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I HE GAZETTE TTME8. HETTXER. OREtJON, THURSDAY, J AMARY 0, lOtrt. 11 V: CV T Si th 4: T GAZETTE-TIMES; pne: (lajclte. Established W:rch 3'. lS3. ,;.niT Times. Established M!V.b'r t is$; ..l.i i Februiirv 15, 1912. .wry Thursday rooming by aworJ nuil Spencer Crawford i at the Postotrlcft at Hepp n. as sei'oitd-olAsa matter. K VI'K ; IVKS AI'PI U 1 IO O S .S.:K11'TIMN KATES: ' . $2 0 ,a' Z'l'Z'Z 1.00 th JJ Mr - "5 .HOW roi'XTY OFFICIAL PAPER PAYING IX)H BLOOD. An average registered cattle sale e- day returned $90,360 for The highest price paid was $12,006 11 ir . he; e- s, id tor $a300. This was not a national stock i shi-.w: it was a private sale of a large breeder, and the total amount re ceived and the average price paid, have been matched many times these last few months in sales held over the country. These sales, held in hundreds of counties every year, are not attended chiefly by breeders, who are paying fc es for breeding stock to sell again. n herds of the country are absorbing this rich blood; and farm e; un, baby beef men, stock men who expect to grow beeves or sheep or hogs only for the market, are paying $10,000 for a sire, ,$5000 for a boar, $3000 for a ram, hundreds of dollars for a rooster. When It is considered that the change from a grade sire to a regis tered one means an increase in the milk yield of the future herd of ei. iugh to pay for the sire in two years, you understand that this pure blood eagerness of the farmers is not a hobby, it's just business. The herds and flocks and droves and bands on the farms of this country are being graded up to European pure blood standards faster today than ever, and countless farms have nothing on them that breathes that does not have" a pedigree. Unless it may perchance be the hired man, and probably he has an agricultural diploma, and is getting more a month in cash than the boss . farmer once got for 1000 bushels of corn. Remember when corn sold at ten cents a bushel? Scrub animals, cheap seed, hap hazard methods and wired together equipment no longer typifies even the average small farm in this country. And those farmers who still struggle under such handicaps are each day getting farther and farther behind. So far. behind, that each spring will see an Increasing number of them selling their tattered belong tags, and quitting the game, until there will be not even one left for a horrible example. 1 t 1 A COSTLY LIXVRY. Water appears to be about most exoenslve thing we have. the Especially when it is surrounded V-itli a tin can and is shipped across the continent. Take tomatoes. ' Probably canned tomatoes are 90 per cent water, and eight-tenths of the remainder can, and that means bulk and wetght and freight rate and scandalous prices. Tba newest thing in commercial food' preparation appears to be the dehydration plant. ' It merely removes the water from the vegetables and leaves the tin without a tenant. ; It U figured that the housewife, can add the water, and that she would, rather not pay at the rate of a dollar' or 'more a gallon for needless moiftture. ' i TRe flavor, the amount of nutri ment, is the same in the. dried pro-duet-as in that canned by- the old method. Some vegetables are the better tor drying, astthose who ever had the pleasure of sampling grandmothers' dried sweet corn can testify. Here are some of the vegetables now being dehydrated: potatoes, rutabagas, turnips, squash, pumpkin, beans, sweet corn, tomatoes, beets, carrots, parsnips, spinach, peas, onions, cauliflower, peppers and cel ery. The Drocess is not the same an the old (Irving process, and it bids fair to revolutionize the canning industry of the country, and to give the house wives some of the millions that for merly went to the tin can industry, and the railroad stockholders. Also it has already helped the farmer by absorbing the "truck" surplus at a fair price in mid-summer. ' AUK CHEATING COMING GENERATIONS. "This country over here is a fine one to visit but it is so far behind our's In every respect that 1 am going to be always satisfied with the United States hereafter." The above is the closing para graph from a letter from a man who enlisted shortly after the war started end who has been on the other side ..,,. ., year. Little does he know what a Strang effort is being made by the socialist politicians in this country to 'Europeanize'' and "paternalUe" this nation in his absence. mis man nas seen wie iai k ui initiative in the common people in countries where tke government con- trols the great utilities such as the transportation telephone and tol- egrapji systems as well as many other lines of industry. He has been in a country where the "common