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! out the problem a to whether
t'v .Vnftution of the United States,
p-.-'tcctir.i: t!'e right of the individual
to :im'nc material progress, to aectt-
to save, is to be protect
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Theory and Practice
If you have time to w astc and your
neck of the woods has not been clear-1
ed of the I. YV. V. pest, grab one of j
these birds w ith the red insignia in '.
his buttonhole and ask him to tell you j
about his econoxic theory. Don't j
argue with him. It's a waste of i
breath. Just let him rave and cata-j
logue a few of his more lucid re-1
marks for future reference. After!
leaving him, run over a few of his ar-1
guments in your mind. Then figure i
out for yourself if the nut house is '
not just as good a place for your un- i
desirable acquaintance a? the noose
gow.
His theories are lovely things. All
about how everybody w ill be as rich
as everybody else and only a small
part of a day chiefly devoted to sleep
ing, eating, resting and enjoying life
will be given degrading labor. Only
he won't make it as bald as that.
He'll sprinkle in a few big words,
twist a few honest statistics to match
his ideas, quote a few bug authors
and misquote a few real thinkers.
You may go away with the idea that
he's quite right, you know, until you
get out of reach of his voodooism and
consider his arguments in the clear
light of a little rea-on,
If you flounder about between the
orv and theory and finallv admit tliat
you know about as much about econ-1
omics now as you knew about K. P.
before April. 1917. maybe you will!
resort to the crude, unscientific meth-,
od of putting his theories up against j
practice. You will merely turn to the :
"R's" and under the heading "Rus-j
sia" will not the superb manner in J
which the I. V. V. millenium. which j
is basically the same as the Bolshev-!
istic paradise, works out when it
comes true.
Honest workmen, like yourself,
who like vour three squares a dav
and coca cola will find your Russian
brother who is rioting in proletarian
freedom plugging along twelve hours
a day and facing a diet of lead if he
suggests a strike for eleven hours
and a minimum wage of 500 rubles,
or about ten cents a day.
It doesn't matter who owned the
property in the first place, the poor,
the hoorzhwazee. or the plutes. the
vultures on the top of the heap have
taken it over and protect their rights
by red guards who would make baby
killing Prussians sick with envy.
Food is a commodity tn. .which the
long-haired spell-binder who climb
ed into the ex-throne rooms revel,
while the poor wops who didn't have
pull enough to get in with the higher
ups, or were too tender-hearted to be
red guards, lap up the crumbs thrown
from palace windows and haunt the
vicinity of the e.vroyal garbage cans.
Just to show how delightfully equal
everybody is and to save the formal
ity of murdering the rest of the fam
ily when a woman is desired by one
of the heads of this orderly govern
ment, wives, sisters and sweethearts
are "nationalized." Nice idea. How
would you like it over here?
White-hot irons, caldrons of boil
ing oil. stuffy graves for the living,
racks, thumbscrews and various oth
er thingumbobs of the middle ages
are the popular Russian substitutes
for courts or justice, with an occa
sional old-fashioned massacre to
keep the constituents in line, in com
parison with St. Bartholomew's Day
would slink into the class of a Sun
day school spelling orgy.
this is the I. V. W. economic the
ory put in practice. Great stuff, is
n't it? All in favor of allowing them
to practice it in Russia - step for
ward. Company, Halt! The Pacific
Legion.
It is encouraging to note the fact
that lots in the burned district are be
ing bought by people who intend to
erect modern homes. There is na
reason why that particular part of,
Heppner should fail to become a cen
ter of beautiful homes. We predict
that once building starts, there will
he a general move on the part of
property owners there to re-build.
The John Day Irrigation project
received the unanimous endrosement
of the lrigation Congress in Portland
last week. By virtue of its being the
largest project in the West at the
present time, is bound to gain and
hold the attention of the government
tnd its success is practically assured.
The first reform necessary is to
put behind the flag at every school
house the Constitution of the United
States. There should never be a
graduation certificate or a diploma
issued to a West Point cadet, a state
university student, a high school
scholar or a grammar school pupil
who has not passed an examination
and shown his knowledge of the
meaning of the Constitution of the
United States and its representative
form of government.
In the political agitation that has
gone on, it seems almost to have
been forgotten that great as is the
Constitution of the United States, its
greatness consists in the freedom it
gives to individual enterprise and for
combinations of enterprise and capi
tal: the protection it gives to individ
ual investors, and the stimulus it fur-!
nishes to individual initiative. j
U. S. spells not only "combina
tion" but wealth and independence j
as the reward for business enterprise
which enlarges output, improves ,
quality and reduces prices.
It is thus that here the people are j
better and more abundantly fed and !
clothed, and let it never be forgotten j
that labor consumes more than 90:
percent of what it produces. Grant
County Journal.
Band Is One of Town's Best
Assets
The late war brought home to the
towns, big and small, little and large,
the value of a good band. The band I
played when the boys marched away, '
?nd they played when the boys came
Kme again. There was nothing that
could help to brush back the tears
like the band. And unfortunate was
th-it town that did not have a band.
Every public gathering can be
made a snappy, lively one, if there
is a band there to dispense lively
music. Social gatherings without
end are made a success instead of a
failure if there is band or orchestra
music. We believe that Heppner has
too long neglected its musical possi
bilities. Many of the older genera
tion have grown away from things
musical, and the youngsters are com
ing up without its influence and los
ing some of the best things in life.
