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CA7FTTFT iL VOIi. 32. No. 80. hkppxei!, okf.gox, Thursday', oct. si, i9is. SII!S( UIl'TIO.N, 8t.00 I'F.K YKAR FurinorN of North, Middle-West and West Caused t Suffer. Washington. I). C, October 27. Dues the American fitrmer desire a perpetuation of Democratic rule In Houso ami Senate? Unjust discrimination lias been practiced against the farmers of the North, Middle-West, and West by the present Democratic Congress, in favor of Southern products. This lias been done by the Southern Democratic coterie now in absolute control of House and Senate, and by the Democratic National Administra tion. A price has been fixed on wheat, but not on cotton or rice, both purely southern products. With no price fixed on wheat it is the general opinion that the grain would bring far more to the farmer than $2.10. The ditlerenoe in the price of wheat as fixed by a Democratic Congress and a Democratic Administration, and un open market, is the difference in hard caMi that the Northern, Mid Western ami Western wheat farmer dot Hi't got, a total that would amount to hundreds of millions of dollars. i'loraled it would be a con siderable sum in the pocket of each wheat grower. l'rices of cotton and rice are tixed by the law of supply and demand, unhampered by Democratic Congres si n;;! aeti.'.n. and consequently the southern rice growers and cotton planter:; are vapidly becoming wealthy with the enormously in creiecd war time 'srices for rice and cotton. . The Southern Democrat who control Congress have taken good care that the Southern cotton and rice grower shall nnt,hav? the prices of his products controlled by legislation, but this Southern dele gation says what the wheat fanner shall K-t for bis crop, not what it should bring In th world's markets, as in the case of cotton, which prior to the war sold at 7c per pound, iviw sells for SL'c, regulated by the law of supply and demand, but an arbi trary price that lias taken millions out of his pockets. Similarly a price has been fixed on wool. It would be hard to compute t lie immense sum that the Mitldk-Wostorn and Western wool grower has lost by the arbitrary fixing of the price of his product. Hundreds of millions would noi cover his loss. Hardly any wool i.i product l in the South. A price has been fixed on coal. Most of the coal is mined in the North and Middle West. Hut no price has been fixed on lumber, another principal product of the Fun i hern States. How long tloes the wheat farmer, the wool grower, and the coal pro ducer intend to allow Democratic Congressional discrimination in favor of the cotton and rice planters and the lumbermen of the Southern States. The discrimination against every other section of the country in favor of the South is not the only way In which the present Democratic Con gress has worked for Its favored section. The present Democratic, Congress is collecting the bulk of the revenue to carry on the war and the govern ment north of the Mason and Dixon line. The Democrats accomplish this by their control of the Ways and Means and Finance Committees, in which they have the majority memberships nnd the chairmen. Not only do they collect most of the revenue from the North, Middle-West and West but they spend most of this revenue in the "Solid South", an unfair method of distribution of these immense sums. Most of the great government plants for war work, most of the army cantonments, and most of the army aviation fields have been established in the Southern slates. Money collected from the taxpay ers of the North, Mid-West and West is spent by millions in tho favored South. Paying comparatively small amounts of taxes and with small populations tho Southern States not only dominate Congress and the Administration but collect Immense sums from the other Sections of the country, which they spond In thoir own section, through a Southern Cabinet and a Southern President, who directs tlie expenditures. Discrimination in favor of the South as against the North and West In location of cantonments and other great war activities lias been per sistently practiced by Secretary taker. Despite the fact that the Northern and Western