Tin- r. izmi'.T ws iivi'pvrn nnv
Till U!1AY, MAR. 23. liO.
THE GAZETTE-TIMES
VTh !. 1J
Tfc H.ppi.r TiP's. Ki'.bll!iJ
Nt.vT.br 1.
Crwl:datd t.rur 111
TuMIkh! vry Thursday morning tjr
Vnwtrr ( Sin-bc Cmwlor
nd nlr.l at 1tif ToMofflc at HrP-
ti.r. Oron. wond-clasa matter.
AnVKKTIMV; RTF lilVES OH
APPLICATION
St HSCRirTlOS RATKS;
One Tear UN
S,i M.mh. 10
Three M.-titha l
Sinala Toplea
MORROW COt XTT OFFICIAL PAPER
viu'Ipox epidemic in Canada; thou
sands of cases in the city of Toronto
alone My lady in Toronto has the
same nature as my lady in the United
"States, and so the most popular doc-1
tor in Toronto is one who has discov
ered a scarless way to vaccinate.
It is a sub-skin method he calls it
i Subcutaneous."
The doctors all over are very' much
interested. It is expected that the
Toronto physicians will give them
earlv information and instructions at
an early date, but we learn that the
vaccine was given a good deal like a
hvpodermie. the operating instrument
Metiverinp it below the skin. In a
majority of cases the reaction did not
appear until after the second day
sometimes not until the tentn aay.
In the average, however, the swell
ing subsided, leaving a hard noauie
below the skin, and which persisted
No Mercy for Political Corruption
should be some limitation safeguard
ing the levies, as it is unfair to tim
ber property, much of which is own
ed by non-residents w ho are helpless
in the matter, to impose a double
burden upon it. The question as to
how to vote on this tax measure is
therefore puzzling many, for the
same problem confronts all taxable
property as confronts the timber ow
ner. Of the 2,000 or more school dis-j
triers in Oregon, there probably are;
a hundred or so which lack adequate j
property to finance decent local j
schools. For the sake of these one I
hundred poverty-stricken districts.
shall we place an unnecessary tax
burden on all the property in 1,900
other districts?
If there is no other way out of it,
for about a month.
peared.
Then it disap-
lt was a happy coincidence that
Newberry and his associates were
convicted and sentenced on the same
day that three communists were
found guilty of criminal syndicalism
in Portland. While in Michigan the
law defended the republic against
the attack of a millionaire by corrupt
use of money, in Oregon it defended
the republic against attack of three
men who style themselves proletar
ians and who propose violence.
There could have been no better
proof that in the United States all
men are equal in the eye of the law.
There are manv miscarriages of jus
tice, but they favor the poor as often
as the rich offender, and the cause
is not in the law but in the people
through whom the law must be en
forced.
The fact that our courts convict
the Newberrys is the best possible
reason why there should be no com
munists in America, at least none
who attempts adoption of their the
ories by force. So long as purity and
equality of the ballot are protected
by punishment of the rich who would
corrupt it, the poor have no cause to
fear that the majority will not rule
If any are not then satisfied, it is be
cause they desire the rule of a minor
ity established by force, and the rev
olutionist enters the same category
as the corruptionist.
Among republicans in other states
as well as Michigan, also among
many democrats, the election of Hen
ry Ford would have been considered
a national calamity, both because he
was a leading champion of that pacv
fism which tempted Germany to at
tack us and which sent us into war
unprepared, anl because of his con
spicuous ignorance of public affairs.
In defense of Newberry's conduct
the plea is made that his motive was
good, but that plea cannot be enter
tained, for it is a revival of the old
argument that the end justifies the
means, that it is permissible to do
evil that good may come. To havi
conducted corruption would have
been a greater evil than the election
of Ford, for success of Newberry by
that means would have incited imita
tion until the poison would have
spread through the nation and would
have infected the laws which corrup
tionists helped to enact. The follies
of Ford are so egregious that they
would surely have been exposed in
the senate, would have limited his
influence to his own vote and would
have prevented his re-election. Bet
ter endure a Ford for six years than
a moral disease which spreads like a
cancer for a generation. Portland
Oregonkn.
Heppner needs more houses.
Have you studied the millage tax
measures for the support of educa
tion in Oregon? Read the resolu
tions recently adopted by the educa
tors of Morrow county.
Heppner doesn't want any boquets,
but she is showing the right spirit in
this county Fair work. And after
all, the fair will mean big thing for
the town as well as the county.
many w ill he tempted to vote the tax.
But possibly another way can be
found out of it. Oregon Voter.
A man over in Baker county is go
ing to contest with Nick Sinnott, the
election for representative from the
2nd Oregon District. He has a lot of
nerye, to say the least, for Hon. Nick ;
is about the best man that ever rep
resented this district and the people
Viiin nn tVi e
aic utiti iiiiiicu iu ivttp hum v
. .... -ri d-
jod, it we are not mistaken, incoa
ker county man is a democrat.
Unlike Grant county on the south,
Morrow county is suffering somewhat
' of a drough so far as political candi-
dates are concerned. Over in our
sister county there are from three to
a dozen candidates for every office.
Excess Living Costs '
Excess profits taxes undoubtedly
are the main cause of lowered pro
duction, says the Pacific Manufactur
er, and likewise the high cost of liv
ing.
Congress must shift the heavy bur
den of taxation from production
which is now penalized on its output.
The fact is coming home that tax
ing production with excess profits
taxes is almost directly taxing the
ultimate consumer. Consumption
taxes when placed on the necessities
of life are hated as so-called luxury
taxes upon articles of general con
sumption.
The excess profits taxes were her
alded as bearing heavily on the great
corporations but really result in m
creased prices on consumers. As
the luxury taxes were designed and
advertised to fall upon the rich, yet
many of them, as ice creams and con
fectionery, fall on the poor.
Re-adjustment of our tax laws is
one of the important problems be
fore congress.
No Scar For My Lady
There are few among us who do
not carry scars of some kind or other,
but when it comes to a vaccination
we are most of us vociferous against
it.
"Scar on my arm," says my lady;
"never!"
Recently they have had a very bad
The road to eternal salvation will
be literally paved with gold by the
time the World Inter-Church Move
ment finishes its campaign for mill
ions. Money is undoubtedly a neces
sary thing in carrying on of the
Lord's work, but in the big scheme of
present day activities, God's Gospel
appears to be a very secondary thing.
Get the dollars is first and foremost
at all times. Maybe in the end the
missionaries will be better paid, we
hope so. In the meantime, white col
lared gentry in the high salaried offi
ces which of necessity must be high
ly remunerated, are holding down the
job and asking a weary and ever-contributing
laity to come across with
more dollars. Let us hope that we
are not getting pessimistic.
Babies Play No Politics
Republican babies die as fast as
Democratic babies, if they do not
have the right kind of care; and mo
thers in child-birth are subject to
the same perils whatever political
party they may favor.
Safeguarding the lives of the next
generation is "big business," which
all approve. Whatever policy is ad
opted toward public utilities, the mo
thers of future citizens must receive
protection from the government. The
real economy of life-saving is dis
puted by no party, whatever its views
on public expenditure.
The Sheppard-Towner bill is spon
sored by a Democratic Senator and
a Republican Representative. The
first proposed expenditure of less
than 25 cents per birth is a good in
vestment. Various nfembers of Congress
have said that this measure must tint
of all nppeal to women; that if they
do not want it it will not become law,
but if they do want it, and will make
that desire known, it will be passed
by any Congress of whatever party
as soon as they feel the power of
that one-half of the population, which
knows at first hand the importance
of protecting mothers and babies.
Will the other half of the population
deny the importance of this measure
when they are so ready to give large
sums of money and time and labor to
protect cattle, fruit trees and fish?
Timber Pays the Tax
Fortunately for the family of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Colpitts of Promise
Ridge school district in Wallowa
County, there is a good deal of tax
able timber in that district, which is
the largest in the county. No other
family resides in the whole district.
