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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1918)
FA.K KOIH THE ;.Zfrm:-TlIKHw HKTFXER. ORK(JOX. THCKSDW. DK.CKMBFU 5, 191 THE GAZETTE-TIMES The HtM'pner 0:;.vt Tt-. KstaMisheil M.ir. h 13. Tne Heppner Times, Established Vov.vtiher 1 N. 1S7 ..ti.1 Kel. ua v 15, PuMishe.' every Thu;siay morning by Va 'er O-aword and Spenoer Crawford n 1 erne e.l at the PostorTUe at Hepp-ne-. O'.c.m. as .eeon-c'.ass matter. apmhikim; ihtks uiveji o AI'FI u a no One Yea . it 00 M. rns 1.0(1 Th ee V :;: - Sirelr i"ve 0; MOItlKUV 1 H M'V OFFICIAL I'APKH S"- ; CITY FI.KOTIOX. On Friilav, Peeomber 20th, t!i? ppoplp of Hoppr.er ore called to vote upon the tttlnption or rejection of the new city charter. Ther shotiM be no need on the part of this paper to urge the voters of the ciiy to turn out at this tima and ;-ivo this measure their end.ive nieiit. The full text of the charter wt --':h i-hc1 and every citizen of the town has had the opportunity of informing himself or herself fully regarding its provisions, and that any should have erroneus ideas con cerning any part of the charter is something we fail to understand. This paper is for the passage of the charter and we should like to see it receive the unanimous in dorsement of Heppner's taxpayers. Much talk is indulged in regarding the many things, the town needs. Heppner must go ahead, she must take on new life and there is im pr vements of various kinds that must be made. This talk is heard daily. A new hotel is urgent, more street improvements of a permanent nature should be made, and as stated in these columns before and irequenaly, the question of an abundant and healthful water Bupply stands out above them all. "The pass ing of the new charter will empower the city council to go ahead and raise the necessary funds by which these things can be done. No fur ther progress can be made under the present charter. It is not up to date and does not keep step with the re quirements of the city. In fact it is to a very large degree obsolete. Let us be stirred up, then, to the proper sense of duty and attend the special City election on December 20th and put the new Charter over good and strong. If there should be some few objectionable features, they are of minor consequence and none of them can" be put into force except by ordinance, and all ordinances are subject to referendum by the citizens of the city and cannot therefore be come laws without their consent. Boost and vote for the new chart er. tt CARXAGE IS XOT IXXATE. Those Prussian minded philosoph ers, who taught that war is the com mon natural, desired human state, would have been interested to an alyze the spontaneous outbursts over this nation, and the world, when the armistice was declared. Shipbuilders, to whom peace prob ably meant a much lower wage, dropped their tools and paraded with ahouts and tumult. Of course the mothers of the land rejoiced, but so did those who an hour before had cheerfully faced the prospect of a year in the front trenches. From the cripple on his stumps, who pushed himself along the mad streets with four half-gallon cans jangling behind him, to the banker's stately equippage with its blaring horns and waving flags there was giv en the proof of the true spirit of man. That spirit is one of good will to all men. It is the spirit that breaks out at Christmas time.' The spirit that listens with rever nce to church bells. That stands uncovered beside the pen grave. That respects womanhood, and loves little children, and sacrifices that age may toast its shins by the cheerful blaze of filial warmth. Many of us for years may have believed that war was as natural as our per centum of insanity. It is, only our per centum of in sanity is not natural at all, any mon than our former per centum of small pox, and in more ancient times the per centum of black death and cholera. If the world has finally learned the lesson that war is a disease as pre ventable as malaria, and as far out side the divine order, that fixed the stars in their places and keeps thern there, the world has made itself ready indeed for the era when the saints can say: "Now let my spirit depart in peace." tt MrADOO'8 RETIREMENT. No resignation short of that of President Wilson himself could have been more serious at this time than that of William G. McAdoo as head of the two great activities of the government the financing of War and Ki-construction, and the Direc torship of Transportation. McAdoo has been the one daring soul of the administration, the man of gigantic courage to think In billions, to as sume responsibilities without hesi tancy and to enforce an autocratic i'.l . it Ii arbitrary decision. He is the ;reat outstanding character of all that the administration has done to win the war. Baker could have beep spared without a riffle. Daniels with out a pang, even Lane without any -ense of disturbance, valuable though he is especially in reconstruction. Burleson's retirement would have oc casioned universal rejoicing. , Hoover hardly ran be thought of as part of the administration. Men like he, Schwab, Ryan and other "d'ollar-a-year" men who were chosen for special activities, are a credit to the administration without being ex actly a part thereof in the political sense. Hoover is unquestionably the preat civilian of the war. But even none of these could " have stepped from the boat at this time and pro duced such a violent rock as tfiat caused by McAdoo's unexpected re tirement. ; McAdoo's weak point was his self J exploitation. He capitalized McAdoo j in everything ho di.v He was in i tolerant of eri.icism, difierence of opinion or even advice, and permuted his intolerance to flash into vui- uictivenrss. But these uninspiring Qualities were the smaller side of his make-up. and were overshadowed by his daring and capacity. Perhaps his retirement was dic tated by selfish motives, with the feeling that his presidential candi dacy would be regarded more favor ably if it rested on his past record rather