States have supplied more troops for fighting the war with Germany (a glance at the casualty list of any day will tell the story), and have paid more taxes to -i; r . jf-i-t the war than the Southern States, Secretary l'aker has located mttst of i!;e army activities ia the South, where army expenditures are ..owing a steady stream of gold into the hai.ti;; (.1 the people of that section. ;' I " ooph- of the Tinted Stale:) desire a fair administration of Na tional altairs they must elect a Pe rnio.;, ao iuiioi; and Senate Novem ber 5. The South is in control of the legislation or the country, and also in control of the Nation in practically all of its administration in the war. Seventy-eight per cent of the Wash ington employees are from those i.ates where cotion is king. Never in the history of this Re public has the power of determining .he national policies been concen-1 trated In the hands of so few men, or so monopolized by a small number of states. ! Of the fifty-two Democrats in the' Senate thirty represent the "Solid: South," and eight others were born! in the South, so in the Senate there are thirty-eight Democrats, who are responsive to Southern interests. j Of the seventy-five committees in' fl'.e Senate about one-third practi-1 tally do not function. Of the iwcnty-oiiu chairmanships assigned, .o Republican;; all belong to this j list. j Nearly every Important committee i.i the Senate has a Southern Dem-' (rat. for its chairman.' Of the sixty-out; ll.mse 'Committees forty-two are important. Every one of the forty-two & a Son '.hern Dem ocrat for ri;:.inimn. Democrats from North sr! V.--t, repr-scn' ing thirty mc i.tati i I-.Kve been allotted only twenty-one chairmanships and these uro of a minor character. Northern IKiiiocrat:, ve pre. -citing two-thirds if the States in the Union, and a much gi ea .1' proportion of popula-' .lon, wealth, industrial, agricultural and brnin;-. interests, are limited to only one-third of tho rhntrman- lips of the House of Reprt scu ta tives. "Win with Wilson" lias been sul- .itituie ! for lie in pt.us out of war," i and with this- ami similar. lake catch-j word.-', planned o inrmenco the rloctorate .V.vom'.mr 5, tie Dem-' ocratic o:iii;p:iii;n managers ai' v . :n i ;i . scheming to impose on the y.twv. Daring "put over" tho iVue cam-: puign slogan of "Me kept us out of; war" in 11)10, the Democrats, with an effrontery unparalleled in Ameri can political history, are attempting to again fool the people with "Win with Wilson." Meanwhile they are conducting the Government in the :,!'. rest of the "Solid South." Dr. Percy McMurdo arrived fr-m Pert land on Sunday afternoon and lias been at the bedside of his brother, Dr. A. D. McMtirdo tiring nil the week. The family of Dr. McMurdo, including himself, have been victims of Spanish influenza and at this time they are all getting along well except the doctor, who is suffering from complications that appear to be very serious. Some eighteen or twenty woll de veloped cases of influenza seems to be the extent of Heppner's affliction iust at present, and to date the most of these are light, nnd no fatalities have occured. Every precaution is being taken to prevent the spread of the epidemic and we hope that it will be over shortly. D. B. Stalter came in from the mlncB In the Greenhorn mountains Sunday. He has had a good season In getting out ore but could not ac complish all he desired owing to the scarcity of help. Miners were im possible to get this year. Mr. Stalter will remain at Iloppner for some time but later expects to go to Payette, Idaho, where his daughter resides and will put in the winter there. Adam Knoblock made us a call last eveslng and settled up for this family journal for the coming year He is pretty busy now, plowing and seeding and says that this is the habit of nil his Heppner Flat neigh bors. In that locality the earlier sown grain is coming up well and growing rapidly. Mr. and Mrs, Ed Clark departed this morning by auto for La Grande, and will bo gone for about a week. Mr. Clark is interested In a public sale of stock and fanning imple ments at the ranch of Mires & Clark near La Grande, which Is to come off next Thursday