r.u.K TWO
THE GAZKTTK-TIMKS. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1018.
w pi PROPOSED NEW CHARTER
ARC UUftlfUAl
FOR THE CITY OF HEPPNER
Consumers Are Counselled Not
To Decrease Use of Milk Nor
Complain of Prices.
"Unless means are quickly found to
remedy conditions Misting in the dairy
industry as well as in other classes
of livestock, serious menace to both
Industries which are allied may be
forecast"
This is the itatement of Assistant
Federal Food Administrator, W. K.
Newell.
"With the dairymen selling their
businesses as fast as they are aLle to
fin.l purchasers," said Mr. Newell,
"with an increasing volume of sales of
heavy calves, both mile and female,
and with already a world's shortage
of beef, the outlook for future supplies
is not as rosy as one might wish.
"It has been charged in some
quarter that the price of milk and
other products of the dairy have been
elevated to such an extent at all
Pacific northwest points that the dairy
interests should he making a profit and
we'll satisfied with their lot.
"Taking only the retail price as' a
basis that which most vitally affects
the consumer the pries of milk today
in Portland is 15c per quart.
"Even with norr;al prices milk Is
generally sold retail at 10 cents s
quart here, therefore the advance is
not nearly as marked as in many
other linos of foodstuffs.
"The dairyman toi.y is paying more
than double the wr-ges of normal years
for his hired help. He is paying more
than double for his requirements of
hay and a very considerable advance
over the normal for his bran and
shorts.
"The cost of milk cans and other
dairy utentils is practically double the
normal. The cost of bottles has soared
to such heights as to make one dizzy
to think of it. The cost of producing
milk today is therefore more than
double that of normal periods even
without considering the fact that this
has been a very abnormal season and
the production of milk and cream per
cow is far below the normal.
"Laws enacted during the last few
years force the dairyman to add to his
costs as a matter of cleanliness. The
public is no longer willing to tolerate
the quality of milk generally marketed
a few years ago. All of this costs
money and the dairyman has been
paying it while the full charges have
not been passed back to the consumer.
"It has oftiroes been said that a man
rery seldom quits a business whers
liberal profits are available. The fact
that so many dairymen are quitting
that they are not making adequate
that they are not making adaquate
profits if any at all.
"The killing of dairy calves during
the present season has broken all
records simply because the country
producer could not afford to feed them
to maturity. Suggestion has been
made in some quarters that the kill
ing of female calves be prohibited by
law. This would indeed solve the prob
lem providing some means were found
to feed and keep the animals.
"Dairy experts have for years
preached the gospel of 'getting rid of
the star boarder' the cow that does
not pay her expense. That is the
situation Just now.. Few are paying
their board and there is no improve
ment of the situation in prospect.
"Similar conditions may be. spoken
of in regard to the future of the beef
supply. Owing to the shortage and ex
treme price of feed more light-weight
and unfinished cattle have been
marketed in the stockyards of the
country -during" the Jast two seasons
than ever before known. The country
cannot afford to feed its cattle even at
the present price of beef and the
journey to market Is therefore a neces
sity. In fact the government has re
cently requested that the public pur
chase bef from light weight animals
because the stock must be marketed.
This means that many thousands of
animals that are today coming to
market weighing around 600 to 1,000
pounds, would have showed a weight
of at least a third mpre if allowed to
fatten properly. This means an
enormous loss in the meat supply for
the future a loss that the country
can ill afford to contemplate."
"Why not have milkmaids now a
days?" someone asks. There is a cry
that the labor conditions are In a bad
way as far as the dairies are concern
ed. The men have gone to war or
Into other work and the cows are being
killed off because there is no one to
mf7k them. "What is going to become
of the children of this country if that
goes on?" is the question asked. Some
of the girls who are not exactly
fascinated by the thought of washing
windows, running elevators and carry
ing mail are looking toward the dairies.
They won't wear the costumes seen
in light opera but- they'll be quite sen
sible In heavy boots and coveralls
and they'll Bave the day. Here's to
the milkmaid of modern days.
: The 1918 food reserve is the only
safe insurance for 1919 food supplies.
Conservation is the All-American Job
an army of four million soldiers
Dust be fed from this year's crop.
