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ORHOW rorxTr OFFICIAL paper
Chapman May Be Wrong
C. C. Chapman, political prognos-
ticator, who's election forecasts in
times past have gone a long ways
from coming true, says in the last is
sue of the Oregon Voter "he hasn't
the remotest chance of securing the
nomination," referring to the candi
dacy of Rhea Luper, who seeks the
republican nomination for public ser
vice commissioner.
Why Mr. Chapman is so cock-sure
about this, we do not know, but we
do know that Rhea Luper is going to
give one H. H. Corey, present in
cumbent, a run for his money and its
not altogether unreasonable to be
lieve that .Mr. Luper will secure the
nomination. He has a host cf influ
ential friends in this Eastern Oregon
district who recognize his ability and
appreciate his past services Like
wise they are of the opinion that a
trained engineer should be on the
commission. As a consequence they
are lending every support to .Mr. Lu
per, who will make a showing at the
May primaries that will open the
eyes of Mr. Chapman.
Had not the field been split be
tween two strong candidates four
years ago, Mr. Corey would not have
been nominated and elected. He
was not strong with the electorate
of this district then and it is safe to
say that he is but little more popular
even today. We utterly disagree
with the Oregon Voter in its views
on Mr. Luper's candidacy for we be
lieve that his chances are far from
remote, in fact they appear good.
The Elementary School Tax
Whatever may happen to the other
measures carrying taxtion, the peo
ple should adopt that proposal pro
viding for the maintenance of the
common schools. It is styled on the
ballot "State Elementary School
Fund Tax."
Whether or not young people at
tend high school, college or univer
sity is largely for each to determine.
"The value of so-called higher educa
tion is at least debatable. But there
can be no possible question of the
interest which every citizen has in
the maintenance and improvement
of the grammar grades of the pub
lic schools.
With the increased cost of living,
the salaries will have to be raised,
else the teaching force will go to
work as day laborers in some avenue
of life where they can at least earn
enough to live upon. The present
school income is insufficient. An ad
ditional tax is absolutely essential.
There can be no possible argu
ment against this two mill measure
to provide funds for the element
ary public schools. If we are to con
tinue a government of the people
education must be fostered, and ev
ery child provided with at least work
ing knowledge of the English lan
guage, reading, writing, arithmetic,
geography, physiology and govern
ment. There is too much ignorance ab
road in the land now. Much of the
chaotic condition which is manifest
ing itself in the great centers of pop
ulation arises because of lack of
knowledge of fundamentals on the
part of foreign born factors in our
cosmopolitan cities.
Neither autocracy nor opposition
can long endure among a people
grounded in the primary facts of ex
istence, of society, of economics.
The opportunity for the oligarch in
politics, in business, in industry
comes in an atmosphere of ignor
ance. Two mills on the dollar is small,
if i'. will save the grammar grades
of the public school-system from dis
solution or decadence. Pendleton
Tribune.
Taking Losses As Well As
Profits
There is much talk these days
about giving workingmen a voice in
the business; indeed, it is argued
mightily by some that the employes
of a factory should be given the
managing direction, meaning also a
share in the profits, because they
would fix their own wages.
Of course, this might be all right
if labor also took the responsibility
of "vested" interest. The average
farmer does this. He has certain in
terest in the land to which he holds
title, although the consumer and the
middle-man combined have, to all
practical effect, a greater interest
in that very land. But with his in
terest, the average farmer takes
c'-.a-uvs 0:1 getting any profits at a'.!,
and ho cues labor the hardest la
bor in the country with the longest
hours. And. unlike any city worker.
;he farmer is on dutv, for emergencv
calls at leat. all through the night
as well as 'the day.
Certainly there is no argument
about the farmer taking full respon
sibility for even- bit of profit he j
sometimes makes, and he takes his 1
losses, too, regardless of the hard
labor and long hours he puts in.
Will city labor agree to this?
They wouldn't in Russia. When
the Bolsheviki turned all factories
over to the workers, the latter raised
their own pay to the skies, refused
to work with efficiency, laid off of
ten, with the result that manufactur
ing went to the dogs. Result : The
Bolsheviki discontinued "workers'
factory councils" and put the stout
est discipline into effect. Today the
Russian city worker is treated more
harshly than under the czar.
It is quite a problem. But, if la
bor agreed to take his profits and
losses as the farmer does, perhaps
we might have a better democracy.
Government Owes It To You
It is peculiarly true that the aver
age citizen has been so far removed
from his government so long a time
that uneonciously he has drifted into
the belief that the government is
something apart, a great organization
of power with which he has no con
cern except to obey. The thought
that the government is the servant
rather than the master of the people
has been largely eliminated, or at
least forgotten. This state of af
fairs is largely because there has
never been a proper contact between
the government and the people that
create the government.