under the direction of F. A. McMonamin of this city as auctioneer. Mr. and Airs. T. J. Mahoney, of Portland, have been sponding the week in Heppner, guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Mahoney. G. A. Bleakmnn of Hardman, who has had a couple of trucks on the road all the Fall bringing wheat to Hoppuer, begun on the Harve Young wheat this morning. IIKI'I'HUIMXS, CO.MK OCT. Republicans ere plainly top', by President Wilson that they may givo their sons, their money, their time towards winning the war, b-;t offices are only for the chosen few- vh) vote the Democratic ticket. This is a slap in the lace that should be re sented by every Republican, and can be best resented by every Republican going to the polls next Tuesday and voting the ticket straight. Every Iv .publican of Morrow coun ty is doing all that he can to help win the war. Without Republican help, the present war measures could not have been put over, and we would have beep in the field too late. Now that everything is going favor ably, the powers that be want to get ail the credit and plainly tell the people that Republicans are all right as fighters, all right as money producers to supply arms and food, but that there their duty stps; only Democrats are wanted in office. "Politics adjourned!" Ye gods. Adjourned, yes so far as the minority party is concerned. I very much misjudge the temper of the Republi cans of Morrow county if the vote next Tuesday does not show their re-.nn'muiit. Republicans of Morrow county, see thai every voter gets to the polis and votes. You owe this to the Nation, to the Party and to your selves. W. W. SMKAD, Republican Si ate Central Commit teeman for Morrow County. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Matlock visited in Hoppiioi' a le v days tile past week, htii'g gu-sts at the home of Mr. and M.S. A. !. Ptfltrr.-stm. They returned ,oone on Friday lust. Married At the residence of J. V. lliatt on Rhea creek, Friday, OH. 25. miS. Low MeFerrin to Minnie Davenport. Rev. 11. A. Noyes, tf Heppner, otlieinting. i Many are taking a "shot in the arm" with influenza serum and it is x very sensible precaution. The Toubie nnv is to keep a sufficient supply of the serum on hand. Mr". C'T-:e Vaughn has been cui imed t". In" holm- since Suud-'y, .;: m;; with th- in'luen.a. Mrs. Usil.ry h." i ad charge el' her as nurse ami riic is getting along well. Now i iflu-j.ia na'.ionls reported in town this morning are Oscar !!org. Frank Turner and Mir-. Neva Have-. Miss Hayes was at work in the ! horn1 office when taken and she was sent homo promptly, suffering with a very high fever. Several cases of influenza broke out among the guests at the Hotel Wilson the firrt of the week. They were remote;! to the Federated church building and placed under proper care and all are reported to be getting along well. . Walter Backet is very sick at his home on Eight Mile, being a victim of Spanish influenza. He is now slowly recovering from pneumonia and his physician expects with close attention and good nursing he will be able to weather the storm. A son was born on Sunday, Oct. 27 to Dr. and Mrs. A. D. McMurdo of this city.. The young man was ushered into this life under rather unfavorable conditions, his mother being sick with influenza at the lime, but we are glad to note that both the baby and Its mother are now getting along nicely. Mrs. E. E. Lucas, Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Curry and daughter and Mrs. L. J, Lucas arrived Saturday evening by auto from Wasco for a visit of a few days at the home -of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Lucas in this city. Mrs. E. E. Lucas, mother of F. J., will visit, in Heppser for a time.. The other folks returned home early in the week. Report reaches us that the family of Ralph Akers of lone are just re covering from an attack of Spanish influenza. Mr. Akers and the child ren were all down at tho same time and he is not yet fully recovered, though getting along all right, after having suffered about all tho ail ments one could be expected to endure in tho short space of a couple of weeks. We are informed that the trial of Joo Handy, recently arrested for making moonshine whiskey, has not yet been set in the United States court at Portland. Witnesses were called to Portland early last week on the case, and their testimony taken before the Federal grand Jury, but so far as we are able to learn that body has not returned an in dictment and Handy Is at liberty on bond and at the present time is re ported to be working In the ship yards in Portland. It seems to be understood that he will plead guilty when called Into court. UN PRESENT ft FULL TICKET OF MEf Some Kvriteinent Is In Sire for, Tuesday, November 5th. In order that there might be some excitement, and that our citizens might know there was a city election on, the women of Heppner have nominated a ticket, composed of men, which ihey present for consideration at the election on next Tueslay. The ticket is as foJlows: For mayor, Dr. R. J. Vaiighnn; CGunctlmen, Fred Tash, J. W. mer and Michael Kenny; for recorder, J. P. Williams; treasurer, L. W. Brings. for for That their ticket should become j known ot once, posters were printed, containing the abo?o names, to gether with the platform the women are running the men on. This is re printed in another column. Now, we do not know just when the women got together on thin proposi tion, and just who constitute "The Wompr. of Heppner," but really this is it::ra Uerial. They have made a good selection of men, and the plat-f.-rn t! c.-.e men have to stand on, becausr the women say so, is all ril:ht. Platforms arc mr.de to stand on, we found that out in campaigns "f a r.. re pretentious nr-.ture and passe:! by other great political or ganizations in this country not so many in inths since. Just, how long they will be able to str.nd on the niatlorm. however, will be up to the men, after they have been elected. Now it seems that this ticket 13 as much cf a surprise to the nominees as it was to the rost of the com munity when announced. Some of them have been very emphatic in stating that they will not stand; and will not run; they will not. stay put. How unkind, men, when the ladies 'nave said you must. In opposition to this ticket, there . .I) what may here be called the ' f i;;rs," W. W. Smead for mayor, '. ('. Hager, Fred Tash and Hanson 1 i.'-l.es, councilmen; J. P. Williams, itier and L. W. Brigga, treasurer. Yds ticket was selected a week or more ago, after a canvass bad been ale to ascertain who ecu Id be de--mietl on to run. They have pro- ::::'!: Riecl no particular platform, but vmd'.-i stand that some of them, 1" hast, are willing to set on t!je .i-ntctt's platform, because they ;l.mk it is big enough for the whole mu-ch. The fight is now on and for once in recent years we are to have some '.king doing in our city election. It uM'.cs the women to stir things up. Claude Cox has announced his candidacy for city recorder and is suing into the race to win, he says. He lias not announced his platform but we presume that he can run just as well. Mr. Williams, his opponent, i 'as been on the job faithfully for a long time and Mr. Cox realizes that l,e will have to "go some" if he comes in ahead of Joe. C. L. Sweek will also be a candi date for councilman and will add zest to the coming race. His derision to enter the ring was made Sate today and this now makes a line-up for iMimcilmen that is hard to beat. We presume that Mr. Sweek will also get onto the ladias platform, though he 1ms made no expression in this re gard. Kl'Y a Peterson Tire Welder of W. S1IAMHART. 4t-pd v i - ti 1, ,1 v(a 1 , t v t& . v i J ia VOTK 41 X . COLON R. EBERHARD Nominated Viiaulinously by Republi can Party for STATE SENATOR Moronv, Vmatilla and Union Counties i i Jf J llmry Cole, a ym ja! iht! W. II. Fir.le ji.;' Lexington, tw,k s inl'nenza on Tiicsi'.n r. (1 tiled on S i.ie about 37 years of a-, relatives in this c . , Mrs. Winters, lives c i working Mr. and Mrs.. F. A ' ' '1 arrived at Chit-ago on Friday evening ami are j vi--i ing at tiie home el Dr. and Mrs.: N. K. Winnard. Mrs. Na-zley is a .'etc of Dr. Winard. After a short: stay in this city, Mr. and Mrs. Nagley : wil go to Portland to make their! home. I On account of the scarcity of' nurses the local Red Cross chapter) is t ailing on all those who are able, I to help care for the .sick. Those willing to volunteer for this service' plwise list their names with Mrs.! 1'liill Colin. Also all people having I fresh eggs will do a service to both j the Red Cross and the sick patients u.y jiutnyiiiy irs. Lonn. Mrs. D. A. Reid passed away at ii"! pner on Sunday night, a victim of Spanish isfiueuza. 