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The Land Of "Pretty Soon."
I know of a land where the streets
are paved
With the things we meant to achi
eve; It is walled with the money we meant
to have saved
And the pleasures for which we
grieve.
The kind words unspoken, the pro
mise broken.
And manv a coveted boon
Are stored away in that land some
where
The land of "Pretty Soon."
There are uncut jewels of possible
fame
Lying about in the dust.
And many a noble and lofty aim
Covered with mold and rust.
And O! this place, while it seems so
near,
Is farther away than the moon ;
Though our purpose is fair, yet we
never get there
The land of "Pretty Soon."
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The century is now out of its'teens,
and is old enough to know how to be
have. When it was 14, or 1914, it
went astray and fer the past six years
has been drifting with a wild careei.
But passing out of its 'teens and into
1920 more can be expected. It will
settle down to a normal and ordinary
existence. The century has sown its
wild oats and we believe and we hope
that we can say, "Happy New Year"
with a confidence that comes after
the indescretions of youth and the
knowledge of the things in life that
are really worth while. Blue Moufr
tain Eagle.
No Place to Go.
The attorney for those I. W. W.'s
accused cf the Centralia murders, in
his search for an open-minded com
munity, has not yet suggested a
change of venue to the Fifth Wiscon
sir, congressional district.
The Fifth Wisconsin congressional
district is so far from being preju
diced against a man who is merely
under indictment that it prefers for
political honors one who has been
convicted and sentenced.
But the suggestion, of course,
would be useless. It is a provision of
law that a person accused of murder
must be tried in the state in which
the murder was committed.
All the inflamed proletarians will
at once recognize in this criminal law
a violation of personal liberty estab
lished by the burgeois to protect
themselves from being murdered in
the interests of the revolution. Noth
ing like it could happen in soviet
Russia. There the newspapers print
little but government edicts. The
ideal jury one that has never read
anything or formed any opinions
ought there to be found readily with
out a change of venue. Oregonian.
Colonel Bryan comes along with
the asurance that he has a way for
the Democratic party to win this
year. If it is anything like the sever
al ways Colonel Bryan has so often
tried we hope it will be adopted.
Philadelphia Press.
Outlook For 1920.
Facing the year of 1920, the Uni
ted States as the only free gold mar
ket in the world, and by far the great
est holder of gold in the world, is the
only important market for capital on
a large scale and is the most exten
sive source of raw materials as well
as of manufactures now in existence.
Its labor is fully employed and its
productive energies have more than
an ample field for their application.
This inevitably means a continuance
of a strong and active busines devel
opment. The shortage of immediate
loan funds, the tightness of money
and the effort to contract credit are
elements in the policy of maintain
ing stability and solvency, and they
may be expected to continue. It can
not, however, dissociate itself from
European conditions. In Europe e
conomic disorganization has not been
overcome and requires our aid for its
immediate relief. The outlook for
1920, given due business caution, is
hopeful; but the difficulties to be
overcome are great and the necessity
for self control in the use of credit
is more marked than for a long time
past. However, as the year draws to
a close a distinctly more cheerful
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feeline is discernible in the Wall
street district; this is evidenced by
the increased demand for the stand
ard shares on the belief that the mar
ket will be entitled to the customary
lanuary rise. From the Clews Fi
nancial Review.
The New Years Oregonian.
All, or nearly all of our readers,
have probably seen the New Years
number of the Portland Morning
Oregonian, so we don't need to tell
you how fine it was, but those who
did not get to look it over, we will
say, you missed a rare treat. In word
and picture, Oregon's progress dur
ing the past year is completely brot
out. The finest feature of the entire
number is that section devoted to
highways. It brings out clearly the
fact that Oregon is taking her place
at the head, in rapidly perfecting a
state-wide system of highways. The
number was excellent throughout and
up to the standard set by the Oregon
ian in past years. ;
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PROFITEERING! The easiest
way to account for the high cost of
living is to shout, "Profiteer." In
some cases profiteering is unques
tionably a factor, but in others, it ap
pears not at all. Clothing and shoes
are among the absolute necessities,
and everybody is interested in what
ever throws light upon their advance
in price. There is no better author
ity than Col. M. Friesman, chairman
of the New York Fair Price Commit
tee's subcommittee on clothing and
shoes. This committee, instead of
finding profiteering, discovered that
many clothing manufacturers were
actually sustaining a loss. High la
bor costs, subnormal transportation
facilities, frequency of industrial dis
putes limiting production, and extra
vagance on the part of those who
have experienced, because of high
wages, a sudden acquisition of buy
ing power, are the real causes of high
prices. Col. Friesman holds that con
trol of prices by the Government will
not remedy the situation, but that re
lief will be found in the plain virtues
of work and thrift "work, sincere
and earnest on the part of every sin
gle one of us, whatever our station,
and thrift on the part of the whole
public." Leslie's Weekly.
Beyond being the first day of a
new year, New Years is no different
from the middle of June or the last
of August in significance, except that
it is clearly brought to our minds by
the butcher, the baker, the candle-
stickmaker, that the high cost of liv
ing is not lowered any during tne
Christmas festivities.
