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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.
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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.
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! 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
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