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THE GAZETTE-TIMES, HETTXER.ORE., THmSDAT, DEC. 18, 1919 v.cn TWKMV.Tifr.f r LOCAL NEWS iOTES IF LEXJNGTON AND VIC1HIT Head Burgoyne'g prices and see how you can save money. When you pay cash you get the benefit it you trade at Burgoyne'l. Don't overlook our ad on this page. Mrs. Jack Littel and young son Dean of Portland hare been visiting in Lexington the past week with Mm Litter, sister, Mrs. W. 0. Hill. Buy at home and do better. See Burgoyne'l ad In another column. The Lexington state bank has re cently installed a new Burroughs computating machine, which adds materially to their bookkeeping de partment. Frank, Billie and Lou will treat you right. See the price lists In our ad. Joe Burgoyne, general merchan dise. Work on Earl Warner's new res idence is progressing rapidly. The plasterers are now working on the inside walls and E. J. Starkey of Heppner is putting in the electrical wiring. L. D. Countryman, new manager of the Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co., ar. rived In Lexington the past week and assumed his new duties. Mr. Coun. tryman Is recently from western Kansas, where he had considerable Xrii'nce In th lumber business. 1 lie, is much inipresHecl with Lexini?-.1 tun and surrounding territory. j "Doc" Taylor recently returned to Lexington after spending several months in the United States navy: Mr. Taylor traveled a great deal in the service and talks quite inter, estingly of his many experiences. He was formerly associated with his brother, Guy Taylor in the well drill ing business. John Parker, who lives on the Bur chell ranch north of this city, re ceived a telegram Friday that hi grandmother, who lives in Kansas, was quite ill and not expected to live. McMillan's Confectionery Is Addition to Lexington During the past year there haw been several improvements in Lex ington but none of them fill such a long felt want as the McMillan Con fectionery on th6 Bouth side of Main street, adjoining iiM Leach Opera house. John F. McMillan, a young retired wheat farmer is the owner. A modern building was constructed by Mr. McMillan and he has install ed a fountain of the latest design in marble. Mr. McMillan is contemplating improvements in his place in the near future. One of the features of the confectionery is the ladies' rest room at the rear which Is arranged for the special comfort and convenience of out of town ladies. It Is the only rest room in Lexington. THE MORROW CO If FARM BUREAU Continued from Page Seven. the plan to co-operate with the Coun. ty Court and the County Road-master in selecting the men in the various localities to look after the road re pair and to help work out plan for handling the road work in each lo cality with the idea of making a more systematic and sympathetic arrange ment or program of work along this line. In event that another bond is sue should be considered by the Coun ty it is the plan that the Farm Bur eau would have something to say in regard to where the various money is expended and which are of vital importance to the people ot the en tire county. Each committeeman in each locality will keep in touch with the needs of his own community and will report these conditions at the various county meetings ot this com mittee. The Farm Record committee is headed by Mr. Myles Martin of Lex ington. It is the plan of this com mittee to work out a satisfactory re cord book of the large fanners of Morrow County and to assist in its distribution and to explain how that these records are to be kept, with the hope that the various tanners over the county will pay even closer at tention. Any grocery ttore which has a capital invested of $3000.00 to $5000.00 will spend $:,fi0 or ISO'i every year and that on up in look ing after the bookkeeping end of their business while the ordinary far mer, who has an investment running from $40,000 to $75,000 hesitates in spending even an hour or so In figuring up his profit or losses for the entire year. Boys' and Girls' Club Work Under Boys' and Girls' Club work which projects are in the hands of C. C. Paine, it is hoped that something may be done to stimulate interest In this very important subject. It is to be regretted that there is no money available from the Federal Government or State to cooperate with the County this year In putt ing in elub work on proper basis and it is very doubtful whether or not the County itself would be jus tified in taking this step at the pres. ent time. It may be possible that in terest may be created in some local ities so that some work along this line can really be put on. By this method of covering the var ious projects in each localities you have a sympathetic touch, one locla ity with another and every farmer is interested in the welfare and the program of work laid out In every neighborhood of the entire county. This may not be the last word in farm organization. It is hoped that we will continue to advance but It is firmly believed by a great many men who bave given agricultural organ ization development a great deal of study that this is at the present time the beat known plan, for this reason it has been adopted and officially pro moted by the department ot agriculture. WIZARD IS AMERICA'S GRAND OLD MAN FRIENDS A FEW short months ago we opened up Lexington's first class con fectionery, installing a modern fountain and other equipment for service and your convenience. - We are glad that it meets with your approval and trust we may merit a continuance of your patronage. Ladies, here you will find the only up-to-date rest room in our city. Its here for you to use Soft Drinks Candies Lunch Goods Tobaccos and Cigars McMillan's Confedionery Lexington, Oregon Car owners know where to come with their motor troubles. They have learned that one job well done is more economical than a dozen cheap jobs. This is gratifying to the LEXINGTON GARAGE There are a number of little things done for you here which is service to you without charge. WE!SfSELLZEROLENE When your car needs that rejuvenation bring it to FREDERICKSON BROS, at the LEXINGTON GARAGE and get it toned up. W. F. Barnett & Company Have appreciated your trade during the past and at this time extends to you Greetings of the Yuletide Season. May the year 1920 be one of joy and prosperity, filled with health and happiness is our wish for you. W. F. Barnett & Company Lexington's Pioneer Merchandising Firm, Where Trade Values and Courteous Service Go Hand In Hand. , if ?"t K . . A. ,! 