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ru.r. ioi r THK (i A.I TTK-TIMI S, HKl'PNKR, OUW. TIlll'.SDAV. AIMIII. I, IIC.N1. THE GAZETTE-TIMES Murch 1.1, mi Th Hri'f'- T.mrn. K.tabUntied Nnvmbr 1 s7 ronoli,l:l February li. 111. rub!lhd vry Thursday morning ly mmm Uprmrrw t'rmmtmri and tntr1 at tha PotoflV at Hepp rar, Oratron. mm aecond-elasa matter. DVEHTlr'0 HTF GITESI AITI.ll ATIO O SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Tar . On Rii Month Thraa Montha.. Slngla Copies.. 11 W 1.00 .? .0a MORROW COrMTT OFFICIAL PAPER Thirty Six Years of Progress Today The Ga:ette-Timcs is thirty seven years of age, thirty seven years young. When measured by the rule which marks the average in the life of man, this paper is in its prime. Yet it is a pioneer. Back there thirty seven years ago this entire Eastern Oregon country' as pretty much in the pioneer state. Rapid strides in development have been taken in the past three decades and we are proud to say that this paper has ever taken a leading part in that development. "Published Weekly and Devoted to the Best Interests of Morrow Coun ty" will continue to be our slogan, and if we have been of service to the community in the past, we hope to double and treble our service value in the future; ever striving to reach the ideal in community upbuilding which is the goal of every sincere newspaper. At Home and Abroad An Eastern Oregon man has just returned from an extended trip to Scotland and England and he brings back a most interesting report of con ditions as he found them there. Those conditions were much better than he had expected to find them, for he had anticipated a serious shortage in many things in the old country, together with exhorbitant prices. Yet he found no serious shortage and prices in many in stances were much lower than in the United States. He says there are instances where . supplies sent to English merchants have been returned to this country for sale, as better prices could be se cured on this side. To cap the climax he received a se vere shock in England when a por tion of the pay he received for a draft was in American gold. Dishwashing Danger For many years it has beea a not uncommon procedure on the part of those in charge of men on shipboard and in barracks to boil the mess gear, with a view to stopping an epidemic of sore throats. But it seems to have been left to two army surgeons, Col onel Charles Lynch and Lieut. Col. James G. Cumming to make ' the first comprehensive studies tending to indicate the extent to which dish washing as commonly practiced in public eating places and in our homes may serve to spread contagi ous diseases of all sorts, including colds, sore throats, influenza and pneumonia. This dishwashing process is the hand method, the dishes, glasses and other eating utensils being made ap parently clean by being soused and swabbed in a pan of water not too hot to prevent the dishes from at least being fished out of the dish water by the dishwasher's bare hands. A temperature in which the dishwasher's hands can be put is not hot enough to kill disease-producing bacteria. As eating and drinking utensils contaminated with bacteria from the hands and mouths of those who have used such utensils are successively added to the dishwater the bacterial content steadily in creases. Cumming found as many as 25,000,000 organisms in a quarter of a teaspoonful, of such dishwater. Besides the supply of disease or ganisms derived from contaminated eating and drinking utensils all sorts of organisms are added to the dish water from the dishwasher's own hands. These are almost sure to be contaminated with whatever organ isms the dishwasher may be carrying in his own mouth or nose, and such contamination will be increased if the dishwasher has a cold. While consistent efforts will be made to protect patrons of public eating and drinking places, the trail of dishwater infections leads us right into the home and points to the ne cessity of a decided dishwashing re form in the average home itself. It is very easy to point out ways in which home dishwashing may be made safe, but what is really needed is some practicable scheme or appli ance which will appeal to the ordin ary housewife and mother through relieving the present home dishwash ing procedure of its drudgery and in cidentally serving to prevent an in fection from running from one mem ber of the household through the en tire family. Some Baby Questions The 1'. S. Bureau of the Census has recently issued a report on mor , tahtv statistics for 1317 in which it : avs in speaking of the infant mor tality rate: " a few increases I appear which should serve as food I for thought. What has occasioned the increase in the rate from prema jture birth from 17.5 in 1910 to 21.1 iin 1917? What has occasioned the i t increase in the rate from injuries at birth from 3.2 in 1910 to 4.t m 1917?" In western, eastern, southern, nor thern states, in industrial cities and in pioneer rural sections, the story is the same. Of the babies studied there died during the first month of life in six different cities: 38 per cent; 3S per cent; 28 per cent; 41 per cent; 49 per cent; 57 per cent. In five rural counties the actual num bers are smaller but the percentages are even higher: 45 out of S9; 22 out of 28; 12 out of 15; 10 out of 16; 10 out of 14. This excessive loss of baby life is due to the parental condition of the mothers. The federal government is ready through the provisions of the Sheppard-Towner bill to help rural districts provide sufficient nursing and medical attention to insure health to the bearers of America's citizens. This paper is in receipt of a tele gram from Mr. 0. C. Leiter, of Port land, who has been elected secretary of the Hoover