"There is no substitute for milk as
a food for growth. Portland mothers
should make a drive on father's purse
to the extent of one quart of milk per
day for every child." Oregon League
Dairyman
AN ACT
An Art proposed by the Common Council of the City of Heppner. Morrow
t ounty, Oregon, to enact, provide and adopt a Charter for the City of
Heppner, Morrow- County, Oregon, to be submitted to the lejtal voters
of the t ity or Hoppner, Morrow County, Oregon, for their approval or
rejection at a special election to be held in said City, on the 20th day
of December, 1918, and to rewal all acts or parts of acts in conflict
therewith.
THE PEOPLE OK THE CITY OK HEPPNER DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
(Continued from last week.)
Article III.
Powers of Council.
LEGISLATIVE POWERS CONFIXED TO COUNCIL:
Section 48. The Council shall have and exercise exclusively all legis
lative powers and authority of the City of Heppner, and no legislative pow
ers or authority, either expressed or implied, shall bo exercised by any
person or persons, board or boards, other than tho Council. The Council
shall have full power and authority, except as herein otherwise provided to
exercise all powers conferred upon this City by this Charter and the Con
stitution and laws of the State of Oregon.
SUBJECT OF LEGISLATION:
Section 1!). The Council has power ahd authority, subject to limita
tions, restrictions and provisions iu this Charter contained.
(1) To exercise within the limits of the City of Heppner all the
powers commonly known as the police powers to the same extent as the
State of Oregon has or could exercise said powers within said limits.
(2) To make and enforce within the limits of the City, all necessary
water, local, police and sanitary laws and regulations.
(3) To provide for the punishment of the violation of any ordinance
of this City by fine and imprisonment, not exceeding One Hundred Dollars
fine and cost, or by fifty days imprisonment, or by both such fine and im
prisonment, or by forfeiture as penalty: and for working anv Derson sen-
! tenced to such imprisonment upon any street, public work, or in any public
' place during the term thereof, and to provide that any person adjudged to
; pay a fine and costs who shall fail to pay the same, may, in addition thereto,
ue bbniencea to laoor one day tor each Two Dollars of said fine and costs on
the streets or other public works of the City and to provide that all persons
sentenced to labor upon streets or other public works of the City shall be
under and in charge of the Chief of Police, or such other person as the
Council may designate.
(4) To provide for entering into contracts by the City for such period
as the Council may designate, not exceeding five years.
(5) To accept or reject' all property, real or personal, or mixed,
given, conveyed, devised or bequeathed to the City, and to provide for the
execution of all trusts if accepted by the City.
(6) To lease, hold, own, purchase, or acquire by condemnation with
in or without the corporate limits of the city, such property, real and per
sonal, and water rights as may be needed for public use.
(7) To provide for the purchase of property levied upon under
execution in favor of the City, but the sum bid on such property shall not
exceed the amount of the judgment and costs.
(8) To purchase, take and hold, real or personal property when sold
for a delinquent tax or assessment levied or imposed under authority of the
City, and to sell and convey the same. But tlfe sum bid by the City on or
for any piece or parcel of property sold for a delinquent tax or assessment,
shall not exceed the amount of the tax and the necessary costs and expenses
on such piece or parcel of property.
(9) Tc provide for the sale at public auction, after advertising for
not less than five days of all personal property of the city uutit or unnec
essary for the use of the City.
(10) To provide for the lease of land now or hereafter owned by the
City, but all leases shall be made to the person or persons offering trie high
est and best rental therefor.
(11) To provide for the location and construction of any ditch, canal
or water pipe lor the conduct of water, within or without the citv limits,
and any drain it may deem necessary or convenient and for such purpose it
snau nave a right to enter upon any land between tho terminals of such
ditch, canal, or pipe or drain, or sewer or culvert for the purpose of examin
lng, locating, and surveying the line of such ditch, canal, pipe, drain, sewer,
or culvert, doing no unnecessary damage .thereby, and to appropriate so
much ot such land as may be necessary for the construcaion of said ditch
canal, sewer, pipe, drain or culvert in like manner as provided by the laws
ot the State of Oregon for tho appropriation of land or rights of way by
corporations or municipal corporations, and to appropriate and divert from
its natural course or channel for the purpose of drainage or flushing any
drain, sewer, or culvert, any spring or stream of water and compel . the
extension of gas, water and sewer connections from the main sewer or pipe
to the curb line of the sidewalks of all public streets.
