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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
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tv4 entered at the Postofflc at Hepp- loan as in the first.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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