3'ie had just returned on Saturday from Portland, whore a son was sick with the dis- p.'-e and died, and she evuier-ly con tracted the influenza there. Funeral - .-'i 1 for the deceased were held Monday forenoon and burial was in he Masonic cemetery. -"!::s Laura Porn-ide of Hardman, "Tfson, a grand dsnts-isH-r of pt " 'or C. S. Vaterlau-. arrived iiere !!u- Jirst of the wr.-k and beg'unin,: ".rtxt Monday will enter the It. H. A. Tiiisi s the lirst of his grandchildren Mr. Yaterlaus has iw.i. We fincero'.y welcome the young lady to our midst e.nd hone she will feel perfectly at hoTr,e during her sojourn here. Cowley, Wyo., Progress. The following young men of Mar row county, draftee 1, have been tai led for service, to report between the 11th and 15th of November: Pat t'nrron of Heppner, Wilbur Gjodrieh f Heppner, Harlan Swift of H-;rd-li.an, Lewis Cason of Hardman, Harold J. Cox of iieppner, Berual it. Dew-ley of lone, L'.-.iiiard M. Han oi Heppner, substitute. The exact date when they will report will be announced later. The time for preparing anil mail ing Christmas packages for the sol diers have been extended until the 2((tb of November. This will give a little better opportunity to get the parrels ready. Kindly observe the regulations regarding yc-ltr Christ mas packages and call at the stations on the days as published in the papers last week, attd you will there by greatly jLtadst the Red Cross in t.f.pditing this work, ' Jioy V. Wlijteis, real est a tor. re ports the sale this' week of the SO') K'tt", of land belonging to Sara and Ben Drown, northeast of Lexington In Miles Martin. In fact, this deal was made some three months ago. tut was not. closed until this week. Mr. Martin has already taken chsr.-re and lias 400 acres of the place sown and the grain is now coming up in good -shape. This was on summer fallow land. The consideration mentioned in the deal is $26,000, if-d the sale also included some stock. L. A. Florence was down from his ""Hlow creek farm this morning and took time to call on the G.-T. and "maie good" for the coming year. Friends we have just a whole lot of "joy" tied up in subscription bills, and you will all receive just as warm a welcome as did Mr. Florence, by calling in and settling with us. Then, too, we will be able to see "that other fellow" that is con tinually sending us a reminder, and be in position to make him feel good. You know how it works. A lire started over the kitchen at the Wilson Hotel about seven o'clocc last evening and the screaming of the iiro siren soon brought the fire boys to the scene with apparatus ready for putting on the water in fhoi'T. order. The blaze was extin guis'oed, however, before it. was iieneK-wiry to turn on the water and rti damage resulted above the mak ing tf a small hole ia the roof. It was gratifying to see how quickly the boys responded to the alarm ami Cliff Curran is proud of his volun teer fire department. Omar Keithley has presented to County Agent Brown some ears of corn produced on his Light Mile place this season that show what can be. thme In dry land production of this ifreal. The corn is of the Reid's Improved Yellow Dent variety and is from seed given Mr. Keithley by Mr. ltrowrj and brought here from a prize winning exhibit at the Idaho corn vhosv of 191G. The ears are of goof size, the grain is well formed and it is the opinion of Mr. Brown that Mm future production of this variety in this county will show marked improvement over this sample as the seed becomes more acclimated. Those interested in corn production should see this sample at the ofDte a! Mr. Brown. '-s atitfl of last we;!; 1 ':!'. lie v.:,-;! mij :i.d leave-t in . L j j !'.ei:d, Oregon. I 'iclev aid 'in .'ppner fr.im 1 nruri! i ill H III AIM m:.;.1 ',-,,,. vyik aiiiMi;,n ecds ;he S.jpp. it ... .'