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OF1ROW COCSTY OFFICIAL PAPKR
Dealing With the Un-Deported
America consists of Americans
and ot nothing but Americans,
those, ho itnin the past tew
years, nave come to mink ot Amer
ica as a vast mature ot languages,
races ana ciasmng doctrines, nave
had me rong viewpoint, Ihey have
oeen tnniKing ot America as a piace
ana not as an iaeai.
Millions ot immigrants have cross
ed me ocean trom the Old World,
they nave reached our snores, but
many ot mem have never reached
America. On the other hand, many
ot our native born are not now and
never have been Americans. Ihere
is no such thing as an "American
hed. Ihere is no such thing as an
"American 1. W. Y."
An American is a man una feels
American, thinks American and acts
American no matter where he was
born.
America has plenty of room and a
warm welcome tor those who wish to
become Americans, but it cannot
spare a single square foot of soil to
those who intend to continue un-American
and anti-American. Fortun
ately, we can deport some of the
most noxious of these intruders, but
these are but a small percentage of
the unfit. What about the remain
der? There is but one answer: They
must be Americanized.
This, however, is not a task for
the Department of Justice, not even
for Congress and the various state
legislatures; it is a task for the rank
and file of American citizens. It is
a task of education plus, and of in
fluence plus; it is really a task of
moral coercion. It is a task for swift
and energetic action, wherein Ameri
can citizens in all their vast numbers
must seize opportunities when they
exist, and create opportunities when
they do not exist, to Americanize all
who come within their own circles or
else to cast them out of their circles.
It is no time to talk of "broad
minded sympathy" or of "concilia
tion," where a great question of right
and wrong is involved. You cannot
"conciliate" evil any more than you
can "conciliate" a conflagration.
breed sVom and that, by their effects
detrov property. A country-wide
railroad strike, for instance.
We beliee that the attitude of the
rural communities of this nation is
pretty well summed up in the follow
ing resolution adopted by the Nation
al Orange at Grand Rapids, Mich.:
! "The interests of the whole public
a't superior at all times and in every
1 respect to the interest of any single
class of our citizenship."
That is true Americanism. We
I commend it to every man and woman
in this nation today.
Robbing Interior Publishers
At their Eugene conference, Ore
gon newspaper men complained bit
terly in resolutions of the burdens
heaped upon them by the cost and
scarcity of news paper.
Ihey have reason to complain,
ihe government ougnt to intervene,
ine tederal trade commission could
well continue its investigations and
make lurtner report on the news
print situation.
Many metropolitan newspapers
are prodigally wasting white paper,
.tiany an interior daily and practical
ly alt the weeklies can only get a
ton at a time. The prices that they
are paying is exhorbitant. Nine and
tnree-quarters cents a pound is the
ngure some of the small dailies are
asued. There are some interior dail
ies and numbers of weeklies that
have scarcely known from week to
week whether they would have a
white paper supply with which to
continue publication.
All the while many of the metro
politan papers are consuming paper
with the utmost extravagance was
the cause of the recent flurry in con
gress which got nowhere. Many big
dailies in the cities with favorable
contracts are ignoring the request to
conserve paper, and, utterly disre
gardful of the distressing situation
in which many interior publishers
are placed, are consuming paper in
unrestrained prodigality.
Out of regard for the situation the
public is perfectly willing for metro-
jpolitan newspapers to lessen the
number of their pages. Ihe Journal,
which has turned away advertising,'
in one instance a page for one of its !
principal clients, has heard no com-1
plaint on account of its reduced
size. i
The precarious position io which
the extortionate prices and insuffi
cient supply of news print have plac- j
ed interior publishers undoubtedly!
has its appeal to the public. It ought j
to be the occasion for a further probe !
by the trade commission. Portland
Oregon Journal.
pleasure to millions of people and
compete with revival meetings.
Hence a new campaign aginst them.
In several states the restrictions are
already severe, and now comes word
from Oregon of a still more drastic
regulation. It has been seriously
proposed "to make it unlawful to
show in any public place a movie
act, scene or episode which, if act
ually performed in real life, would
amount to a felony under the laws of
Oregon."
If such a law were passed for the
movies it would have to be applied
to the speaking stage, and then fare
well, a long farewell to Hamlet, Ro
meo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Rich
ard, yes and even Othello's occupa
tion would be gone.