people" never heard of such things as telephones and electric lights in their homes. These conveniences were for the rich and "official class" only. The govern- ment controlled the supply and there, h fur. - nlsh rhean nhones and iuice to the "people." This is simply an Illustration of the system. This man expects to come home to a country such as he left where the private individual was at liberty develop an1 grow and buili up ... . , . tHo n.to)f , M constitution guaranteeing him these ignts. iTe doesn't expect to come home and find his country "Europeanized nd "paternalized" so that when the door Is forever closed to him as a private citizen to enter the field of railroading, the telephone, telegraph. r cable business, the maratimc in lirtry as a private owner of ships un.' numerous other lines. Thin man the s!tme as thousand!" f "ther Americans would never be satisfied to be a mere 'vpher all Ms if'.1 and draw pay as a government clerk with so chance of advancement. or held c.own a soft berth on a ship v. ith a soft bed and good meals is alluringly pictured by Mr. Hurls in his program of complete govemnfnt operation of the entire Ameriou-i Marine. This man doesn't want to be petted p.nd pampered and made a mere ward of the government. ie wants an American's chance to build and develop along lines of In dividual initiative under tho protec- ion of the American flag. This man little realizes that while ie has been away from home fighting for democracy in foreign lands, an rganized movement has been start ed in his own country to control the pportunities which have heretotora been the birthright of every Ameri can. Men like this American saved the world from German autocracy and he fought because he believed in freedom of tho individual. Is he to come home to a country honeycombed with socialism and ready to establish an official aristo craey to control virtually every move of an American citizen? He has seen fhis system in opera ion in foreign lands and he is longing for the day when he can get back to the good old U. S. A. as he knew it before the war. Whether you be laboring man oi capitalist, this is your country and it is going to be up to you to decide whether you stay with American traditions and principles or step backward one hundred years and switch to a system which brought about a world war. Let the people think. 5-5 ONE WAR REVELATION, One great . public fact brought out by the war is that multiplicity of government enterprises has shown great trend toward inefficiency. Industries embraced under war necessities and not protected ' against political pull, in most cases showed poor results far ' below ' American standards -" ' ' , ; Under our poliMcal . system and party tule those who advocate taking oyer all the Important;, industries Jn times, pf peate, work against public welfare.- 1 -v.;1 ; ' : ' Government ownership- and opera tion of any industry means increased cost of production and lessened out put, with consequent' higher cost to the people. '-- " - Who gets the Increased "onttay for thp product. The army of officials who constitute- the Inevitable politi cal overhead or public administra tion. ' ' : 1 AH who work for the government slow down in their efforts for they are not subject nor indeed can they be made subject to laws of competl tion. To place all Industries under gov ernment management means to create a privileged elans,' destructive to liberty and becoming constantly more inefficient. The example of what it lead to in Germany, centralized autocracy, and what It lead to in Russia, anarchy instead of order, ought ' to be sufficient warning. The Manufac turer. THE GR HATER TASK. A few weeks ago we thought we !WU" r , ,.S ,T 7. . . . . . ",tho fulfillment of the obligations nf hut a onnromp tailr nn nnr linnrlo winning of the war. Today we have a greater one. A just peace settle ment will be harder to effect than a victorious ending of the war. Never was a peace conference held in which the rank and file had so vital an interest. Generally the overlords of the nations have arranged the terms of treaties, -while the ordinary citizen who has fought the battle and will PT 'he M"s. has beoo ignored. That day has passed. The patient every-day citizen, the toiler on the farm, in mill and factory, and shop, and Store, who, in person, or through his sons, has paid the stupenaons price of victory, ha3 , , - the Interest of the great mass or on and not in the interests of the Jew shall peace terms be made. He oenevea ne was saennemg ana fighting in a war that was to end war. He has made up his mind that this sort of thing shall not happen again. The peace conference of 1919 not to be a peace conference oi kings and presidents. Should