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tage rorR THE GAZETTE-TIMES, HETPNEB, OREGON. THCRSDW, JANUARY SO, 19!. M GAZETTE-TIMES the terms of Die armistice hostilities on the front of the American armies ceased at 11 a. m." The Yanks didn't shirk that Inst job. Many gave their lives with peace a matter of minutes away, j Kvery American at home worth the ADVKRT1S1NO H TKS GIVES O N APPLICATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Tear - Six Months 1JJ Three Mon'hs .& 8lnel? Copies - 0& ohrow rorxTV official paper The Heppner Oaiett. Established March 30. The Heppner Times. Established November IS. 18?". ConolUlali February IB, 191 2. , : r victory won bv those boys in khaki Published everv Thursday morning by ... . . , , ... . tv4 entered at the Postofflc at Hepp- loan as in the first. ner. Oriron. as second-class miner. x Batteries Repaired Here. Messrs. Rivers & Ackley have an announcement in this issue concern-, ing their new battery repair depart-' ment at the Heppner Garage Machine Shops. These- gentlemen have gone to considerable expense the past two j weeks to install an up-to-date battery j repair department, which tTiey have placed In charge of an expert battery j repair man. It is not necessary uow j to send your batteries out of town, . to either Pendleton or The Dulles, to have them recharged and repaired, all this can be done at home, with a large saving In expense, besides all the necessary supplies in this line have been installed as well and the department will be kept up to date all the time. This is a part of the auto repair work that has been here tofore passed up in Heppner, and Messrs. Rivers & Ackley have antici pated a long felt want. COUNTY HOA1) MASTER. The County Court have now under consideration the very commendable proposition of electing a County Road Master. They are negotiating with a man to take this place, that we be lieve will make the proper kind of official, should he be chosen, and his reputation for getting a dollar's worth of work out of the men em ployed by the county, for every dollar expended, was established when he held a similar position in Gilliam county a few years ago. We refer to Mr. McCaleb, of Arlington. This gentleman had charge of road work in Gilliam county some years ago, and from all that this paper has ever been able to learn, he proved himself to be just the right man in the place. Morrow county, In the very recent past, has paid dearly for a lot of road ft oik; she has, in plain words, been robbed to a degree that is scandalous, and principally for the reason that there was not a man at the bead of affairs, and acting for the county, who was free from the contamination of the so-called paving trust. No mem ber of the county court was situated to take supervision of the work and there were head bosses, .bosses, sub bosses, etc., galore, and no particular one to lay the blame upon; but tle big road firm, with headquarters in Portland, raked off the profits on gross expenditures just the same, and the people of the county paid the bills. The County Court is certainly tak ing hold of the situation right in electing a man to supervise the road work that will see that the money spent brings the desired results. OUR GREATEST PROBLEM. The immediate problem before the United States is whether private in: dustry can keep up the high wages paid during the war. Manufacturers have raised the question whether this country will be able to maintain its share of world trade on an eight-hour work day basis and at the present abnor mally high scale of wages. President Gompers struck back at "all the Bourbons In the United States" who try to rob labor of the advantages it has gained during the war. But the New York Sun points out that a three-dollar-a-day wage that will support a man and his family in comfort is better than the ten-dollar-a-day wage that leaves him without a job. The American people believe in high wages and a high standard of living. But it seems that very high wages, prevailing, under stress of war, can not be duplicated in private industry in peace times. The advance in wages has been predicted on high cost of living, and that higher wages have resulted in higher living costs. Take, for example, coal and milk. Coal operators advanced miners' wages to meet higher living costs, and this was reflected in a higher price for coal. Milk is bringing a record price. In explaining the latest advance of a cent per quart, Mr. Hoover, the iv,7i Administrator, said: "The Labor Adjustment Board raised wages of employes of distributors one cent a quart. Some one has to pay and it is always the poor con sumer." Milk went up because wages went up. This is typical, of the whole industrial situation. Already the price of commodities have dropped sharply since armis tice. The Manufacturer. THE LAST DRIVE. Murricd. At the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Owens in this city on Saturday even ing last, Judge W. T. Campbell united in marriage, Mr. William Ayers and Mrs. Elinor Ayers, those present at :!io ceremony being Mr. and Mrs. Owen and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Winters. The ceremony was followed by a sumptuous wedding supper which was prepared and served by Mrs. Owen. Mr and Mrs. Ayers have been busy accepting their congratulations of their friends since the consummation of the happy event which re-unltes them as husband and wife again. And Mr. Ayers states that there is some credit due Judge Campbell, also, for while this was his first wed ding ceremony he certainly went about the job like a veteran. He can be recommended for -his ability in this line. BUSINESS MEN'S MEETING. The business men of Heppner are requested to meet at the I. O. 0. F. hall Friday evening at S:00 o'clock for the purpose of re-organizing the Heppner Commercial Club. Election of officers, and membership in the Oregon Chamber of Commerce, and the John Day Irrigation Project are some of the reasons for this meeting. Let's get together ; on affairs of in terest to Heppner and Morrow county. C. L. SWEEK, President W. W. SMEAD, Secretary. THE FUNDAMENTALS OF CHRIST NOW (XMETH THE ASSESSOR. About this time of the year fath er's purse Is slowly recovering from the Christmas fever, and the accom panying coalbllitis and gasitis not gastritis and other ills to which the family purse is heir to. By the middle of next month the purse will be able to walk about without a cane, and some ot the deep creases in its once rotund abdomen will be slowly ironing out, and upon it, in the returning spirit of its convalescence, will descend old taxtherla and nigh send it to the grave. Taxes in our youth were not much of a family problem. Not only