Let's observe New Years by good
hard work and the world will be bet
ter off.
What the Map Shows.
One of the best highway maps of
the state of Oregon yet put before
the public, apeared in the New Years
edition of the Portland Morning Ore
gonian. It seems to us complete in
every detail, showing Oregon's great
plan for a system of highways, mar
ket roads and post roads. And it
shows in a clear manner, Heppner's
isolation from the interior John Day
country.
Heppner is, in reality, not as badly
isolated as the map shows, for we
have two highways tapping the inter
ior on which Morrow county has
spent, and is contemplating spending,
considerable money. There are the
Heppner-Ritter road and the Hepp-ner-Monument
road, both of direct
access to the Grant county country.
However, the map shows both Pen
dleton and Condon to an advantage.
The John Day highway through Con
don by the way of Spray will ultim
ately reach the heart of the interior.
Condon is bound to be benefitted.
Pendleton on the other side, taps
the interior by the way of Pilot Rock.
Baker comes in from the south and
has of more recent years, taken away
a large part of the interior trade,
which at one time was almost ertire
ly Heppner's.
Our two highways going into Grant
county will in a measure redeem this
lost trade. Yet Heppner and Hepp
ner business men must offer interior
people every attraction possible for
trading with Heppner. We must be
ever alert to the opportunities as they
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Phelps Grocery
Company
come up, for attracting interior trade
this way. and more than that, we
must go out of our way to make those
opportunities and then follow them
up strenuously.
The time for our awakening has
arrived sometime since.
Paying Dividends in Booze.
Did you read about the plan to de
clare dividends in booze? The U. S.
Food Products' Co. is successor of
the Distillers' Security Corporation
and finds a million and a half gallons
of whiskey on its hands, which it
can't sell. The scheme is to declare
a dividend of about 5 gallons of
whiskey on every one of its about
30.000 shares.
There are about five "quart" bot
tles of booze in one gallon and inas
much as unadulterated whiskey can
bring about $20 a "quart" bottle
these dry days, the shareholder will
have what some people might call a
valuable dividend, a regular "mel
on." Let's see, what could be done with
this "melon," say a stockholder had
five shares.
He could drink himself to death.
He could sell it to his friends for a
thousand dollars and let them drink
themselves blind.
He could make a successful boot
legger of himself.
Or he might dump the stuff in the
sewer and be better off in the end.
Why Hoover?
David Starr Jordan, America's pre
mier pacifist, has suggested the name
of Herbert Hoover, United States
Food Administrator during the war,
as candidate for president.
We do not know just what party
Mr. Hoover claims to be a member
of, and in fact, during the past sev
eral years, he has been more of a
resident abroad than at home. Never
theless, if he possesses presidential
capacities, this should not be held;
too strongly against him. He made :
an excellent record as food adminis-)
trator and is said to be an engineer j
of high ability. An engineer might:
do as well in statesmanship as a col- j
lege professor, and we have an ink- j
ling that he might be an executive
with firmer backbone. i
But there are a number of staunch
Americans who outshine Hoover and
unless the die is cast with one or the
other of the two great parties, it is
not likely that the Hoover boom will
get very far.
A judge in Stockton, Cal. has done
away with the practice of putting
automobile speeders in jail. Instead
he now puts the auto in jail. In
Portland they dont even put the
speeder in jail, especially if he hap
pens to have run over a woman and
killed her, is rather an old man and
has lots of money. Then we wonder
why there are so many bolsheviks
running at large.
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Are You Out?
The first of the year is at hand
and it would be well for you,
Mr. Business Man, to take
stock of your stationery,
printed forms, etc., etc.
If the supply is running short, you will want
to replenish at once with
Gazette-Times Quality Printing
which is the kind all discerning busi
1 ness men in Heppner are using.
Phone Main 882 for Quality Print
ing and get Service.
The Gazette-Times
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
Don't Depend on Spring Deliveries
Spring deliveries of Ford cars have never been certain, and they should not be de
pended upon. Demand has always been greater than the supply or production. So, if
you would be sure of having a Ford car, buy it now while deliveries are possible.
Don't wait even next month is an uncertainty.
Only a limited, specified number of cars has been allotted to this territory. That
allotment cannot be increased, because the demand all over the country is greater
than the supply or production. Get your order in now, and you will be one of those
who is sure of a Ford car out of our allotment.
It's first come first served. All orders are filled in rotation. So, if you would
be forehanded, if you would be certain of having a Ford car when you want it then
you will buy a Ford car now. A signed order with us is your protection. It is the re
sult of the wisdom of looking ahead.
If you buy a Ford car now, don't think you have to "store" it. The Ford is a car
made to serve its owner for business or pleasure throughout the entire year. Ford
owners have long since come to recognize the fact. It is no longer popular to "lay-up"
your car for the winter. Buy a Ford car now and use it now.
Chas. H. Latourell
Authorized Ford Dealer
Heppner, Oregon
Insist on Genuine Ford Parts