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THE GAZETTE-TIMES, HF.PrXER. OREGON. THCKSIVy! FKHHUARY , I0.
OURWEEKLY LEGISLA
TURE FREE LANCE i
ir.tr.viuction of bills, without un
animous consent, of by Ways and
Means committee. Six bills reached
the Governor but they are mere
ormaiities. Of the $100,000 for the
returning soldiers and sailors oni)
! 15000 has been drawn by the com
3 The third mission. There Is a growing feeling
v. , ... i i i., i,h that patriotic appeals that are only
veek of the legislature closed ith fired gaUery full of
only 323 bills In the House and 12S spectatcrg Rre not a safe guide in
In the Senate, about half as many as making demands on the legislature.
usual, and this is the last day for The State Highway
had a public hearing Thursday night
in which' all criticism against that
body had a fall airing, and the Com
mission came out with respect and
conf.iieuce, so far as could be judged
Time for Sp ing W c i k
Approaching
The time is rapidly approaching when it will be
necessary to begin Spring farm work.
ARE YOUR IMPLEMENT POSSESSIONS
SUFFICIENT FOR YOUR NEEDS.?
The world needs food, and more food, and it be
hooves every farmer to raise as large crops as possi
ble this year.
LET US HELP BY SUPPLYING YOU WITH
UP-TO-DATE, LABOR-SAVING
FARM IMPLEMENTS.
Gilliam & Bisbee
Morrow County's Pioneer Hardware Dealers
by the large crowd present. That
their program for a larger bond
Iftue financed by a motor vehicle tax
wiU go through there is not a
shaJow of a doubt.
The consolidation program was
not reached this week but is to be
Commission ' staged next week. The bills have
been introduced by Weeks, Sheldon
and Idleman, and opposition to
aboltsmng useless Doarus. commis
sions and ex-officialdom generally are
quietly making plans in the dark to
defeat the whole reform program.
The whole consolidating program
has not been Introduced at this ses
sion but bills will abolish 210 "hon
orable" out of 250 who are holdin,;
offices where they get all the way
from fnilage and pet diem to fat
salaries. The Consolidation com
mittee appointed by the Governor
are working for the best and most
practical reform from the standpoint
of the taxpayer, attacking irrespon
sible ex-official boards first. They
say they will compel a showdown and
if reform bills are defeated they will
go to the people with them.
Representative Burdick of Bend
is leading the fight for higher
salaries for Judges of the Supreme
court. Of course, with that would
go a great many other salary raises.
The Burdick bill proposes to raise
the seven Judges from $4500 a year
to $6000 and claims Oregon pays
smaller salaries than any state in the
nation. The facts show we have
more judges and pay more per
capita for the judiciary than any
state in proportion to wealth and
population. Never has a judge re
signed because he could make more
in private practice. The appropria
tions for the judiciary asked at this
session total $494,536. Fees earned
$14,400. A domestic relations court
is to be added costing about $20,000
a year. There are bills to create
more district judges and raise a
number of other judicial salaries.
Two bills in the interest of the
general taxpayer require county
courts to advertise for bids for
county supplies. One bill requires
a list of all printed matter in form
of blanks and blank books required
, during year to be made up and
sealed bids taken for same. The
I other bill requires that when the
county buys supplies or equipment
such as road machinery, rock crush-
lers. motor trucks, or anything cost
ing over $500 they shall advertise
for sealed bids. At present this is
the law of Multnomah county and all
first class school districts. Both are
good laws.
The bills to build state political
machines are before the legislature,
one that all state work shall be done
only by state employes, a regular
force to be built up and permanently
employed. The state civil service
bill, championed by Bishop Summer
of Portland, would make all state
employes permanent. They would
be in for life and a pension system
is a part of the program.
The House passed an Important
bill to exempt moneys, notes and ac
counts from taxation to make it
easier to get capital into Oregon.