'CO a v. . l THOMAS rW vi-V Thomas A. Edison, one of the greatest Inventor tna world ka ver produced, and now 71 yean old. Is becoming nearer and dearer to his fellow countrymen every day This new picture wat taken la the New England states the other day, as Edison sat m a motor ear waiting for Henry Ford to get shave and John BtOTMifcj to toad telegram. This organization is assisting the farmers to organize, assisting them to get on their feet with the idea thai they will be in a position to discuss the subjects which interest them in their locality and assist in planning for the working out of these various problems. It is this system that will develop the individual conscience ness in each individual, will create team work among farmers and will make possible the giving the lie to that well worn aphorism that the farmer cannot hang together and the farmer will never unite. They are do ing it now ona scale never before re. alized and will continue it upon a greater scale in the future. We be lieve that much good can be done to Morrow County through a close application of these men to the pro ject in hand. The Farm Bureau will at all times have at heart the ad vancement of the best interest of the county and will be to the entire coun ty what the ordinary commercial j club is to the small towns. In other words it is really a county commer cial club. We invite you to join us. The members of this organization are composed, 80 per cent of them of farmers but 20 per cent may be composed of anyone, who is inter ested in the development of Agricul ture and if you are a business man in Morrow County and believe in the advancement of ayriculture we would be glad to have your name on our list with the idea that you could be counted upon to assist the far mers in the things in which they are interested. The membership fee has been decided by the executive com mittee to be $2.00 per year. This fund will be used to purchase the various varieties of wheat which it is expected to bring in, to. try out fertilizers it will be used in the fund in the spring to handle the squirrel campaign and finally it will be dis. appated by sending representatives from here to State and District con ventions for it is certainly the plans of the Morrow County Farm Bureau that in the future that any grain con ference in the Northwest shall be re presented by Morrow County farmers. Is There a Santa Claus? IS Tasting With the Nose. The sensutton of taste, while of com mon and constant experience, Is highly complicated In Its nature. What is commonly called taste Is not a simple sensotlon at all, but rather a complex. In addition to tbe actual functioning of the apparatus properly pertaining to the sense of taste, the tongue re ceives Impressions of various other sorts, all of which go to make up this complex. As finally recorded in the consciousness, the taste of any sub stance has to do with ir heat or cool ness, perhaps with a mild amount of pain, certainly with astringency or acridity which are in themselves fur ther complexes of thermic and tactile sensations and above all with smell. The reader will probably agree that Ice cream and coffee are entirely dif ferent from their true selves when served at inappropriate temperatures; and It Is a matter of record that a per son of the keenest taste may make the most ludicrous errors If asked, blind folded and with his nose stopped to Identify substances placed In his mouth. Classic Answer of New York Journalist Affirming a Little Girl's Belief . NE of tie finest things ever written about Christmas was the editorial printed 20 years ago by the New York Sun in answer to the earnest appeal of a little New York girl to be told whether Santa Claus really exists. Its author, Frank P. Church, w as an accomplished Journalist and wrote much on many subjects, but his fame will rest chiefly on this beautiful setting forth of an eternal truth. With Dr. Clement Clarke Moore's "A Visit From St Nicholas," It Is one of the great classics of the Christmas season. The answer to the eternal question as printed in the Sun follows: "We take pleasure In answering' at once, and thus prominently, the com munication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that Its faithful author is numbered among the friends of the Sun: ' 'Dear Editor I am eight years old. Some ot my little friends say there Is no Santa Claus. Papa says: If you see it in the Sun it's so. Please tell in the truth: is there a Santa ClauiT " "VIRGINIA O'HANLON. " US West Ninety-first Street' "Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which Is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds. Prglnia, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours man Is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as com pared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the Intelligence capable of grasping the whole truth and knowledge. "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and yon know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! How dreary would be the world If there were no Santa Claus I It would be as dreary as If there were no Vir ginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance, to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished. "Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe In fairies! You mlcht get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christ mas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did uot see Santa Claus com ing down, what would that prove? No body sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus, The most real things In the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not; but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the won ders that are unseen and unseeable In the world. "You may tear apart the baby's rat tle and see what makes the noise In side, but there Is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is It all real? Ah, Virginia, In all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. "No Santa Claus! Thank God, he lives and lie lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay 10 times 10.000 years from now, he wilt con tinue to h.ake glad the heart of child hood." All That Affected Her. That the Empress Eugenie Is not prone to brood sentimentally over the past Is evidenced by an Incident that occurred some years ago. She visited Windsor castle, a palace In which In the golden days of the empire she was received as an honored guest. Those who accompanied her on this second rislt hovered near her, fearing that she would be overcome with the con trast between the past and the present, especially when she viewed the apart ments fitted up for her use and which had not been changed. But It was merely her artistic sense that was of fended. The hangings of the hug bed were of Imperial purple with the green of Napoleon, and the ex-empress remarked disgustedly, "Toujours cm affroux rldeaux!" "Always those frightful curtains." A ChrtstmaB (Tnast THERE'S gladness to 11 every one open your hearts to it all year round dm't keep them closed until you are shamed into pry ing them open with a jimmy on Christmas make every day a Christ mas Day get rid of your grouch throw it overboard and don't throw out a lifeline if it cries to be saved let it drown it will do the poor thing good. Coquelin's Memory. "How many parts do you know well enough to play tonight if nwl he?" somebody asked Coquelln. He took a sheet of paper and wrote down the names of 53 plays of his repertoire. His friends laughed. "You are boasting surely, mon (fair" said the Viscomte de Lovenjoul. "Too have every one of these plajn In your library," said Coquelln quietly. "Get them all out and put them on the table." The viscomte did so. "Now," said Coquelln, "let anybody select a cue from any one of these piays at hap hazard and give it to me." They tried him with 16 plays out of the 53 and he never missed a single cue or made one mistake. 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