Mr. and Mrs. Colpitts, being the only
resident taxpayers, hold a school dis
trict meeting, vote a school tax, hire
a teacher (whom they board) and se
cure educational advantages for their
seven children, the only pupils of the
school. We glean the foregoing
from Enterprise Record Chieftain.
While this is an extreme situation,
it is typical of many similar in Ore
gon and by contrast emphasizes the
needs of sparsely populated districts
where there is no timber to tax. In
such districts, and there are many of
them, there is little taxable property
of value and the residents provide
schools with the greatest difficulty.
One of the purposes contemplated
in the proposed 2-mill state school
tax levy, to be voted upon at the May
21 election, is to help equalize such
conditions. The district where there
is little taxable property would re
ceive state aid based on the number
of children of school age, and this
aid would be contributed in part by
timber already taxed heavily by
school districts advantageously locat
ed with reference to timber to tax.
An objection to the measure is that
it does not guarantee that the district
taxes where timber carries practic
ally the entire load would be reduced
in consideration of the heavier tax
ation of timber to r.eip nnance
schools in parts of the state remote
from timber. There is no certainty
but what the new state tax would be
added, without any corresponding
reduction of local taxes on timber.
While education is entitled to prior
consideration, it would appear that in
such districts where already there are
ample funds for education there
Gilliam & Bisbee
Can cut down your high cost of living by selling you:
A Sharpless of a Primrose Cream Separator that will
save all the cream.
A Surehatch Incubator that will hatch the chickens
while the hen lays the eggs.
An electric or hand power Washing Machine that keeps
the laundry bills at home.
A Prfection Oil Cook Stove that lessens the fuel ex
pense. A Torrington Electric Sweeper that makes house clean
ing a pleasure.
Come in and see these machines. All sold on a positive
Your money refunded if not satisfied.
guarantee
Gilliam & Bisbee
i WLH.UMIIIWMU luujJij iwyiijiia&l
a i i
II
I II
I
The Eastern Hide & Junk
Company
Have Just Made Arrangements With
GEORGE M. SCHEMPP
Whereby He Will Buy for Them
HIDES, PELTS and PULLED WOOL
All Kinds of Scrap Iron and Rubber,
Copper, Brass and Rags
YOU MAY BE ASSURED SCHEMPP WILL TREAT
YOU RIGHT.
PHONE MAIN 753
We will call and get your stuff.
Blacksmithing
In all its branches, including Wagon
Work, Horseshoeing and
Repair Work
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
We Give a 5 Percent Discount for Cash
J. B. Calmus
Formerly the Ashbaugh Shop
Better Shoes for Men
That's what the O'DONNELL SHOES are.
They wear longer and look better.
You will find them in all the standard lasts and
patterns here.
Work shoes or dress shoes we can fill your wants
here and repair that old shoe for you.
NEW SHOES SOLD-OLD SHOES SOLED '
We give special attention to mail orders in our re
pair department. Satisfaction guaranteed.
C M. BOWERS
SHOE SHOP
Main Street Heppner, Ore.
Betcha don't know what's goin' to be in this space next week!
Forty Dollars An Acre
Forty Dollars an acre for the best wheat ranch in the heart of
the Eight Mile farming district. Third of crop goes with
sale. Small payment down and easy terms on balance.
Also am offering an A-l Dairy and Stock Ranch of 1000 acres.
INVESTIGATE!
Arthur R. Crawford
Licensed Real Estate Dealer
Heppner, Oregon
!iiiiiiiiiiiittiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiBiiiiiiiaiiiliiiiiiiiiiliiiitiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiniii
I Tire Prices !
I Advance !
Gates Half-Sole Tires Cost
One-Half as Much
Guaranteed Puncture Proof
Are 20 Per Cent Over-Size
Stephen M. Irwin
GATES ; TO IRLES I
REGISTERED m U.S. PAT. OFF,
Authorized 5ervice Station
VULCANIZING
Gilman Building Heppner, Oregon j
iiiiiiiiiiiwiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiintiiiiiHiiniim iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii mi
9