THE GAZETTE-TIMES. HEPPNEK. OIHSGON, THCR8U NOVEMBER 21. 11.
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mrZyp, t iW,U504 Profit 125 'i
Why Compare Beef and
Coal Profits ?
Swift & Company has frequently stated
that its profit on beef averages only one
fourth of a cent a pound, and hence has
practically no effect on the price.
Comparison has been made by the Federal
Trade Commission of this profit with the
profit on coal, and it has pointed out that
anthracite coal operators are content with
a profit of 25 cents a ton, whereas the beef
profit of one-fourth of a cent a pound means
a profit of $5.00 a ton.
The comparison does not point out that
anthracite coal at the seaboard is worth at
wholesale about $7.00 a ton, whereas a ton
of beef of fair quality is worth about
$400.00 wholesale.
To carry the comparison further, the 25
cent profit on coal is 3 per cent of the
$7.00 value.
The $5.00 profit on beef is only 1 per
cent of the $400.00 value.
The profit haa little effect on price in either case,
but has less effect on the price of beef than on the
price of coal.
Coal may be stored in the open air indefinitely,
beef must be kept in expensive coolers because it is
highly perishable and must be refrigerated.
Coal is handled by the carload or ton; beef is deliv
ered to retailers by the pound or hundred weight
Methods of handling are vastly different. Coal is
handled in open cars; beef must be shipped in
refrigerator cars at an even temperature. '
Fairness to the public, fairness to Swift ft
Company, fairness to the packing industry, demands
that these indisputable facts be considered. It is
impossible to disprove Swift & Company's state
ment, that its profits on beef are so small as to have
practically no effect on prices.
Swift & Company, U. S. A.
TROTSKY SOON IN
GERMAN AFFAIRS!
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Expect soon to see the name of
Russian Leon Trotsky conspicu
ous in the affairs of Germany is
the gist of a hint in news reports
Trotsky has resigned from Rus-.
Bian affairs, his letter going for
ward once the revolution was un
der way in Germany Germany
offers much richer fields than
Russia for Trotsky s efforts.
i'Ain.. iij COiJLKUH BEES
(iET WARM WIXTER HOME
Record Honey Gatherers Are Safely
Packed During Non-Productive ..
Winter Period.
I Oregon Agricultural College, Nov.
'12. Plenty of room, stores,, and
protection from unfavorable weather,
is the slogan that has been applied
, to lite record bee colonies at the
Oregon Agricultural College by A.
L. ujeit, entomologist. The colonies
' that laid up a large honey surplus
' hjavs been snugly and safely packed
away for the winter.
"Some methcd of protection
against the extremes of temperature
I of Eastern Oregon and the excessive
. moisture of Western Oregon i is
' essential,"' declares Professor Lovett.
j "Single colonies may be wrapped
wiili old newspapers and covered
; with roofing paper or similar ma-
terial. Colonies may be packed in
' groups of four or more stands, sur
rounded by a large frame filled with
: sawdust and covered with a water
' proof lid."
I The exact type of protection de
pends upon the system of locating
the colonies followed by the in
dividual bee-keeper, points out
Professor Lovett. Suggestions on
solving the wintering problems are
contained in a circular which may be
had by writing to the College.
MT. HOOD CE CREAM
Pure -:- Delicious -:- Refreshing
Something Special Every Sunday
ALL SOFT DRINKS SERVED HERE '
THE VERY BEST
THE PALM
LOWNEY'S CHOCOLATES BEST CANDIES
It is stated that there are more
black tail rabbits in Juniper canyon
this fall than that section was in
fected with before the hard winter
of two years ago. An " army , of
shooters were down there from
Heppner and Lexington Sunday and
we can vouch for the statement that
there are not so many live opes left.
There was a grand onslought of
light artillery and the barage was
very disastrous to the rabbits. It
was a fine day for a picnic, the
weather down the canyon being
warm and pleasant.
Carl Marquardt, who farms the W.
E. Leach place north of Lexington,
was doing business in Heppner Mon
day, and made this office a pleasant
call. Mr. Marquardt is greatly
pleased over crop conditions this
fall and is looking forward to a fine
yield the coming season. His fall
sown grain is coming up well and he
states this is the rule with all his
neighbors.
Mrs. F. D. Cox-iias returned to
town with her family so that the
children may be in school again.
Mrs. Cox and daughter, Mrs. E. C.
Watkins were pleasont callers at
this office on Monday.
Mrt and Mrs. Ed Duran, of Lex
ington, were Saturday visitors In
Heppner.
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Schilling's Best
Folger's Golden Gate
BOTH IN 1, 21-2 and 5 POUND CANS
When thinking of Coffee remember we have our usual line in
bulk 22 1-2, 25, 30 and 35 cents a pound.
PHELPS GROCERY COMPANY
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VICTIMS OF HUN BRUTALITY
How Allied Soldier Suffered When
They Firct Experienced tte Hor-
ror of Kaiser's Poison
Suddenly a great cry mag out:
"The gasr
It was true. Over there from the
entry's lines, came great greenish
balls, rolling close to the ert&, rolliug
deliberately yet swiftly. rolling
strnight toward us, Kmrnaaswi Bour
cier writes In Scribner. Gas! That
horrible thing, still aliwvst Unknown,
which had been used for the first time
only recently on the Ir. It was
coming with deadly surety amidst a
tornado of artillery. Orders were
shouted back and forth:
"The 'gas! Put on the masts!"
Each man. spread over his face the
projecting cloth. The shelters were
closed. The telephone, whose wires
ran the length of the cemrasnk-ation
trenches, gave the warning: "Look
out! The gasP
AVe did not yet know what manner
of horror it was. None of va had ex
perienced an attack of the sort We
ran to and fro like ants wfeose hl
has been molested. Some fired Jheir
guns at random, others awaited or
ders. The frightful, vivid thira came
on, expanded to a cloud, crept apon
us, glided into the trenches. The air
was quickly obscure. We were swim
ming In an atmosphere staiaed a
venomous color, uncanny, indescrib
able. The sky appeared greenish, the
earth disappeared. The men staggered
about and rolled on the rroond, stifled.
There were some knots of soldiers
who had been nslet'D in their beds
when overtaken by the gas. They
writhed in convulsions, with vitsla
burning, with froth on the tins, call
ing for their mothers or cursing the
Germans. We gathered theta up as
best we could; we took them to the
doctors, who, thus confronted by an
unknown .condition, found themselves
powerless. They tried the applica
tion of oxygen and ether in aa effort
to save the lives of the victims, only
to see them die, already decomposed,
In their hands.
The masks had not vet been nerfwt-
ed and were a poor protection. Some
ran about like madmen, shrieking; in
terror, the throat choked with mlfm
and fell in heaps, in contortions of
agony. Some filled the nxmtk with
handfuls of crass and afnrarlcd
against asphyxiation.
Frost
is not far away. You are thinking of
some of the comforts for
colder weather.
Saved Ship From Destruction.
Capturlns a rnnawav bomb am the
deck of a shin durinz a tmifo rv
a United States navy nan heroically
held on to several hundred pounds of
high explosive until It was nt to safe
ty. This man of iron nerve la Job
Mackenzie of the naval reserve, who
is serving as a chief boatswain' mate
on the, VS., S. S. Remlits, a converted
yacht now on patrol service in Euro
pean waters. For this extraordinary
heroism Mackenzie has been awarded
a medal of honor and given a gratuity
of $100. In the midst of a storm a
depth charge, such as have proved so
disastrous to German submarines.
broke loose and went rolling- about the
decks. Realizing the danger, Macken
zie shouted out, Til get nerr and
flung himself upon the charging cylin
der. Three times he was thrown from
the bomb. The fourth time he got it
and, heaving the charge npripht, sat
on It and held it down. Here he re
mained until lines were plaeed nronnd
the bomb. Had the charge exploded
it would have blown the ship t pieces.
Mackenzie is a native of Massachu
setts and his mother, Mrs, Mackenzie,
resides at South Hadlev VaHa. Mass.
After serving four years in the regu
lar nnvy fie retnrned to service in the
fleet naval reserve.
Burglary Among Nonessentials,
Among the nonessential Indnstries
which are almost In a state of collapse
is the ancient and sinister one of bur
glary. According to data furnished by
a burglary insurance company there
has been a decided and favorable
change in the attitude of chronic
recalcitrants since the exeenrive proc
lamation of a few weeks ago, direct
ing all nblebodled men between eight
een and fifty years old to turn their
hands to industrial pursuits. The
draft,' high wages and federal and
state surveillance promises to reduce
crime almost to the vanishing point.
Many sociologists and criminologists
of the modern school will point to this
as proof of their theories Ibat poverty
Is Hie principal cause of crime. It will
no doubt be a potential argument in
favor of a revision of criminal laws
after the war.
Had Her Hands Full.
An amateur mission worker flss'tered
into one of the West side offices cf the
Associated Charities.
'Oh," she exclaimed, "I have the
saddest case for you. Itroliv, it is
quite pathetic. A woman, who has
been deserted by her huphand, has
five little children to support. She !
loo frail to work, and I'm asire there
Isn't enough in the house for their next
meal."
"But what is to prevent yon from
taking charge of this case yourself!"
asked the official.
"Oh," said the visitor, drawing hei
self up haughtily, "I couldn't think
of it, you know. Why, Tra doing the
Lord's work !" Chicago American.
He Is Really Peaceful.
"They call me a hard guy," whanged
the would-be tough individual.
"They do, do they?" hissed the sher
iff of Lone Wolf county, shaking him
by the coat collar.
'T-yes, they Just call me a hard guy
back home," was the reply, "but really
I got a soft disposition."
Sam Bullies ' Company -
have anticipated your needs in their
line of .
Sweaters, Plain and Stripes
MEckiiiaws, Wool Shirts
Caps, Woulen Socks and Underwear
Woolen Blankets
NOT TOO EARLY TO MAKE
YOUR SELECTIONS NOW.
es Co.
'Rouse of Reliable Merchandise'
Bucks For Sale
-Have eome choice 2"yearold Rambouillet rams
and cioss-bred Rambottillet-Lincoln rams and a few
Lincoln rams for sale. v
" Write or wire
PENDLETON SHEEP COMPANY '
Dan P. Smythe, Pres., or T. F. Boylerr, Mgr.,
Pendletoii, Oregon. V
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MAKE A GENEROUS
CONTRIBUTION
to the United War Work Campaign this week.
Through the Y. M. C. A.. Knights of Columbus,
Qommunity War Service, and kindred organiza
tions, something of the dreariness is being re
moved from the lives, of our Boys in the Service.
Remember, by a little more additions to your ac
count at the Farmers & Stockgrowers National
Bank, yon can soon make up what you give.
The Bank for Little and
Big whose accounts are
Little or Big" .
t Four Per Cent on Time Deposits
FARMERS 6c STOCKGROWERS
NATIONAL BANK
Heppner Oregon
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1 I will be in the market for all classes
I of wheat at all times during the coming
season, prices based on government
inspection slips. Bags and harvesting
supplies at market prices.
PHILL COHN
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