it prove such, should it forget the un- numbered millions who have won the great victory, and revert to the ' ' nil! nnHamanifail aalttan mar h nil .1 ! whereby the elect by birth alRl financial power of each nation seek their greatest gain at the expense of the common good of all, then woe betide remaining kings, presidents, plenipotentiaries. The curtain has fallen on that stage where the destinies of nations are determined by men whp have not "looked at the calendar for two hundred years." Our Dumb Animals. IK)XT STARVE THE CATTLE. It is short-sighted policy to starve attle by attempting to - maintain hem in depleted fall pastures. This ractice Is common in western range states. It is unjust because It is in humane, and it is unwise because it is unprofitable. Although animals suffer less than man, they none me less suner Partial starvation is agonizing in the oxtreme. Aside from this, it causes stockmen to lose money. When the cattle come oft summer pastures they are usually in good condition. They are then turned into the fields to pick up what could not be gathered during the harvest. This is desirable both in order to save the feed whlcti would otherwise be wasted. High price of feed tempts owners to delay feeding as long as possible. This is not wise, because cattle lose flesh rapidly. Experienced feeders know only too well that it is more difficult to get flesh back on animals than it is to keep them in good condition and it is also much more expensive than to avoid its loss. It is not profitable to keep cattle tat, but they should be kept strong and vigorous. Weak animals die at spring alving. When cows die, their calves, too either die or else are ,aved with extreme difficulty. Feed that the dead animals have eaten is lost Had these animals been sold or killed In the fall and the hay fed to other animals, these others would have been in better condition. Salt Lake News. NOTICE OK FINAL ACCOUNTING. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned have filed their final ac count, as executors of the last will and testament of Jane Penland, de based, with the County Court of Morrow County Oregon and that said court has fixed Monday, the 3rd day of February, 1919 as the time and the County Court Room in the court house at Heppner, Oregon as the place for hearing said account and any objections thereto and for .ho settlement of the Estate of. said deceased. EMANUEL NORDYKE GUY NORDYKE . . GEORGE W. SPERRY ' . . ' , Executors. NOTICE OK EXECUTOR'S SALE OF '. . REAL ESTATE CONTRACT,'. . Notice is hereby given ' fliaf by virtue of an order of the County Court of the State of- Oregon, lfor Morrow County, made.and entered on the 4th day-df January -119, I will on. the 8th..-day, of February, 1919, at the hour of .two 0'clockj. p. m., at the front door of 'tfte. . County Court House in Heppner., Morrow ('Cpji'nty, Oregon, sell at .ptibllc Auction .to; the Highest Bidder for cash, subject to the confirmation -of the' said Court', the following described -.repl estate contract, owned by Frank J. Uabelt, at the time of his death, to wit: A certain contract ' with the Northern Pacific Railway Company for the pur chase of the following .described lands in Morrow County, 'Oregon to wit: Northeast quarter of the South west quarter and the North half of the Southeast quarter of Section 7, in Township One South of Range 25, E. W. M., said contract being 'dated March 30, 1917. The purchase price of said land under said contract is $480.00 payable in six annual in stallments of $80.00 each together at the rate of six per cent per annum, said payments due and puy able on March 30th each year; that two of said installments have bi-en paid leaving a balance of four in stallments or $320.00 to be paid. The purchaser of this contract -. v - i j . .. ..:.. .. v 1 ; thB nt U" l1" PETER BAUERNFEINT), Executor of the Last Will ami Testament of Frank J. Habelt, De ceased. ' 'ft E8TRAY ANIMALS. I have taken up and am holding at my place, six . miles,, northwest of Heppner, the followlny described animals: One gray mare, white tail and mana, harness marks, roached about one year ago, weight about 1200. One brown roan mare, black tail and mane, gray head, white face, harness marks, roached about one . . . 10nn une aaric oay nuy. oiaca tan anu maIie white stripe in face, neck at . t of r,ght 8houlder been wire cut - ae tw0 or three years' welgllt about 1000. One brown mule, roached about a montn agQ) no harness marks, age about two to three years, weight ab 1000 pounds. No visible brands on any of these animals. Owner can get this stocK by calling at my place and paying costs of advertising. J. P. BAVGHMAN. ALIEN SLACKERS NOT WANTED. Idaho is to be no home for foreign born men who gave un their citizen- -;Mn papers in preference i enterin? he war for the rni'e.l S a:es. Fol .'.visig close upon the announcement ' a! the flas Tie c -nirav of Cocu ' ' ere was bar: ing all such men irom its employment comes the an i '-omen' that mining cmpanies he Black well Lumber company and er c incerns are notifying every ne concerned that, these slacksr: cannot be employed in their plants. Many former employes have been dls harged as soon as it was learned that they had renounced citizenship In Shoshone county officials are prepared to proceed under the Idah statutes, which provides that no private corporation may employ, a foreigner who has not first declared his intention of becoming a citizen of the United States. , THE DEATH ROLL. The latest governmental estimates of soldiers killed during the war are as follows: Russia, 1.700,000; France, 1,400,000; Great Britain 658,704, and Italy, 500,000. The figures of course, are esti mates, but the sharp scrutiny of loss is and the steady accumulation ot information tend to remove errors and exaggerations. Reports of Ger many's losses vary greatly, but It is robably conservative to estimate them at 1,500,000. . Austria-Hun gary lost heavily, probably 750,000 men. Turkey lost at least 300,000. jerbia's losses have been estimated at 250,000 as enormous percentage, while Belgium lost more than 100, 000. Roumania 300,000 and the United States perhaps' 75,000. The total number of deaths direc tly resulting from the war was there fore no less than 7,500,000 men. Probably the death roll is higher. As for permanently crippled men, the .otal will run more than 10,000,000. Bakery Suffers Fire Loss. A fire broke out In the bakery of W. C. Bowling on Main street at about 9:30 on Friday evening, and before it could be extinguished, much damage had been done the building as well as the stock therein. When discovered tho fire was about ready to break through the roof and it was some little time after the alarm was given before a stream of water was playing on the flames. In about three minutes time, however, after the water was turned on, the fire was extinguished and no damage re suited to abutting property. The fire evidently started from a defective flue which goes.up about the middle of the building. No one was near the premised at the- time, but there had been a fire in the heating stove and-it was from this the fire un doubtedly started. . The building be- longs 'to the George Noble estate and is -one of the oldest houses on the street.' i -TJamage to, th'ls will run to aboiit?'$350. ' Just what loss Mr. Bowling "sustained we have not learned but it Will bo several hundred dollats. As soon' as the insurance is adjusted, arrangements will be made for 'repairing' the building or taking It out entirely and replacing it with a concrete, structure. As to this, Mr. Noble is not decided at present. In the meantime, the bakery is out of business and numerous housewives of Heppner are taking a turn at bread making. Idaho Pc-clnres AVar on Rodents. The farm bureaus of 15 counties In Idaho, in cooperation with the Uio loglcal Survey of the United States Department of Agriculture, this year treated 266,068 acres of land with poisoned bait to kill ground squirrels According to the estimates of ths farmers benefited, 11,168,074 worth of crops were saved, at a cost of $30,920. In Bear Lake County, fol lowing the squirrel-eradication cam paign, the local bounty, office re corded the' receipt of 136,500 squirrel tails. In Bingham County one mem ber of the farm bureau reported ho had received $49.74 bounty on the presentation of 2,487 squirrel tails. These were killed by the use of only $1.70 worth of strychnine and sac charine. He saved his crops besides. In Blaine County the farmers report a saving of $20 for every dollar ex pepded, and the county commission ers have Increased their appropria- tion for this work of poisoning squirrels from $300 for .1918 to $3,500 for' 1919. W. W. Smead returned home on Saturday afternoon from Pendleton, where he had been during the past week owing to the. sickness of I Clarence M. White. Peoples Cash Market FRESH AND CURED' MEATS POULTRY AND FISH C. D. Walkins, Propr Heppner, Oregon FOR INCOME TAX INFORMATION SF Farmers Exchange of The Inland Empire Rooms 5 and 6, Roberts Bid., Heppner, SHOULD FOR 0 mi Fwd WE CARRY CHOICE GOODS MEAT Sftfs 1 and poultr: AT 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 Maiti'23 Miss Vera Mahoney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Mahoney. of this city, returned to Seattle the first of the week to resume her studies the University of Washington. at 1 Cre. F. R. BROWN, Manager El CALL ON YOUR THE if ''fe.f BSibf fa