than if involved in reconstruc tion controversies. We have always felt that he was lntensly selfish. Oregon Voter. POTATOES AND THE MOON. Once more e note that a scientific cuss has tried to break to pieces the old tradjjion that potatoes must be planted in the dark of the moon. He planted his in the bright of the moon, and gathered a wonderful crop. He naively adds that he fertflfzed heavily, and cultivated with dili gence. Probably as many potatoes will be planted in the dark of the moon next spring as in other bygone springs. The farmer's potatoes are a side issue, a by-product, and there is neither fertilizer nor tillage to spare for them. So, if the phase o the moon will Improve the crop pros pects, be sure the farmer will utilize this cheap aid. And at that we don't know but that the moon may have something to do with potatoes. We know a well that is getting low goes dry in the full of the moon, and supplies its due flow two weeks later. The moon not only affects . the tides, but apparently the flow of all earth waters, and the amount and availability of moisture might have considerable to do with the success of a potato crop. Probably the sapient scientist also watered his potatoes with the hose: Old wife tales and the traditions of the countryside more often prove to have legs of truth under them, than mere wing pin feathers of fancy. SERVANTS OR DICTATORS, WHICH? The pot is Beginning to boll. The public is awakening to the fact that the extraordinary powers it granted public officials as war measures are scheduled to become measures. The common citizen thought that the railroads were taken over for period of war and not to exceed 21 months thereafter. He thought that the telegraph and telephone lines were taken over for duration of war, also the express companies. As a war measure he has sub mitted to all kinds of inconveniences and increased rates which he would have never accepted In peace times. Now that the war is over he is somewhat surprised to have it calmly announced that the telegraph and express companies and telephone system which have been nominally under government control as war measures are to be consolidated and operated by the government under a tighter reign than during the war. There is no longer any thought whatever of accommodating the pub lic. Autocratic povVer granted officials as a war measure apparently is to be taken advantage of and saddled on the people as peace measures with wider scope than ever. Again we say as war measures every citizen cheerfully accepted every inconvenience. But the men who were given this taste of power seem bent on continuing and in creasing it in peace times. Since 1778 the American peop'e have felt entirely able to think, act at.d Iook out for themselves and choose and elect their officials (paid public servants if you please), notj to dictate to them what they could! and could not do but to carry out the, wishes of the people of this nation. Appareutly this rule is to be reversed and the "paid servants" are to become the "paid dictators" and the people are calmly advised to ac quiesce without complaint or ex planation. . 1 Again we say as a war measure this was OK, as a peace measure it is un-American. It will wind up by depriving the states of millions of dollars of tax revenue under the governmental ownership program and is the enter ing wodee for breaking d wn the Delbert Wright, who suffered a American spirit of individual in- broken leg a short time ago and has itiatire the enterprise and turuins been in the hospital since, was able the nation ovor to officialism and to leave that institution Wednesday socialistic rule. by th use of crutches. Ifff' 1 j&vi & m m m ffode in America For the youngsters we have a large as sortment of plearure giving toys. is -jr. w S3 u 11 m Everything to Make the Kiddies Happy , You will find here, also, gifts for the older members of the family. Fancy Boxed Candy, Cigars, Pipes, Tobaccos 1 R. M. HART 5 WSBBSSBt Public Sale As a result of our sale last week the Farmer's Ex change of the Inland Empire has had several requests to sell other stock. WE HAVE ARRANGED TO HOLD FUTURE SALES AT THE FAIR GROUNDS IN HEPPNER WHERE THE BEST ACCOMODATIONS ARE TO BE HAD FOR STOCK AND BUYERS. SALES CAN BE HELD REGARDLESS OF THE WEATHER. STOCK CAN BE EX IBITED TO GOOD ADVANTAGE. Stock is being listed for the next sale. The date will be announced later. CALL, PHONE OR WRITE Farmer's Exchange ROBERTS BUILDING, HEPPNER, ORE. 1 v 8 If S3 i m J lfft A V m is?: m 8 8 IS?. Do Your $d Christmas VMfim Shopping Early WE HAVE A NICE ASSORTMENT OF Useful (jifts A Few Suggestions : cPyralin Ivory Goods. : Toilet Sets. -: Books. Leather docket ooks and Hand Hags. Christmas Greeting Cards. We have a large assortment of useful gifts for the boys in camp. PATTERSON & SON The QexaM, Store YOUR OPPORTUNITY Having fleculed to leave Heppner January 1st, 1919, 1 hereby offer for sale the following: My seven-room residence on Will St. My household goods, including Piano. One Typewriter, Smith Bros. Two Ford Cars, 1917 Model. One Family Cow, Jersey Model One Child's Pony. Oife 4-year-old Mare. , One Yearling Colt. Nine cords of good dry wood at Gene Mat teson's Ranch. All parties owitig ino will please call and settle promptly. Dr. N. E. Wtnnard MEATS and poultr: ran V . -V I - j V M AT THE HEPPNER MEAT MARKET H. C. ASHBAUGH, Proprietor. FRESH AND CURED MEATS, POULTRY AND LARD. FISH IN SEASON. Finest quality meats at the lowest possible price. Phone Main 23 m mnnmmmmmmmmmmmmm Three Principles of THRIFT 1 Don't buy anything unless you really want it. 2 Put a fixed sum in the bank regularly, no matter how small the sum. J Never try to make . up for years of extravagance by buy ing a risky investment. With these three principles, we give one secret of success in saving: BEGIN EARLY AND KEEP AT IT. We pay four per cent on Sav ings deposits and credit the interest every six months. Both large and small accounts are welcome. FIRST NATIONAL BANK . OF HEPPNER , A SAFE PLACE FOR SAVINGS i