We have a competent band leader
and band instrumem teacher with us
now. in the person of Professor Aus
tin. He is building up a class and a
number of youngsters are among his
pupils. It is an opportune time for
parents to get their children inter
ested in playing a musical instru
ment, for by learning now, the chil
dren will have something which will
remain with them througnout their
lives. They will have some musical
accomplishment. Learning in youth
comes easy. Now is the best time
to start and Mr. Austin will give you
a square deal.
Time or Places
Railroad traveling is of two kinds:
first, that in which you watch the
clock to see how much longer it will
be until you reach vour destination;!
second, where your interest centers!
on the things passing by your kaleid-j
oscope window.
The first is tiresome, uninteresting.
The second recreation and enjoy
ment. Life's pullman is also peopled by
the same two classes of individuals.
Those who have their eyes and
their mind set on the goal they hope
to reach some day. but fail to appre
ciate the opportunities that fly by the
window of their soul every day.
Then there are the lovable, suc
cessful folks who take an interest in
life as it comes. They do the things
that are brought to their notice and
before they realize it they have come
to the top of the ladder. One is wish
ing. The other working.
Isn't It Awful?
We have been reading the London
Nation, the New .York Nation and the
New Republic pretty attentively for
a year that is, every week and we
find that there is nothing right in the
world.
This will be surprising to many
readers of these lines who prospered
fairly well during the year just pass
ed, who had plenty to eat and wear,
comfortable homes and pleasant ac
quaintances, and who had many an
enjoyable time in 1919, winding up
with a merry Christmas and a happy
New Year.
"he two Nations referred to and
the New Republic know better you
.vere grieviously wronged; you were
foully oppressed, and you have just
managed to survive this life of hor
rors. Wake up, you down-trodden
fool, and revolute.
Perhaps you do not read the three
magazines referred to maybe, you
don't even know them. Well, they are
lit'ry magazines, issued weekly, and
you can't afford to be without them
if you are a grouch or a Job's com
forter. Read them carefully and you
will find no good word for anybody
who does anything in the world; on
ly criticism for everybody and every
thing from President Wilson, Lloyd
George and Sarn Gompers down to
Bill Jones and the constable. And
how they do "view with alarm." Oh
boy!
But wait! That's not quite true.
They DO see everything good in Rus
sian Bolshevism, notwithstanding
half the people of Russia are at this
moment pretty near as close to death
from starvation and freezing as hu
man people can get without passing
away. Your two Nations and New
Republic are the best little apologists
for Bolshevism that ever popped ar
ound the corner, thereby getting their
journals quoted in many Bolsheviki
organs and thereby also persuading
many a dollar across their subscrip
tion counters.
Our observations are, however,
that they are not getting very far
with their denunciations of every
thing on earth or their propaganda
for Bolshevism. The people of the
United States and England will have
nothing of communion and as for the
"viewing with alarm" stuff they are
making too much of a "Wolf! Wolf!"
game of it.
Heppner Was Bawled Out '
When S. H. Boardman of Board-:
man answered "present" for Hepp-I
tier at the recent meeting of the Irri-1
gation Congress in Portland, Hepp-
tier received one of the most humili- J
ating "Raspberries" that ever was;
the misfortune of any town to re- j
ceive. In other words, we were;
"bawled out" if that slang phrase
may be used in this connection. Ac-
:ording to representatives of the
John Day District, who were present,
the secretary said, "You, a Boardman
man, representing Heppner, why
what's the matter with Heppner?"
That is just the question, "What
is the matter with Heppner?" Prob
ably Mr. Boardman was just as capa
ble of representing Heppner insofar
as that particular meeting was con
cerned, as any of our local men
would have been, but the outside
world does not view such matters in
that light. And Heppner should have
had her representative there. Let
us hope that we will profit by past
mistakes and not soon put ourselves
in a position for such a public bawl
ing out as we received at that meet
ing in Portland the other day.
T. J. Mahonev. manaeer of the Col
umbia Basin Wool Warehouse at
Portland, and vice president of the
First National Bank of Heppner, ar
rived the first of the week to attend
the annual meeting of the stockhold
ers of the bank.
S. T. Robison, Eight Mile farmer
who Is in from his ranch today, says
the late snow has all melted and that
the sumnierfallow has absorbed near
ly all of the moisture.
The early history of the Northwest
shows that Old Fort Benton, where
Fort Benton City, Montana, now
stands, at the head of navigation on
the Missouri river, played an impor
tant part in the development of this
particular part of our country. For
years, Fort Benton was a distribut
ing center for a large territory. The
old buildings are still intact at the
fort and the following eulogizing
lines have immortalized Old Fort
Benton, by Thomas Murray Spencer,
the Oregon-Montana poet, who sells
cigars for Mason-Khrman Company
of Portland.
"THE OLD FORT."
Old Missouri! Can you tell me?
As thy younger waters pass,
Silent as the Old Fort yonder.
Now a grim and crumbling mass.
Tell me of its brave defenders,
Of its traders, trappers, braves;
Man the loop-holes with its heroes,
Rouse the warriors from their
graves.
Let the incense of some battle
Hover o'er the silent tomb,
And the war-whoop shrilly sounding,
Mingle with the cannon's boom.
Though its glory has departed.
And its crumbling walla decay,
History throws a halo around it
That shall never fade away.
THOMAS MURRAY SPENCER.
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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 Farts
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