And if there is an evil suggestive
influence in the pictures of the screen
and stage is there not the same influ
ence in the graphic pictures of the
master novelists and poets? They,
too, would have to be banned if the
Oregon law is to be carried to a logi
cal conclusion. And then farewell,
a long farewell to Dickens, Lytton,
Dumas, Balzac, and to Homer, Dante
Goethe and many other of the illus
trious bards and dramatists.
And what of the Oregon newspa
pers? Are they to be debarred from
reporting crimes? Surely it is not
the picture, screened or written, but
the way in which it is employed
which has the evil influence. Let the
movie reformers exercise a little in
telligence or they will be innocently
aiding the reaction which must inev
itably follow upon excessive restric
tions. San Francisco Call.
R. M. Hart, local confectioner, has
been improving the interior appear
ance of his store the past week with
new decorations, consisting of wall
paper and paint.
Christian 8clcnc.
Christian Science service! are held
evry Sunday morning at 11::00 o'
clock in the lodge room in the I. 0.
0. F. building.
Testimony meetings are held erery
Wednesday evening at 8:00 o'clock
at the home of Mrs. Eugene Slocum.
All Interested are
thse serTlces.
invited to attend
Fed Case has gone to Hot Lake to
undergo a course of treatments at
the sanatorium.
Herman Netlson of Hardman
a Tuesday caller in Heppner.
Clarence Rice is over
ranch near Monument to
week on business.
from his
spend a
ONLY "QUALITY PRINTING" PRODUCED AT THE G.-T.
Dr. B. F. Butler returned on Sat
urday from a brief business trip to
Portland.
Class Bonding and Taxing
The $3,000,000 North Dakota bond
issue has so far been refused by big
loan companies for various reasons.
It is to be used to establish a farm
loan bank, build and operate state
flour mills, elevators, stockyards, in
surance, etc.
The William R. Compton Invest
ment Co. of St. Louis now refuses
the bonds on the ground that they do
not wish to encourage state social
ism. If it could be shown that under
state socialism these big industries
could be conducted more successful
ly for all the people, the bonds ought
to sell well.
If the farmers' organizations can
handle banks, insurance, flour mills,
elevators, cheaper and better than
they are now handled it would be
fine.
But the farmers' flour mill would
have to pay him more for grain and
sell him flour cheaper or what ob
ject could he have in taking the trou
ble to run it?
But has the farmer a right to run
the state government in his own in
terest as a class? Where does he
get the right to bond and tax all to
benefit his class?
Rural Attitude Towards Labor
Unions
From the big cities we hear that
the impression is wide-spread that
the people of rural communities, the
fanner and the townsman, are op
posed to labor unions. This is sim
ply ignorance.
The country people are not oppos
ed to organization. As a rule they
favor it. The farmer has his farm
er's club, or grange, or farm bureau,
and the townsman has his club, asso
ciation, and in many cases, board of
trade. And the folks in the quiet
places of our nation are not incon
sistent. What they do themselves
they are willing for other people to
do.
But that which they do oppose is
the ruthless actions of certain labor
unions and leaders, the widespread
unnecessary strikes, which cause suf
fering in city and country, that make
living and working hazardous, that
Cradle Shows Strength of Land
A crusade under state and national
agricultural forces is on in 39 states
for "Better Sires Better Stock."
This is a wise campaign.
How about "Better Mothers Bet
ter Babies"?
Scientific care is at least as im
portant for mothers and babies as it
is for hogs and cows; and sound,
healthy children are as necessary to
a sound, healthy nation as good live
stock. At least 32 of these 39 states
agree to the proposition, for that
many of them have made permanent
their Children's Year committees and
are carrying on a determined cam
paign to give American babies a
chance to become strong men and
women.
In 1916 more than 75,000 babies
died before they were a month old
five times as many as died during
their second month. That happened
because of the health condition of
the mothers durine pregnancy and
because they lacked skilled care and
attention. Perhaps there was vener
eal disease in the parents; perhaps
the parents were ignorant of the
need for skilled care and attention;
perhaps the family income was too
low to buy it where the need was re
cognized.
Under the provisions of the bhep-
pard-Towner maternity bill the gov
ernment would undertake half the
cost of maternity and infant welfare
work in the states. The state univer
sities would help educate mothers
and fathers, too ! by popular simple
pamphlets on the importance of ma
ternal and infant care and how to get
it; and through public health nurses
and consultation centers, scientific
principles would be applied to save
and increase the nation's greatest
wealth human life.
WHERE, IO
The Question
Is Settled
DINE WITH US
Our New Big Dining Room
is not exclusive to transient
trade. It's for the folks of
Heppner First, Last and All
the Time.