(12) To provide for the opening, laying1 out, establishing, altering,
extending, vacating and closing or for the establishing and changing the
grades of streets, squares, parks, public places, and to provide for the im
proving and repairing of streets, squares, parks and public places, or of any
land over which a right of way has been obtained or granted, for any. pur
poses of public travel by means of any kind of work, Improvement or repair
mentioned in this Charter, subject to the provisions and limitations con
tained in this Charter, and in the Constitution of the State of Oregon.
(13) To provide for lighting the streets, public grounds, buildings
and places, and furnishing the City with electric, gas or otther lights, by
contract or by means of its own plant, subject to the conditions arid limita
tions contained in this Charter and the Constitution of the State of Oregon.
(14) To provide by ordinance for securing the payment of wages to
mechanics and other employees in tho service of contractors engaged in
doing work of any kind for the City, either by exacting bonds from such
contractors or otherwise as may seem most advisable.
(15) To provide for the furnishing the City and the inhabitants
thereof with pure and wholesome water.
. (16) To provide a seal for the City.
(17) To provide, establish and regulate the fees and compensation
of all officers of the City, except when expressly provided by this Charter,
and for all official service not otherwise provided for by this Charter.
(18) To fix a schedule of fees for establishing grades, surveying and
marking the boundaries of streets, lots or blocks, granting permits for the
opening of street services, laying sldnwalks, the erection and inspection of
buildings and pluming fixtures therein.
(19) To fix by ordinance the hour during which all offices and de
partments of the City shall be kept opened for business.
(20) To provide by ordinance for compensating members of the
Council for attendance at regular meetings, which compensation shall not
exceed the sum of $3.00, per meeting per member, and provided that no
compensation shall be allowed members for attendance at speciaal meet
ings or when absent from regular meetings.
(21) To appropriate money to pay the debts, llbailitles and expenses
of the City or any part or item thereof.
(22) To grant licenses with the object of raising revenue or of
regulating, or both, for any and oil lawful business, acts, things or pur
poses, and to fix by ordinance the amount to be paid therefor, and to
provide for the revoking of the same, provided, that no license shall be
granted to continue for a longer period than one year from the date thereof.
(23) To levy and collect an occupation tax upon all lawful trades,
occupations, professions or business.
(24) To make regulations to prevent the Introduction of contagious
diseases into the City, and to remove persons afflicted with such diseases
therefrom to suitable places provided by the City for that purpose, which
places may be within or without said City; and to provide and to regulate
such places; to secure the protection of the persons and property therein,
and to provide for the health, cleanliness, ornament, peace and good order
of the City.
(25) To prevent and remove nuisances and to declare what shall
constitute the same and to punish persons committing or suffering
nuisances, and to provide the manner of their removal, and to moke the
costs of such removal a lien upon the property where such nuisance exists;
and to fill up or drain any ditch, canal, lots, blocks, or parcels of land
where any stagnant water stands, and to declare the same a nuisance, ond
to make the costs of filling up or draining the same upon the property so
filled or drained. Such lien may upon order of the Council, be entered In
the Docket of the City liens and thereafter collected In the samo manner
as assessments for street improvements, or may be collected In shch other
manner as the Council may direct.
(26) To regulate, restrain and to provide for the exclusion from the
City or any part thereof, of stock-yards, tanneries, slaughter-houses, wash
FUEL NEWS
Portland, Oregon, October 14.
No orders whatever have been
issued by the state fuel administra
tion regarding the non-sale of gaso
line and oil between the hours of 6
p. m. and 6 a. m., and on Sundays,
regardless of the fact that dealers
throughout the state have been re
ceiving such orders purporting to
come from th fuel administra.i
"Until such orders are Issued,"
said Fred J. Holmes, State Fuel
Administrator, "dealers are free to
do as they choose in the matter,
although D. M. Folsom, Pacific
Coast Oil Director, has asked for
voluntary cooperation in this mat
ter." It is not known who is responsible
for the notices. In some instances
they appear to be purely local, in
other cases dealers for a certain
company receive notices while others
do not.
Sometimes, closing stations may
release man power, but often it
only works a hardship upon the
dealer, who may do his biggest bus
iness In the evening, according to
Mr. Holmes, who advises dealers to
use their own discretion in the mat
ter. To provide coal to meet the na
tion's requirements In the conduct of
the war, U. S. Fuel Administrator
H. A. Garfield has ' adopted the
weekly mine quota plan, by which
each mine is to produce a stipulated
tonnage, to be decided upon by the
district managers In consultation
with local mine committees, weekly
until March 31. An increase of
16 VI- per cent bituminous and 6 1-3
per cent anthracite coal over last
yciar must be mined, to meet the
demands.
Bert Bowker, who has recently
taken to farming and has charge of
the Vaughn place on Eight Mile, Is
preparing to go about his Job in the
proper shape and took out a new
Yuba tractor the first of the week.
This machine will draw a halt
dozen 14 or 16-lnch plows, and
those who have been using the Yuba
the past season speak highly of Its
ability to do the work right. Mr.
Bowker will get the best results
there Is to be obtained from the use
of the little track-layer In turning
over the soil, and for other work
about the farm.
Mrs. M. Belle Thompson is up'
from Portland and will spend some
weeks at Heppner, renewing acquain
tances and enjoying our splendid
fall weather. Incidentally Mrs.
Thompson called around to pay up
her subscription to the Gazette
Times, fearing that the recent gov
ernment order might cause her to
miss a few copies.
Tum-A-Lum Lumber Go
RETAIL LUMBER AND FUEL
W. L. HOLMES, Mgr.. Lexington. Ore
Government Restrictions on Building
What is essential to YOU, and your NEEDb,
in the building line, is essential to the Government
providing it doesn't cost over $2,500.
That, in brief, is the ruling of the War In
dustries Board with reference to btiildin.T activities
until the war is over.
It is true that the Government is restricting
building operations of all kinds. Men and ma
terials must be conserved and all available re
sources devoted to the one great purpose of WIN
NING THE WAR but:
If you are planning a new home that doesn't
cost over $2,500;
It you are planning extensions or improve
ments to your present home that do not cost over
$2,500;
i '
If you are planning a now barn, hog houses,
sheep sheds, or any other farm Improvements, the
entire cost of which does not exceed $2,500, you
may proceed with your plans and go ahead and
build without asking anybody's consent or author
ity. If, however, your contemplated new home, or
the building improvements that you have in mind,
will COST MORE THAN TWENTY FIVE HUN
DRED DOLLARS, then you will have to make ap
plication In writing for permission to do bo to the
local representative of the Council of National De
fense. '
Convince him that it is essential; that it is nec
essary for the health and comfort of your family or
your hire man's family; that It will help you
produce more food for the boys at the front and
the folks at home; that the materials and the
labor can be had In your own home town, and you
will likely have no trouble in getting your permit
to build.
We, doubtless, can furnish all the materials
that you will require for a new building of any
kind. We probably have got all the lumber, and
other things that you will need, already in stock.
We KNOW we have If It's only a small build
ing that does not come within the Government re
strictions; we BELIEVE we have if it's for a more
pretentious home.
At any rate, come in and let us figure with
you. The Government is welcoming farm Im
provements and buildings of the kind that will
Increase crop and live stock production. There is
no reason for delaying work of that kind any
longer.
Do it NOW, while you have the time, the
money and the inclination. ' '
Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co.
RETAIL LUMBER AND FUEL
See Lew at Lexington Bill at lone
fit'!
HL i
you have a hundred times more fun if you're snug and
warm in an all-wool JANTZEN SWEATER! You not
only feel well but you look just right, secure in the con
Bciousness that you are wearing the best looking sweater
that money can buy.
Whether it's a sweater vest, sweater or sweater coat that
you are buying, look for the label and know that you are
getting a Jantzen, then you're sure.
They come in all sizes and colors, from the very little ones
to the very big ones and all have character, individuality,
style call it what you will; it's there and it's mighty
fine to own.
And knit caps and hose sure, just step into a Jantzen
dealers the next time you're downtown and see what
we mean.
JANTZEN KNITTING MILLS
Thomson Bros., Heppner
YOU ALWAYS NOTICE A GENUINE JANTZEN
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