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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1920)
ri.v i 't il Till: (J l TTK-TIMK.S HKTTXER, ORE., TIU'RSU.IY, VKB. . 102(1. THE GAZETTE-TIMES M-.h ; . Th nt i ; ' k:: N. ii l IV J Ci r..i; :! f;ruar IS. rutiih4 ry Thar. n;oinin by iitrr a4 rcr lrafiftr4 n1 n!-J I tfc IVti'f!V t )ll"i'P rtr. i"j.in, ft ,'or..i-v-I!A rr.Attr. l)U'RT1IMi KTV I.HE OS Al'l'l II I ll s r I? SO R 1 r T I O X It A T KS : Or T' - M 0 S.i M..nlh - - - l.W Th'M Mentha -8 Sir.B : Cot: mmHIllV CO! TY OFriCML TAFKR Their Road Policy :"C fr.c t-iste to the horse and the r.rt t!;at l"c p!;neJ in the ar: ' 1e anriv horses and mules prov ed of wotitnaMe value in prosecut ing the war to a successful concla von. Thev were found in all thea ters of preparation and operations Ji'ir. their silent but faithful work w ithout the faculty of hoping for any reward or commendation." The taMet. first of its kind to be erected in any federal building, will he made of bronze, three feet by four feet. A number of noted sculptors and artists are now preparing the designs. Your bolshevik will sneer at this monument to dumb animals but ev ery man. woman and child w ith a de cent mind, will applaud the feeling it expresses. Col. Bryan isn't satisfied with three times at bat. How that man does enjoy fanning out. St. Lou is Watchman Advocate. After attending the farmers' meet- ing last Saturday w e can realize what 'good marketing facilities will mean our'to the wheat grower. If the farmer is once piacea in a position wnen ne rl thin have vour taxes jobbed up U": per cent. "'i'ic Biz" in its most rapacious davs couldn't have eontriv- ed in trade ed a gaudier gold brick to bounce on the skull of a gullible public Coun try Gentleman. ix tions to public and benevolent pur- fmni the millions they amass- Leshe s. performed t ho eeremouy ami tin' Miss I'.uiT.clolyii Parboe. who Is student at the Washington hic 1 vnuiie ueoi'le loft on a honeymoon , !,.( ,.. Mr v , 11,1,1,.,, u' school In rortlaml, has been vlsitlns Arlci;h Arthurs, Federal consul taker, cume In from Lena the last ( the week, ami reports that his work The rresent cour.tv court, m Urt.- n..l. Ort ..-.ll.Mt r., cord as regards roads. Their onlvjn market his product the same as handicap has been the lack of funds. PV other producer markets his pro All wad matters put before the court he not glut the market have received due consideration and '".the past and prices will tend to where it has been possible to make ai n stabilized, n other words, ia,-pillie laiiuei m cituiunni i' auiv iv improvements, improvements been made. While the broader plan of building permanent roads has been foremost in the minds of the judge and com missioners, we know, from actions they have taken and from expres sions which we have heard them make- it is their desire to keep up beat roads in all parts of the county, to the highest standard possible. There is nev er a winter but what the roads are reduced to an almost impassable condition. It will take time and money to put these roads where they should be and built to withstand weather conditions. In the meantime, when there is a little local washout in some particular distn'ct. the court urges that the man who first meets the condition, go to work at once and remedv it, instead of taking two or three days to come to town to inform the court of that particular w ashout. We believe that a successful plan j p.c,nB onk 7l ; "1C l "' Which has resulted in a conjunction wnn tne .uorrow county rami pureau in regara to Keeping i .j ,j up the roads m the various districts. No ulsion is involved, but a It fellows somewhat along the line I service is d for the mothers of :ne road supervisor plan, only the I Qf (he Unjted Sta(e? which can be larm.erspiCKtne manintneirrespec- u(ilized wjth djgnity and whjch wi how public responsibility or the w el reap the oenent ot tne winter price, or the better spring price, instead of having to take just any old price that is offered him. More power to the farmer in his effort to finance his own business. To Save Rural Mothers and Babies Many inquiries are made about the Sheppard-Towner Maternity bill re cently introduced into the Senate and House. This bill proposes to place within the reach of every mother espe cially the rural mothers public health nursing, child health centers, and instruction in the household arts on which child welfare depends, pre natal care and maternity care in the home or in the hospitals, as may be necessarv. This r to be secured by the coop eration between the federal govern ment and the states on the 50-50 plan great im provement in agriculture and the de- fare of the mother and child propor tional to that already shown through the Smith-Lever law for agriculture. Authorities tell us that most mater nal and infant deaths are prevent able. Why then are they not control- five districts rather than the court. Anyway its getting down to brass tacks on the road problem and is bound to work to a good end. Condon is still bucking up againct the came problem in the wav of .1 water supply which Heppner only a;led? Because mothers do not have few months ao decided to do away the skilled care and attention they with. The Condon city council has! need. If children are to be saved, decided to drill more wells. Unfor- j mothers must have care during preg tunately our sister city on the wect ' nancy and confinement and instruc does not have her mountain water ;tion in hygiene of maternity, infancy supply close at hand. land childhood. hxperimental measures to secure such protection have proved their worth by a lower maternal and infant mortality in a few cities. The need Library Case Settled By decision of the state supreme court. Pendleton's famed library con- ,;n sman communities and rural dis troversy is a closed book. This long- trjcts js even greater, if possible, than contested action, having its origin ! in cities, and by the provisions of the with the probating of the will of Sam-: Sheppard-Towner bill local resources uel P. Sturgis in 1 396, became a mat-: would be supplemented by a federal ter of public concern with the filing appropriation and this need would be of the first action in 1916 by the li-;met. bran- committee of the Pendleton Commercial Association. The decis ion rendered yesterday is a final vic tory for the association. It may be noticed that the nearer we come to 1920 the more Mr. Bryan a m arrrac f rntn kio nKciirifv Oittc- The affirmed decision of Judge b Djh jstav Anderson, of Baker, means' .... Driving from here to Portland in Gustav that not only shall proceeds from the j C.nrlr ..iir-t f..rA ta ttc-aA annl, nan. 1 r .u u c. c su r- ' . an hour and thirty minutes would be for the benefit of the Commercial . , . - Llm , - , - , ... . . , .. , considered as making pretty fair Association s librarv but also that the . . v. , . , . , . .. , . time, and so it would be. Yet Lieu- monev which has accrued in the fund . . . ,, ., , . , . , . . . tenant J. H. Knight, pilot of the aer- throueh reinvestment shall be made . . .i . . ", r , . . r.. , ,, tv r j 11 ial mail between Cleveland and un available. The fund was originally lt . .. i-A- u . v .v . . i cago recently covered the 335 miles S-000. but because the tota income . ? ... t each vear was not turned over to the between the two cities at a speed of tCC mIIai- n 1, Ut.a nil nra ... . , , ... . Hilled ail iiuui . 1, uiuitc an lji librarv but rather invested in part or - , . . n- . , . K . . , u . vious records for a flight of more whole, the fund now totals between j , ,m .. h $15,000 and S20.000.-Pendletnn ttlan JW m.... East Oregonian. . . ., The operation of government rail roads has placed a deficit at the door The president blames congress and j0f the United States treasury am. congress blames the president, andjounting t0 $700,000,000. This in m the meantime the peace treaty so c!udes the Pulman ines and expre,s far as the United States is concern- ;companies. i, presents strong argu ed, remains unratified. Technically ; ment for ,he anfi.public ownership we are still at war with Germany. 5 dfbDters This may explain the persistency of j ' prices to remain high. j Oregon has been given credit for :: :: i having the most progressive road A Memorial to Our Brave Anl-; building program in the United Sta mals tes. There is only one other state Permission has been granted the'whic etlua,s it Still Oregon has American Red Star, the counterpart, I ,ust beun build roads, as it took for dumb animals, of the human Red Vears f,0 a. ' of our mud-lovers Cross, to erect a memorial tablet injt0 see ,ne !'.... the State, War and Navy Department j . " ' ' Building at Washington, to commem-1 BnghtneS3 and Blessings orate the services of the American i It cost the farmers of North Dak horses and mules that were killed in jota $16 per head to join the Non-par-service overseas. There were 243,-jtisan League. A. C. Townley, grand 133 of these animals employed dur- 'sachem of the league, promised them ing the great war with a casualty of , brightness and blessings, the strangu 02,862 animals, besides some 700 lation of "Big Biz" and taxation with that were lost at sea. j 100 per cent farmer representation. Horses and mules played a most j Now Townley has delivered both rc important part in military operations presentation and taxation, with em throughout the war area. Contrary I phasis on taxation. Last year the to popular opinion, they were large-j farmers of North Dakota paid $1 ly uesd for earn ing supplies right up , 688,355 in taxes. This year they will to the front, traveling in zones where 'pay $4,540,826 in taxes an increase it was quite impossible to work motor: of only 169 per cent. Minnesota is transports. A large amount of artil- invited to follow North Dakota's lead lery was entirely dependent upon ' and establish a Townley Soviet gov horse or mule transportation. iernment. It will cost only $16 a General Pershing paid the follow- membership to listen to the big noise The mvsrery of Mr. McAdoo's dec laration that he would not attend the Jackson day banquet at Wash ington is apparently cleared up. He has announced that he will not be a candidate for president. Mr. Mc Adoo is a shrewd man and he doesn't propose to bet any money on a lame boss Corvallis (Ore.i Gazette Times. Heppner Must Have More Houses. "What is a fellow going to do? I brought my family to your town, in vested all the money I had in a bus iness, there are no houses for rent and I am not in a position to build. In other words, my family is up against it for a place in which to live." That is just the remark which we heard one of the younger business men of Heppner make only this week and his situation is identical with a large number of others. If we are to Keep family men in the town, and we believe the fam ily man is the town's best asset; then some provision for proper housing must be made. Heppner is no differ ent from nearly every other town in the country in regard to the housing situation; only that where other towns are going ahead with the sol ution of the problem, Heppner is sitting back, hands gently clasped, and waiting for we don't know what. There is no question but what the housing problem is the most serious : one facing the town today. Many families are living in tents, others , are existing in cramped quarters that would put a city tenement to , shame. Other families would come here if there were houses which they j could rent. j A single man can get by for awhile j stopping at the rooming house or ho-1 tel, he is not held down and can leave the tow n over night. The family man comes to stay and will make his per manent home here if given an op portunity, or that is. proper encour agement. Pendleton has had this same prob lem to meet and she has met it and is meeting it by forming a building and loan company which builds houses with no profit to the company. Their system is working out satisfac torily. Something like that might be done here. In any event we believe this is a matter of prime importance to the Heppner Commercial Club and we would like to see it brought up for thorough discussion at the first meet in" of the Club. Heppner bids fair to either stand or fall just on this one problem. We have not been stand ing still, we have done less than that, we have gone back, and we will con tinue to go back just as long as we try to stand still. Lets go ahead while. Let's all get together for Hgger and better things for Heppner and letis start the ball rolling with a move to build houses for the people who have chosen and will choose, his city for their homes. Effect on All Even the man who is not paying a cent of federal income taxes is di rectly affected by the tax, whether he knows it or not. It bears a rela tion to the cost of living that is not at all remote. It is true that large sums are paid to the government in income : taxes by individuals and concerns, yet the tendency is to take these taxes into consideration in fixing prices in such a way that the net income is about what it would be in normal times without the federal income tax es. It is readily apparent that the ef fect of all this has a tendency to bring up costs on many of the products needed by the people. The govern ment can help the whole situation by bringing methods of economy and ef ficiency into its own operations, so that the highly burdensome taxes at present can be relieved. Kewanee, 111., Star-Courier. JUBILEE! It was a notable event when the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, the parent of the famous "S. 0. Group," recently celebrated its golden jubilee. The chief figure in this great organization from the beginning was Mr. John D. Rocke feller. His constructive genius was the outstanding cause of the com pany's wonderful success. Mr. Rock efeller in a letter to a large gathering of jubilee banqueters, presided over by Chairman A. C. Bedford, stated that he and his brother William were the only surviving founders. The letter refutes the charge, often made that the .organization was always ruthless in its methods. Mr. Rocke feller said: "The Standard Oil Com pany made a record without preced ent in the history of commercial en terprise, in turning to its weaker and bankrupt competitors and offering them a chance to recoup their waning fortunes without any risk on their part excepting the putting in of their plants, many of which were superan nuated and illy equipped to cope with the more up-to-date refineries even of that time. I am happy that all that stock prospered and did much ! better than they could have done I under any other circumstances." It imay be added that all the Standard Oil magnates made lavish contribu- liulic.itiiins Point to A chance in Cold Pric. All indications point to an advance in the prico ot coal with a probable freight advance soon. Coal shipments are now being re ceived much more promptly and now is the logical time to lay in a supply of coal, because there is a reason able amount on hand and because the price is less now than it will be probably in a few months. Tl'M-A-Ll'M LUMBER CO. a machinist in the Heppner Harare Kepair Shop and the young people will return here to make their home. for the past several days in Heppner in that locality has been held up on with her parents, Mr. and .Mrs. Ches ter Durbee. account of numerous cases of the In fluenza Show at Spokane Event of Interest to Women. Spokane, Wash. An event of much interest to women throughout the Inland Empire is scheduled for the asembly rooms of the Spokane Chamber of Commerce on February 12-14, under the name of the L. S. D. show. All manners and kinds of me- i chanical apparatus designed to re lieve the burdens of the housewife are to be shown in operations at af ternoon and evening sessions. The show is under the auspices of the wo men's organizations. Music will be provided and short talks by women from the university, college and nor mal faculties. The show is rousing much interest in the city and already a number of delegations from Inland Empire points are assured. County Clerk Waters issued a mar riage license on Saturday to Rolfe Van Bibber and Miss Tilda Collins, both popular young people of this city. Judge Alexander L. Cornett L?5 Winter Shoes y: Step in and look over our ock I of heavy, hand-made work I; shoes for men. V vJ f"M We also have in Sock the well known K -! O'Donnell Shoe for men. ASk CM. Bowers i Shoe Shop nl Main Street Heppner I WISH to announce to the Morrow County public in general and to all Ford owners in particular that I have leased the Oregon Garage on Main Street and am now better prepared than ever to give you Ford Service Let A Fordson Tractor 'hi Ml .ST""i;-jK(-'i'. 33 fa Do Your Farming Work Buy Your Ford Car Now To make sure of getting a Ford car, buy one now, Don't wait until Spring, but buy now while deliveries are possible. Even next month is an uncertainty. The number of Ford cars allotted to thi3 territory is limited and specified. Even to get our allotment, we must have real, bona -fide orders for cars. Just so many cars allotted to us, just so many will get cars; will you be one of them? Those who order their cars now will be protecting themselves. If you would be forehanded, get your name on an order today. Don't think you cannot use it if you get it now. The four seasons are all alike to the Ford car. It is a necessity every month of the year. Besides, the Ford car is lowest in up keep and easiest in operation. And the new Ford electric starting and lighting system makes driv ing more convenient. Your order for either open or enclosed cars will have our prompt attention. We Have One Ford Sedan for Immediate Delivery Chas. H. Latourell Authorized Dealer HEPPNER Main Street OREGON (Formerly Oregon Garage.) Our Ford Parts and Accessories Stock Is Complete. Insist on Genuine Ford Parts