The taxpayers give to the govern
ment thousands of dollars for re
search. Perhaps no country in the
world spends Jhe amount of money
or applies the same energy and skill
to gather for the people through its
government information of value.
The experiments conducted in soil
improvement, the research into sci
entific agriculture alone and the re
sults attained would amaze the world
if the world knew anything about
them. But having gathered facts of
value to the people at the direction
and expense of the people no proper
means is taken to see that the people
are acquainted with the facts.
There is only one way the govern
ment can keep in touch with the peo
ple, and that is by advertising in the
newspapers the people read. The
newspapers are a multiplication of
the human voice The day of the '
town crier has gone by. His voice is j
not loud enough to be heard except
by a few small gatherings of citizens.
Modern methods demand the spread- j
ng of public information through ;
the newspapers, and surely the peo
ple are entitled to the information
for which they put up money to col
lect. For example, the government
has spent a good many thousands of
dollars to learn how to kill the boll-
wevil. The government knows all ;
about killing the boll-wevil. The in-;
formation rests largely in official
pamphlets published in Washington
and for the most part kept there and
forgotten. If these facts were ad
vertised by the government in the
country newspapers the benefit to
the farmers would be immeasurable.
As a matter of fact farmers should
write to our Senators andCongress
men and interest them in this mat
ter of government advertising by the
Agricultural Department.
Slats' Diary
Friday met a man in front of
the house wich is deef & dumb &
he was throw-
inrr hie rian ric a
IFT-l il round like a fis-
sical direktor & I
cum back at him
the same, ma ast
me was we carry
ing on a conver-
sashun & I sed yes
we was but nether
1 of us knowed
ennything the oth
er 1 was trying 2
say.
Saturday ma
sed to pa this is
our marriage an
niversary suppose
we kill the old
white hen. Pa sed
wot do You want 2 kill her for was-
sent her fault was it. pa aint been
back home yet since he issued that
remark.
Sunday Raned hard & diddent
go 2 s. s. plaid croaKanoie on a
board, ma was chewing the rag be
cause pa had ben tawking in his
sleep & kep her awaik & pa sed for
hevvin sake wummin Ive got 2 tawk
sumtimes. Dont I.
Monday Jake killed a cat after
skool wich had ate a innocent litttel
burd & his ma sed enny body wich
kills a cat has 7 yrs. of bad luck &
Jake sed he shure wood have 2 live
long time then. I ast him why
& he sed he Killed 7 one time & this
1 maid 8 so as Jake wassent very
good in figgers I helped him & we
Estimated he was good for 87 yrs.
but I aint shure as 2 the figgers my
self. Quite.
Tuesday Jakes brother Hen went
2 Chicago & ast sum big cumpeny
for a job a they ast him tor lokal re
ferens & he give Seers & Robuk with
who he had ben tradeing for sum
time. He aint got enny Job yet. I
guess.
Wednesday Joe white was offer
ed a job at the Gazette-Times offis
- feed the r'ess i!e their regalar
man was being siek & he ast should
be bring a nife or a spoon.
ThursJjv - Saw J. 1:. with a new
out fit on wich meens her dress.
Shakespeer must have been write
in;; of her wen he sed the all seeing
Sun never saw her Match since 1st
the world was began.
Local Irrigation Projects and
Water Conservation
Did you ever stand on one of the
bridges over Willow creek just it
this time of the year and watch the
water racing by under you on its way
:o the Columbia and eventually 'he
sea? And as you stood and gazed
until you imagined the water was
standing still and you were the rap
iJly moving body, did the thought
come to you, "where is all this water
going, and why couldn't some plan
be developed whereby much of it
could be stored up for summer
use?"
Those thoughts have come not on
ly to us, but to a great many people
who have experienced a dry season,
who have had to stand by and see
that third crop of alfalfa curl and
dry up when just a little water would
have made a good crop.
The Morrow County Farm Bureau
has an irrigation committee, which
among other things, it is its work to
go over the county and select feasi-1
ble damsites for local irrigation pro- j
jects and work out plans for devel
opment. One of the sites which the
committee has investigated and pro
nounced highly feasible and not over
costly is that on Skinner creek about
eight miles above Heppner.
The site has been endowed richly
by nature and it would take but lit
tle work on the part of man, say
those who viewed it, to build a dam
of sufficient breadth and depth to
make a reservoir holding many mill
ions of gallons of water. Water
conservation in Morrow county will
come inevitably, and the sooner it
comes the more rapid will develop
ment take place.
Oddities
The following extracts from let
ters to the Insurance Bureau, Wash
ington, were contributed by Lieut.
Commander Thiess. V. S. Navy re
cruiting station, Denver:
This is to notify your department
that on the 7th day of September
j 1 Sth there was born to me, the un
(dersigned wife of Nick Campna, No.
: 2,J4t5t5t)flO. an enlisted man.
See M. President and Uncle Sam
j Claude Wright taken out 5.000 ins.
j Hain't read police for it.
rlease send me the torm for a
wife and child..
I have been in bed with one doc
tor for thirteen years and intend to
try another.
We have another baby in our
house. How much more do we git?
I am sitting in the Y. M. C. A.
writing with the piano playing in my
uniform (extract from a boy's letter
to his mother.)
He is my best supporter and he
was discharged from the army as he
had a eoiter on his neck which he
was sent home on.
I haven't heard from John since
he was sent to a constipation camp
in Germany.
Mr. President as per your instruc
tions On a pink slip, I have given
birth to a baby girl.
My son hasn't writ for sum time.
Is he living or dead and if so what is
his latest address.
Please let me know if John put in
an application for a wife and child.
The Senate has saved America
and America will sustain the Sen
ate. It is a great victory for straight
Americanism at home and abroad.
Boston Transcript. !
Whatever his coyness may intim
ate to the country, William G. Mc
Adoo is a candidate for president of,
the United States. In that capacity
he from time to time addresses the ,
people throueh the public prints.
Milwaukee, Wis. Sentinel.
The slacker was rewarded by the'
highest wages in history and finan-
j cial independencies during the war.
! The soldier was rewarded by the
realization of duty well done. Should
a financial premium be permitted by
1 the American people on cowardice
land disloyalty? Demand of Con
' press immediate action on bonus leg
i islation, says the Pacific Legion.
Jurtp' Ilutli'r A OuidULtU.
Judge R. It. Butler of The Dalles
has announced his Intention of being
a candidate for delegate to the re
publican national convention. Judge
Butler will run for candidate at
large.
In announcing his candidacy
Judge Butler makes the following
statement:
"I believe that a return to republi
canism will mean a restoration of
peace and prosperity at home and a
settlement of troubles and dittU'ulties
abroad. Vnder republican rule twe
never have seen such troubles as we
jure now suffering from. And when
the republican party comes into pow
er, us surely it will, I believe these
things w ill cease. I am for the nom
inee of the republican convention at
Chicago, whomsoever he may be."
Claude Kelthley aud family are
leaving this week for their new home
at Aromas, California. Mr. Kelthley
has purchased 80 acres in an irriga
tion project on the Colorado river
and the family will reside at Aromas,
Which is not far from Santa Crux,
while Mr. Kelthley Is developing his
tract In the southeastern part of the
state. He recently sold his Eight
Mile furm to 0. E. Adklns.
.WHERE. lO
EAT
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
iuyers for Town Property
I have buyers for town property. If you want to sell, make
listings with me today.
Wheat, Stock, Dairy Ranches For Sale
Arthur R. Crawford
Licensed Real Estate Dealer
Heppner, Oregon
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SENIOR PLAY
The Senior Class of the Heppner High
School Will Present the Laughable
Three Act Comedy:
TTh
Mrs. JDnggs
of the
Poultry Yard
At High School Auditorium
FRIDAY, APRIL 16
Curtain 8:00 P. M.
Admission 35 and 50 Cents
If you want to enjoy a good hearty laugh
don't miss this play. -.
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Garage Heppner, Oregon
52$
How would YOU
like a raise.
like this?
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34 Years Work,
THAT is the kind of increase In salary
th minister has received. His living
expenses have risen just as fast and as far
as yours.
But he is paid on the average just 52 cents
more per church member than he was paid 34
years ago.
The Minuter Never FaO$ Yea
Every officer of the Government with a war
message to deliver appealed to the ministers first
of all.
But 809b of the ministers receive less Income
than government economists figure as arxiinimum
for the support of an average family.
When hospitals need money they enlist the
support of the ministers and receive it
But when sickness visits the minister or the
members of his family they must be treated in a
charity ward. His pay is lets than a day laborer's. .
8 out of every 10 ministers receive less than
$20 a week about half the pay of a mechanic.
We Pay Him Half the Wages of m Mechmnic
And of these pitifully inadequate salaries, bow much 4o
you contribute? Nothing if you are outside the church ;
an average of lesa than 3c day if you are a church
member.
All of us share in the benefits of Christian ministers te
the community. They marry us; bory us; baptite ur
ch ldren ; visit us when we are sick. In their hands is the
spiritual training of the youth.
We Are All Profiteeri at Their Expem
Part of the Interchurch World protrain is this a llWng
wage for every minister of Jesus Christ; an efficient plant,
and a chance to do a big man's job.
If you want better preachers, help to pay the preachers
better. It's the best investment for your community and
for your children that you can ever maks.
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