interest to our headers: Johnny Becket and Elmer Hail, former well-known University of Ore gon football 'heroes who enlisted in the Marine corps in 1916, have been commissioned Second Lieutenants at the marine officers training camp at Quantico. Va., according to informa tion reaching Portland yesterday. Becket attained fame as a member of the University of Oregon 1916 tootball squad, which, under the watchful eye of Coach Hugo Beidek. defeated the University of Pennsyl vania at Pasadena, Cal., during the Tournament of Roses, New Year's day, 1917. Becket is regarded as one of the greatest tackles in the country. Last season he captained the famous Mare Island marines eleven, which defeat ed all collegiate and independent teams on the Pacific Coast and walk ed away with the Pacific Coast grid iron championship. Becket is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Becket, 35 East Eighteenth street. Elmer Hall, who was sent from Mare Island with Becket to the Quan tico training camp, is another gradu ate of the Eugene institution, where he w as considered an apt student and a nervy football player. Hall enlist ed with Becket and was a member of the Mare Island marines football team last season. Hall hails from ilaker, Or. Attention Wheat Raisers I have the agency at Heppner for the PACIFIC GRAIN COMPANY Will Boy Grain. Can Save You Money on Sacks. ROY V. WHITEIS Don't Overlook Your Grain Insurance Heppner will have a couple of good fire companies, of this there la not the least doubt. The run and boys are taking hold of the drill en thusiastically as was demonstrated on Monday evening. Wren we think of it, much destruction of property would have been prevented in riie re cent fire by having a bunch of fel lows to handle the f, re apparatus, ?ven had they been no better drilled 'ban were the boys who eatue to- ;ether jfi this first fire drill. Ti.e ap - .ini.ment of Mike Curran as Fire .'I'icf has been confirmed by the - .uncil and he hopes soon to havej ..uder his control a couple ot volun 3sr companies that will be able to ir.die any fire situation that comes along. Will Soon be Open for llusinetw. Mrs. L. G. Herren, milliner, who recently suffered the entire loss of her millinery and household effect by the Heppner fire, is preparing to open up again for business. She hax rented one of the small buildings of H. C. Ashbaugh on upper Main street and this is being put in shape to re ceive her business. Mrs. Herren was a heavy looser on account of the fire, and her total loss will likely exceed $4500, with only $600 insurance. Mrs. Herren informs us also that the wholesale houses with whom she has been dealing for a number of years in Portland, have assured her that they shall gladly back her up and she hopes to regain her business in a short time. This paper was in error in stating Mrs. Herren's loss at $2, 500 as we overlooked the destruc tion of her household equipment which was in the same building with the millinery stock. NOTICE ! Any person who drives over any fire hose with auto, wagon, or any kind of vehicle when such hose is be ing used at fires or by the fire com panies at practice, or any other time, will be prosecuted. By order of the City Council, W. W. S.VIEAD, Mayor. -5-5- W. P. Burnett, extensive farmer and merchant of Lexington, was In Heppner on business Wednesday. Threshing is moving along rapidly at his farm and the grain is yielding well and is of fine quality. Your Check stands guard against loss; and, oftentimes, against use less spending of money. A check on this bank will many times prove to be much more than a mere convenience. With resources of over ONE AND ONE QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS, and with modern equipment, we are prepared and will be pleased to serve you. FirSt Jtional Wank of Heppner, Oregon 4 Per Cent on Time Deposits. Safe Deposit Boxes. SWHV ALL THIS USS.' The attention of ih'u pap-;.- ha ..en caiied to the report going the . ji.inds that certain citizens o: our received relief at the l ands ". the committee disbursing the firj -Knf f, tlmt x.-nn ., 4. I . iu:iua mat. v. c u uwc cibllicu L'J -lid. A first we were inclined to pay no attention to the talk as it seemed ' to come from those who, as a rule, never contribute a cent to any sort of relief work, but are always ready to have their say as to where the funds should go. As this talk, how aver, has involved one of our young business men; as it is being mo per sistently spread that it Is working in jury and injutice to an innocent par ty, this paper Is voluntarily taking it upon itself to speak out in hi behalf and set the people right, feeling that the good judgment and sense of fair play on the part of the Heppner pub lic will not permit them to persistent ly give wings to a false statement. We have reference to the .state ment that Oscar Borg was tendered the sum of two hundred dollars by' the relief committee. The facts are that Mr. Borg was not considered by the relief commit tee as being entitled to any aid what ever. We have this direct from the committee members themselves. While on the other hand, we know Mr. Borg well enough to stale t he would not for one moment consid er accepting any aid of this sort. He suffered a heavy loss on account of the fire, but has no complaint to make and it is simple justice to him to cease spreading a statement that Is working to his injury. 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