Give the wife a rest
and a treat a Sunday
dinner here.
SHORT ORDERS, TOO
Elkhorn Restaurant
Willow Street
Carrying aTon a Mil
for less than a Cent
Freight rates have played a very small part
in the rising cost of living.
Other causes the waste of war, under-production,
credit inflation have added dollars
to the cost of the necessities of life, while
freight charges have added only cents.
The average charge for hauling a ton
of freight a mile is less than a cent
A suit of clothing that sold for $30
before the war was carried 2,265
miles by rail from Chicago to Ixs
Angeles for 16 cents.
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Now the freight charge is 22 cents
and the suit sells for $50.
Th com of the nit has incnuad 20 dollar.
Tlx frtlght on h has IncrMMd only 5 tun,
Othr transportation chargaa antar Into tha
' coat of tha flnlihtd articla carrying tha wool
10 tha mills and tha cloth to tha tailors but
thasa othar chaxgas amount to but a faw conta
mora.
The $10 pair of shoes that used to
sell for $5 goes from the New Eng
land factory to the Florida dealer Tor
a freight charge of 5 cents only
one cent more than the pre-war rate.
Beef pays only two-thirds of a cent
a pound freight from Chicago to
New York.
American freight rates are the low
est in the world.
Qhis advertisement is published by the
Sbsociation of Railway executives
Thoti Urirmf information concerning th$ rmilnai tiiuntion may
obtain liUroturt by writing to Tht Auoeiotion of Railway
xMWxi, 67 Broadway, Ana York.
"I've Freed Myself Of The
Old-Time Wash-Day Grind"
AND you, too, can bring a little sunshlna Into your bouse on "Blue Moo.
1 day" escape the drudgery of wash-day with the Crystal Electric
Waihing Machine. ,
Let the Crystal shoulder the burden.
It will do your washing more quickly more cheaply than any laundry
Washing even the finest, delicate linana without the slightest Injury tha
Crystal makee certain the sanitary cleansing oi all clothea. Lat ut demon
strate exactly what the Crystal will do for your home.
Let us tell you how tha Crystal removes tha dirt without retort to the com
plicated and unnecessary mechanical appliances that art to tvidtot inothai
wathing machines,
E.J. STARKEY, Agent Gilnmn Building, Heppner, Oregon.
OUR PRICES RIGHT-OUR PRINTING THE BEST-G.-T.
Our Extraordinary
Announcement
With the beginning of the New Year we are pleased
to announce the fact that we are exclusive
agents for
John Deere Plows
and
Oliver Chilled Plow Works
"THE LINES THAT LEAD"
We feel that we are very fortunate in securing the
exclusive Bale of the above lines, as each item has
been thoroughly tested and tried out and therefore
we know beforehand the success that such lines must
meet in tlte hands of any dealer. We shall endeavor
to merit a continuance of your patronage by selling
nothing but lines that we know are without question
a success for the purpose intended.
Peoples Hardware Company
Heppner, Oregon
H This is the season when we all
1 need and enjoy
I Dried Fruits I
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Reform and the Moving
Picture
Now that the nation has been le
gally if not actually purged of the
drink evil, the many unemployed,
moral reformers are casting about
for new spheres of activity. Not all
of them can be absorbed in the cam
paign against tobacco.
Many a man and woman strongly
opposed to drink cannot be persuad
ed to join in the hght against smok
ing. They are of those who fought
drink because of the crime, misery
and poverty which so often resulted
from it, and not because drinking
gave men pleasure or entered into
competition with the little prayer
meeting around the corner. Unable
to see crime, misery or poverty as
consequences of the smoking habit,
and indeed convinced that the fra
grant weed has a soothing effect up
on irascible dispositions, they cannot
be induced to join in the new cru
sade.
But, the moving pictures also give
We have them in full variety,
but also best quality
Fancy Dried Peaches,
Prunes, Pears, Grapes,
Figs, Apricots, Rais
ins and Sultanas.
If you prefer these canned .we
also can supply that want.
Phelps Grocery
Company
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KY
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ET a package today. No
tice the flavor the whole
some taste of Kentucky Burley
tobacco.
Why do so many "regular
men" buy Lucky Strike
cigarettes? They buy them
for the special flavor of the
toasted Burley tobacco.
There's the big reason it's
toasted, and real Burley. Make
Lucky Strike your cigarette.
It's
toasted'
O ) Guaranteed by