.! j.ut Mi.itou t ..intty Over i :,;; ; V. ' In the World War, the Govern ment of the Cubed States recognizes 0. ght s-cictifs or organizations for the welfare of the tiuldiers in the service. By re.niests of the Pres ident, ssven of these organizations were united under the name of the Cnited War Work, for the purpose of solicitation of funds. Those seven organizations arc as follows: The . M. C. A., War community service, K:iighr,s of Ceiunibus, American Library Association, and Jewish wel fare board, Y. M. C. A. and Salvation riny. Ti e an: mri": of funds needed to meet the requii.i:ients of ii:e seven orsjanfcatious is i 1 7 0,5 0 O.Odt.i, the 'e.r.i:e:.t iras ;.i j.emey for the purpose I var vbitri'.y ever asited by any milieu. l:v f.-.ii.b:!iitig all seen of :'ie War cb?.!i'.i-3 in one, expense of solieiting rodm-ed to a minimum. Ov hig to im uen::a epidemic 1. is net pvohai.b .'.at :my public p .a!-::-.:; or t mferm- 3 viti be held m Morrow county in cm;:: tcti; .;: with ::e t'uitiMl v;;;r V.'trk. Unpys the epMeimi- :-u jii-:; and the ban 13 lifted, it is vet- proi aliie ;':;;t a Louse to louts: ::mvn;s i,y s:;!i. itors '' : I i l e ir.odvi In nscb est it v. ill he :;;ct'S;-:;!-y to carry the eam p;:i;ro en ti tv.;!' the mail. In the tit-tiiid lied Crc t ampai-i there were approximately 1700 subserib'-rs in Morrow ciunty. Wliile the amount required for ii,o UnLed War Work is alnust'doublt? '-in;;, was asked for ii;e Second R?d C.oss, It is not ex pected that your subscription should be don-led but rather that the num ber of subsc i i';f-rs should be d mbled. You ate re'sno ie-l t; f-,ive liberally. Your Government n-'-s you ' to do your utmost hi tlie I'nUcd War Work Crircpaign soon to start, wl-i-1-, is st ven cauipaiKiis in one. borrow e:mi: y ma -t go over the top and help to "Keep the hut fir;;s burning." Let us go over the top here in Mor row county with tiie same "pep" that our boys go over the top over there, and let us not wait to the last minute and merely crawl over. Dt.n't wait for some of your -.le'Iil t-r;; u, take valuable time and ;:o to the expense, p- rliaps, cf burn '.ug gasoline, costing thirty cents per . all 1,, H come hi and b g you to do your duty. As s.-nn as jen are notified of the amount y -u t-.ro ex-pe.-tcd to give- mail in your ci-etk at once, or sci.d th. eas'n or maney o-'ttt r. Turing the lu ' Lilie-1 Loan Drive, there were .-a-ms in Men-row county, where men -.it'.i a ; iii !e of boys in France wgre c.impelW to leave their business and "pernl hours talking to men who had made thousands in Morrow, county, in order to get them to buy Liberty Bonds. This is unfair to our patriotic citizens, who are doing their full share without being asked. The moimy that is to be collected in the United War Work Campaign is to aid the boys who are bearing the trials and dangers of war in order that our property, our homes and our liberty may be protected. Would you let one of those boys suffer if lie were near your home? Of course you would not. Then, let us see to it that our dollars will bring as near as possible, to the boys over there, the things Hint will aid in keeping their morale perfect, and secure for them 'lie things that we would cheerfully give, were they in our midst. F. A. McMKNAMIN, Chairman Morrow County Pub licity Committee. IX TUK DISTRICT COI'IIT OF THK INfl'Mli ST Cn .-i. For the Dis D iet of Oregon. " In the iua!;er of Alfred E. Rivers, ItanVrupt. No. .:'"!: IN BANK RUPTCY. Notice to Creditors. Notice is hereby riven that on the 2Gth day of October, A. D., 191S. Alfred F.. lthvrs, ci lm.e. Oregon, the bankrupt abi.ve naumd. was duly adjudicated bankr.tpt; and that tho first meeting of his creditors will be hold at the cilice of S.im F. Van Vactor, attorney at law. Heppner, Oregon, and the 0th day of Novem ber, ltHS, lit ); :;o A. M., at which time said creditors may attend, prove their claims, appoint a trustee, ex amine the bankrupt ami transact such other business as may properly Come before said meeting. Claims must be presented in form required by the Bankruptcy Act, ami sworn to. The schedule filed discloses esti mated assets of l-'D.noo. A. M. CANNON, Referee In Bankruptcy. Dated October 29th, 191S.