With railroads under government
operation and most of the utility
corporations fighting for their ex
istence the only remaining subject
t(. legislative attack is insurance
companies. So a grist of bills has
appeared, which if all enacted will
make it hard for some smaller in
surance companies to exist in the
state. Oregon has but one successful
fire insurance company that actually
naid its first divident this year. To
enact all proposed laws means to
keeD capital out of insurance bus
iness in Oregon and insurance funds
out of the state.
Four woman bills are championed
by the only woman in the Assembly,
Mrs. Thompson of Hood River. They
are bills to raise the age of major
ity for women to 18 years, married
or single, the Domestic Relations
ouri. for Portland only; requiring
women to perform jury duty the
same as men and to be drawn on
juries the same as men, and the
teachers minimum salary bill. The
latter is drawing some opposition.
Many small country schools that
would have an eight months school
at fifty dollars a month for a teacher
would have loss than a six months
school at the minimum of $,75 a
month. The demand for this comes
from city teachers, but the bill is one
of a group of school laws that are
ground out each session raising
school taxes.
The usual job of recodifying the
code, that comes up every five or ten
years at a cost of from $25,000 to
$50,000, is again before the session.
f this travel. This cash remains in crease these revenues Is by a de-
the Pacific Northwest. It is not sent velopment more potent than any
i.er c. mm ulity, but remains here that has gone before w hich will re
o help every individual citizen in suit in the coming here of thousands
he development of his business, and of men and women, who will see us
iu the payment of his taxes and the as we are and who will In a large
Tourist is absolutely the forerunner measure either remain permanently
f the settler, the new investor and or leave their money for invest
ut for any raw material, nor for any ments.
the manufacturer.
Travel by rail was discouraged Some Idea of the number of letters
last year and aa far going abroad Is American soldiers write home may
concerned there will be nothing be gained from the fact that a single
doing this year. The war is over item passed by the Y. M. C. A. pur
and tlie people have the money and chasing department in Paris, in one
a desire to travel. We have so far month was for 100,000,000 letter
expended $112,000, to attract atten- heads and 100,000,000 envelopes
tion to the greatest asset we have which are expected to last the sol
and we only need to keep up the diers three months. It is thought
work to secure returns based on that this may not be enough now
this expenditure far beyond the de- that peace gives the doughboy more
sires of the most avaricious. To time for writing letters.
illusVate: the Park to Park High-
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at the Jones Ranch
1 MILE SOUTH OF THE ALPINE SCHOOL HOUSE IN SAND HOLLOW
THURSDAY, February 13, 19
THE FOLLOWING LIST OFPROPERTY WILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUC
TION, BEGINNING AT 11 A. M. SHARP.
6 mules, broke to work, 4-7 yrs. old.
6 horses, broke to work, 4-7 yrs. old.
1 milk cow, 5 years old.
1 2-year-old heifer.
1 2-year-old steer.
2 yearling calves.
I 2-year-old Holstcin Bull.
II small shoals.
4 dozen chickens.
8 turkeys.
Harness for V.) head of stock.
24 collars.
1 set heavy double buggy harness.
2 sets single harness.
2 saddles.
2 wagons, nearly new.
1 steel wheel truck wagon.
1 Peoria grain drill. x
1 Walla Walla weeder.
1 26-foot harrow.
1 2-bottom, 16-inch J. D. Plow.
1 3-bottom, 14-in. Canton Clipper plow.
9 pairs of leader bars.
1 Ford car.
Lumber and barn.
1 double emery stone.
150 good 2nd-hand sacks.
Heating stove, bed, chairs, tables, small
tools, chains, etc., too numerous to mention.
TERMS :
$10 00 AND UNDER, CASH, BALANCE 8 MONTHS WITH 6 INTEREST ON
APPROVED NOTES.
Free Lunch at Noon
SALES UNDER DIRECTION OF
The Farmers' Exchange of the Inland Empire
HEPPNER, OREGON
F. A. McMENAMIN, Auctioneer. F. R. BROWN, Mgr. and Clerk.
0RE60K THIS YEAR
way Association at a recent meeting
in Spokane reported 10,000 mach
ines entering Spokane over the
Yellowstone Highway with an aver
age of four in a machine. Sup
pose these machines were gathered
together in Spokane la one day. j
You know what it costs you to!
travel. Take this amount and
multiply it by 40,000 and look at the
total and this is the way this new
money that costs us practically noth
ing to get flows in a steady stream
into our lay. House Bill 76 calls for
another appropriation to cover the
coming two years, for the same
amount asked for two years ago and
dependent upon Washington and
British Columbia following with the
some amount they gave previously.
No appropriation has secured more
for Oregon or been better adminis
tered. That work is under the con
stant attention of some of our lead
ing business men who give their
time free of charge and pay their
own expenses when attending the
meetings of the Board of Directors.
The state revenues are used to de
velop every other asset, either by
maintaining departments, enforce
ment jjf laws, maintaining institu
tions, and the building of roads and
bridges and the simplest way to lu-
E. Nordyke was up from Lexing
ton Monday, being called to the city
on business relating to the closing
of the estate of the late Jane Pen
land. MK. SlU KTi: COMKS TO THE
FKOXT
Tells His Friends and Neighbors Of
His Kxiterienro.
Every Heppner resident should
read what Mr. Sliurte says, and
follow his example. He has used
Doan's Kidney Fills and speaks from
experience. Is there any need to ex
periment with imitations or untried
kidney medicines?
C. W. Shurte, says: "Several years
ago I was more or less subject to
bladder trouble. The kidney secre
tions were unnatural and too fre
quent in passage. During these
spells, my back felt weak and lame.
After taking a few boxes of Doan's
Kidney Pills, I got over the bladder
trouble and my back felt as strong
as ever."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidnoy remedy got
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
Mr. Shurte had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
Oregon will act as host this sum
mer to the National Editorial As
sociation as one of the results of the
activities of the Pacific Northwest
Tourist Association. This body of
men and women is made up of the
brightest minds in the newspaper
world and the results that will ac
crue from a publicity standpoint are
beyond all computation. During the
past two years the Tourist Associa
tion representing Oregon, Washing
ton and British Columbia has spent
$112,000 to attract tourists to the
Pacific Northwest and the results
have been far beyond expectation
when war conditions are taken into
consideration. That Oregon has re
ceived the greater benefit over the
other commonwealths is evident in
the attendance at Crater Lake. There
are 11 National Parks In the United
States and all but two showed a de
crease in attendance except Crater
Lake and Rainier National. Crater
Lake showed an increase of between
26 to 40 per cent and nearly 50,000
people visited Rainier National while
all other parts of the Pacific North
west were Included in the various
phases of publicity.
The total expenditure of 'the
tourists and vacation seeker per an
num Is not less than One, Billion
Dollars and it is to secure our fair
share of this immense revenue that
this association exists. .
It is safe to say that within a very
h'ort time the Pacific Northwest
and It can be demonstrated by
figures can derive from Fifty to
One Hundred Million Dollars of
actual cash from the encouragement
J. 0GDEN ARMOUR IN
WASHINGTON POSE
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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
Running Again
Now doing business again after the fire at the old stand
OUR LIGHT BREAD
IS UNEXCELLED ANYWHERE. TRY IT.
THE HEPPNER BAKERY
W. C. BOWLING, Proprietor.
This is the latest picture of the
man who virtually controls the
livestock packing industry of the
world. It is J. Ogdmi Armour,
prpRldfnt of Armour & Co., as ha
appeared at Washington in the re
cent Investigation. He furnished
tercsting testimony.
Peoples Cash Market
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FRESH AND CURTD fcTATS;
POULTRY AND FISH
C. D. Watkins, Propr Heppner, Oregon
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