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THE GAZETTE-TLUES, HEPPXER, OREGON", THtTWDAf, JIXY 18, 1018.
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CVnsoii.i.ittsl February 1, 1912.
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entered at the lMot!iee at Heppner,
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.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
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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.
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WHAT'S THE ANSWER.
tisans: "Speed up the war!" E. O.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
The committee, also, ia entitled to
some defense as we feel that they
used their very best Judgment in the
disposition of the funds, and only
those really entitled to receive tem
porary aid were given ot the monet
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