because we didn't have much of anything, and what we had wasn't worth much, but because civic and county and state expenses were low. All governmental expenses, espec ially city and county, have jumped with the cow over the moon In this I country the last twenty years. Probably there is not a state in the union that has not at least one city that spends more in a, year than the entire state did two decades ago. The bonded fever has also fallen upon us, and thousands of towns are not only each year paying taxes to the legal limit, but are piling up for future generations interest and prin ciple charges on improvements that will be worn out, generally, long bo fore the final bill Is rendered. ! Now federal taxes leap forward i several hundred per cent, taxes that to this time did not visibly affect the j average property owner. I The cost of being a free-born I American citizen rises each year, and no man, woman or child escapes, i whether they own property or not. For the ultimate consumer pays the taxes; as he pays the freight, in terest, over head, fire loss and the landlord's last poker debt. 9 c3 NOTHING TO AVHIXE ABOUT. We note that one Red Fox Sklu hush, avowedly a Blackfoot Indian rhieftain, is touring the country, making speeches to church societies, bewailing the lot of Poor Lo who lias btpn looted by the bad white nu.'n, and who has seven thousand federal employes taking core of his prop erty interests. Red Fox appears to object chief y to the seven thousand willing work ers having the Indian's coin in charge. ; Our experience, gathered from sojourn near various reservations, is that the only coin the average Indian has is that kept for him by the government. Just as the Indian began to " eat regular only when the paternal Uncle Samuel prvoided reservation beef. f We also note that federal officials are examining all Indians Ini ! the country preparatory to turning $ver to those fit the large property .ln teresas the government holds ' for them. To date we have noticed no federal expe.rt'examining our mental states preparatory to handing over a nice fat estate. And we know that the average Indian child born today is heir to a fortune which, neither he nor his dad earned. "But we owned all this country before the white man came," is the old wail of the Indian. Yes and a fat lot of good it did you, my red brother. You never ,ate regularly, were warm in the winter, clothed com fortable, with -money in your pocket and a diver backed under the tepee until the horrid white man came. There was quite a bit of cussed ness and crookedness connected with Indian affairs years ago, but just the same no uncivilized people ever was so generously treated by a cenqueror as was the American Indian, and the Indian today is born into a fortune that few white men acquire by a life of effort. Red Fox should count his blessings and go to work. The Best Printing Reasonably Priced. The G.-T. No. 4. What Is Salvation? (A sermon by Frank A. Andrews of the Christian Church.) "I am not ashamed of the gopsel, for it Is the power of God unto salvation." Rom. 1:16. "Work out your own salvation." Phil. 2:12. "Now is salvation nearer to us than when we first believed." Rom 13:11. A good many people have the idea that the salvation offered by the Christian religion consists in being admitted thru the pearly gates- by St. Peter; receiving a golden crown, a halo, and a harp, and thereafter playing tunes and singing songs for evermore. It Is no wonder that such salvation does not appear very de sirable to the majority of thinking people. The scriptures ofer very little basis lor such an idea F.tf nml life is a part of salvation. Hut con cerning the conditions and activities of that life very little has been re vealed to us. Again a great, many peaplt" who have made some, sort of public pro fession of Christian faith and have been enrolled as members of a local church, seem to be under the mis apprehension that they have thereby done all that the Lord required of Rivers & Ackley ' them and have an absolute guaran- The coming Victory Liberty Loan j tee as to their future and eternal will be the last. happiness. One more big job to pay for the guch misapprehensions could not victory or the immediate demands . exit if it were thoroly understood of victory anl tin Liberty Loans I jU8t what the term "Salvation" will be history. I means as used in the Christian AT HEPPNER GARAGE Auto Machine Shops WE REPAIR ANYTHING Your Batteries Recharged We have just installed a complete and up-to-date de partment for the charging and repairing of batteries, and this branch of our business is in the hands of an expert. Complete Stock of Battery Re pairs on Hand AND ABSOLUTE SATISFACTION GUARANTEED See Us at Heppner Garage 'Sale There must be no lagging by the American people in the drive that will come in April. It will not be a time for excuses. The same spirit that characterized the last hour tf fighting before the armistice went into effect should be shown by the stay-at-homes for whom the Yanks fought in France. Here is the official report of opera tions in those last lew hours of the war: "The 3rd Division advanced 3 kilometers east of Breheville. De spite Increased resistance by machine gun and artillery fire the 5th Division continued to advance, cap-, turing 18 prisoners, 3 large calibre guns, 6 minenwerfers and consider able material. In accordance with scriptures. Salvation is three-fold. It has to do not only with the lite to come but also with the life we now live. Kteriml Life. Universally man hopes for life be- yond the grave. Everywhere the I question has been asked, "If a man , die, shall lie live again?" In regard , to this question science is neces sarily silent. Philosophy answers I the question with many various I speculations and hypotheses. Chrlst- lanity answers the question with an emphatic affirmation and points to the resurrection of Jesus Christ as a demonstration of the fact, i However, Christianity does not Continued on Page lOight) Peoples Cash Market FRESH AND CURED MEATS POULTRY AND FISH C. D. Watkins, Prop 'r Heppner, Oregon Pure Bred Belgian Stallion BOURDON PRINCE No. (8807), was foaled June 18, 1914. Weight at present time 1975. Is full bro ther to Grand Champion Mare of Iowa, Jollie De Thimson No. (4117). Will sell for cash or take in exchange young stock, horses or cattle. Would consider taking automobile in good mechanical condition. He is sound, well broke, kind disposition, with no bad habits. Sure foal getter. Offspring can be seen at my place. E. NORDYKE LEXINGTON, OREGON. SHOULD CALL ON roR YOUR m o o 0 Tl Tni Mm etQM (0 WE CARRY CHOICE GOODS POULTRY71 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 203