Republican Club of Oregon. Mr. Leiter is forming state wide executive committee, and states that he would be pleased to have us furnish him with the names of the most prominent republican man and woman in Heppner who might ac cept appointment on this committee. We are at a loss to give Mr. Leiter this i nformation. Have heard no prominent republican, either man or woman, doing any boosting for Her bert; his boosters here are in the other camp, and had he asked us for the names of the most prominent democrats in Heppner who are talk ing the most for Hoover, we could have replied with alicrity. As a mat ter of fact, there is mighty little talk among republicans concerning any candidate, presidential or otherwise. :-: : j Slats' Diary Friday ma was kidding pa cause he is gifting bald hare on his hed. & ; pa sed he hassent ! no use for hare I for all that he! uses his for is 2 come it & muss it up enny how. Ma ast me to take a dose of medi sen & I Quoted bill Shakespeer too her I sed thro fissick 2 the dawgs. pa tuk it wen he come home, went to the stoar & I bought sum pa per & pensils 2 draw pitchers on & with. Saturday Jake's sheep found a little baby lam today, early this Morning in ' the a. m.. Cutest thing, wish ! had aseen it 1st & his Sheep woodent never found it j bet. went 2 the pitcher show & j saw Charley chaplin. He is very comikal. Sunday had soar throte & did- dent have 2 go 2 s. s. throte better after dinner. Drawed pitchers of waggins & churches & dogs & guns Ast pa 2 tell me summing 2 draw and he sed draw a automobeel & I sed tell me summing that wassent so hard & he sed draw a pan of mush, tride it but cuddent do it. Monday A man come & ast pa 2 git him a job at the stoar & pa ast him did he drink, the Man sed if he had enuff money 2 drink he woodent need no job. Tuesday after skool Jake & his cozzen come down 2 play his cozzen is Richard summing, we diddent play long our disposishuns diddent Match, very well. Wednesday Wm. s. Heart at the show, tride 2 Work ma for 1 1 cts. Acted nice at the table, pa sed wots the matter with Slats he acks as polite as if he was away frum home, went to the Show. Thursday Jake throwed my ball over ole man Bell's fense & I went 2 git it. Bull dog chased me diddent ketch me but skunt the hide off the hind end of my heels, pritty near. Close eskape. I'll say it twas. Headed Off Mr. West started out on his great scheme of making Mr. Hoover Ore gon's democratic candidate for the presidency with full notice that he was and is not a democrat. He had an idea that the way to make him a democrat was to call him one. Evi dently it can't be done. Mr. West yields as gracefully as the circum stances will permit as readily as that other surprised citizen who pick ed up the hot end of a poker. The gentlemen of the University club who are promoting the campaign of Mr. Hoover for the republican nomination are a little more astute. They are asking no questions but are going ahead. It appears likely that if they solicited Mr. Hoover's appro val for their action they would get the same response as Mr. West got. They i know it. Mr. West knew it. too; but j that's another story. Mr. Hoover, may not know what he is politically. but he knows what he is not. We can j only guess whether he will find outj soon. Our guess is that he will. Putj it is teyond our present resources for' speculation as to the future to hazard1 a guess as to what various democ-; ratic shouters for Hoover will do when and if he gets the republican nomination. Oregonian. I "Hunger knows no armistice."! Isn't it about time that Morrow eoun-j ty is getting organized to raise her quota in the Near East Relief Fund? Surely suffering humanity never call- i ed more appealingly than the starv-1 ing women and children of martyred: Armenia. ! With a fast ball team and a good band Heppner ought to have no trou ble getting to the front fast. There are splendid chances for having both. The re-assuring words of Forester Keithley concerning the prospects for water next summer will "listen" good to the man who has just pass ed through a severe winter and long feeding. Clirlstlan Science. Christian Science services are held evry Sunday morning at 11::00 o'-: clock in the lodge room in the 1. 0. j O. F. building. Testimony meetings are held every I Wednesday evening at 8:00 o'clock I at the home of Mrs. Eugene Slocum. j All interested are invited to attend i thse services. I Gilliam & Bisbee Can cut down your high cost of living by selling you: A Sharpless or 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 guarantee. Your money refunded if not satisfied. Gilliam & Bisbee m 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. Now! You have another guess a comm.' That important announcement will appear in this space next week friTIH iTri-1TT iTTSTTI i illl i JJMIIilHiimiril 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 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 Licensed Real Estate Dealer Heppner, Oregon Better Shoes for Men That's what the O'DONNELL SHOES are. They wear longer and look better. You will find tliern 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. JitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiijiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiijiiiiifiiiiMiMii i uiTTf fu 1 1 1 FiTiTi ill 1 1 1 iTIE ! Tire Prices I Advance j Gates Half-Sole Tires Cost j One-Half as Much Guaranteed Puncture Proof Are 20 Per Cent Over-Size Stephen M. Irwin GATES nnifr TDKLES REGISTERED U.S. PAT. OFF E Authorized Service Station VULCANIZING I Gilman Building Heppner, Oregon I aillHMMIIIIHIHIIIinillllllllllMIMIIIIIIIIMMIMIIIIIiniimiHHIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIHIHMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIir
