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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1920)
r'.v lorn THK f. A7.KTTK-T1MKS. HKPPNKR, OltK.. Till USD AY. APRIL 2t, 10-M THE GAZETTE-TIMES Cr.niu v.,'. : ! KstaKlahM J KniaMh5 PuMhM ry Thij-!ay morning- by t antrr '! tprmrvr I m w ford urifl frtpl lit tbp Pojt.'n'f at Hpp rfr, vreiton, ai Bcorw!-ilAs matter. AIIM.KtlMX. HTT- 1VBM AI'1'l.K AI IOH O ! SUtSCRIPTION RATES: f'r.t Tr 8: Monlha. Th-e Montha Sinsla Copies .71 .Oi MOKROU C'Ol'NTT OFFICIAL PAPER Li-lnnlil. (Montana.) Ho. ho? feot had irod the heather. Breathed the mists of Scottish air. Horn to Highlands" fickle weather. Named thee well, MacDonald Fair. Teemed the Exile's brain with won der. Viewing mountains, lake and glen, Listening to the breaking Clacier's thunder, Thought of the Lochabers then. Heard the pibrocks shrilly sounding, The Clansman's slogan. "Come to Nvar," Sent his heart within him bounding, Strayed his hand to broad claymore. Weiry wanderer o'er land and sta. Should Fate thy footsteps guide this way Memory. Indian legend tells me, Restores the dream of yesterday. THOMAS MURRAY SPEXCER. First Sigxs of Good From Gra vity Water System Appear Ono of the wrongest arguments ucd 1:1 support of a gra ity water we;n for Heppner. that it would snake for a bigger town, is already KwMiiing a reality. Its uphill work for any town to get any larger than its water suppiy. Fortunately Hepp ner finally came to know that fact ' and then went out after more water. Kapid progress is being made in the .-.Tficfifi.-f ion of th nAur ifr 1in 1 00 1 ana its a matter ct montns now until the city will be drinking mountain water. The first appearance of develop ment coming upon the decision of the town to get more water, is the Morrow Homesite Addition on Mor row Heights. Without water, this tract could never become a site for homes. With the water, it can be made ideal. Mr. Morrow realizes this, and is backing his judgment with thousands of dollars. Beauti ful w inding roadways, parks and ter races will transform a barren hill into one of the most acceptable res idence sections that any town could possibly want. . Lincoln boulevard circles the point of the hill and is the main street leading to the addition off of Court street. Other streets have been pleasingly named Garfield Way, Wilson Way, Cleveland Way, Student's Way (near the site of the old school house.) Eeast First, East Second, East Third, East Fourth and East Fifth Street, Court Way and Division Way Avenue. The lots are all large. Most of them are 60 x 100 feet. Mr. Mor row is announcing reasonable prices and easy terms of payment, and it appears to us that he will have no difficulty in disposing of the lots. The opening day of sale has been set for May 5, and no one will be given a chance to speculate. For A Better Wool Market For many years the Oregon wool grower has had a pretty strong "hunch" that lie was being euchered by eastern wool buyers. The buyers always came into tow n in their spe cial car, knew before hand what clips they wanted and what clips would be offered, and many times, as a result, the growers did not get the price which they firmly believed they were entitled to. However, with a great many of the growers, it was not a question of price so much as it was a matter of getting some money, badly needed, with which to keep their business going. Of later years, the wool man has had easier going. He is now in a position 10 act on his own initiative, and he has come to the conclusion that the time is now ripe for calling for a new deal. Creating an even market with prices that are some what in keeping with .the value of the product, instead of giving from a fifth to a third of his production to the buyer, and working out a sys tem for financing within the grow ers' organization, are some of the problems which will be discussed at the meeting of the wool men from all over the state of Oregon in Heppner on Saturday. Every local grower should find it to his own in terest to attend the meeting, whether he has but one old ewe and a cou pie of lambs or two or more bands of sheep. Heppner people showed by their interest last Sundav afternoon that they appreciate a band and stand rea dy to give it every encouragement While the boys, most of them are be ginners, and their repertoire is not a large one, yet with more practice they give promise of filling a long felt want in the town. Give Them All The Same Deal A number of good ordinances have been passed by the common council of the city which are aimed for civic betterment. They will av ail but little if they are not proper ly enforced. One ordinance gives the city pow er to lay walks along property and if the owner of the property will not pay, then the property itself secures the cost in the form of a lien. This ordinance is working successfully It is an effective weapon in forcing negligent property owners to make their side walk improvements. But the side walk ordinance should be enforced all along the line. There is not a more unsightly corner in the city today than that where formerly stood the Palace ho tel. For more than two years peo ple have been taking to the street in order to encompass this corner on either side. They have been pa tient. The property was in litiga tion. Everything was up in the air, so to speak. Now that the litigation has been settled, we ask in the name of a better and cleaner Heppner, why are not concrete side walks be ing built around the corner of this property as by law provided. The lot is today, probably of high er value than any other in the town. For that reason alone it can stand the cost of the improvement. It may be the new owners have plans for making this improvement in the near future. e hope they have. It will help the town and help them selves as well. The fire zone ordinance is not be ing enforced satisfactorily to a great many people. It leaves a bad taste in the mouths of many, when these ordinances are not enforced equally 11 the way around. III m 1-,alX,- Slats' Diary Friday Teecher maid me stay in tonite she ast me who sed On with the dance let Joy la -..ibe unconfined & I sed it was saint Vitus. She smil ed laffingly & sed Slats you may stay in a wile. & I staid. Saturday J. E went away off ab out 20 miles or 15 to a funeral of a aunt which was dead. Mist her a good deal, ma was cross all day. Maid me take a soap bath. With soap & water. Wish I was a man like pa so 1 woodent haf to take baths every end of the weak. Sunday pa give me a nikkel 2 buy a noospaper & I got it & I was goit'g home reading the comikal ad dishun & I dropped the rest of it in the Canal. & when I told pa he give me a nother nikkel for a paper. & a licking. That makes 2 lickings he has gave me in one weak. Monday J. E. was back at the skool & when I saw her I ast her didd she have a good time wile she was away at the funeral & she look ed at me & her lips curled up scorn ishly & she sed I aint got any sense. I am comeing 2 believe she sed the truth 2. But I dont care. Tuesday got my report card to day, average not very good, sixty 8. ma looked at it & sed Slats yur Deportment is only seventy 2 & I wish you wood try & do better far that is a awfully poor grade. & I sed ma dont you worry about that I will try 2 do better. & next year I will not take Deportment. Wednesday Jake is a ignorant kid when it comes to Gography & when the teecher ast him wot is the main producks of Pershia he sed Cats, then she ast me 2 tell 2 kinds of coffy which grows in Ashia. That was easy I spoke up & sed they was strong coffy & weak coffy & she only give me 55 in my grade. Thursday pa brought home a bottel of wine & ma sed wot does he mean & pa sed he was follering the Bible 2 cure his stummik trubbel. Ma ast him 2 explane he did & he sed the Bible planely sed take a lit tle Wine for yure Stummiks ake. Exercise Your Franchise Eights Recently an audience in the city of New York was told it would be fifty to one hundred years before the American people are able intelli gently to exercise the right of fran chise. This severe arraignment came as something of a shock to self satisfied residents of the big town, but there was more than a, measure of truth disclosed in the statement. Perhaps 100 per cent of truth would have been disclosed had it been said 50 years are likely to pass before the American people WILL exercise right of franchise intelligently, for we must not forget our besetting sin of apathy. The average citizen believes he has done full duty when he has cast his vote, and he feels a sense of sat isfaction when victory crowns his own judgment. However, too often our victory is but the mantle of de feat, for usually the voter has had no voice whatever in the selection of the candidates for whom he has cast his ballot. The average business man pays more attention to the se lection of an office boy for his busi ness than he does to the selection of a man to represent him in the nation al capitol. Also after selection he watches tlte boy more closely than he watches the actiities of his legis lative servant. Representatives are sent to Con gress to work for the convictions of the people who sent them there, not to express their own views. Of course, the average representative forgets this fact as soon as he takes his oath and follows his own bent largely perhaps because of custom, his constituents failing to give him other bent to follow. Public interest in the work of a representative us ually is confined to endorsement for an appropriation for some local im provement. The Pork Barrel re sults, every community making a scramDie to get its nose into the pub lic, trough. Votes are traded to ob tain results, making the people's' will a purchasable commodity, and bringing down upon the nation mil.' lions upon millions of dollars of ex pense, a condition that seems to mean little or nothing to the individ ual. This is not a condition peculiar to any party. It is part of the ac cepted form of governmental activi ty, the result of apathy on the one hand and the desire to score an ad- vantage on the other. Is it any won- der we are weighted down by taa-j tion? There is not a busiess man of note in the country who does not knowj that when the first Liberty Loan was' floated it could have been sold to the people at 3 per cent instead of at 3 1-2 per cent had the government approached the people as any great bond house would have approached the people, by advertising in the newspapers. When you write your congressman or your senators about the benefit of the government pet ting in closer touch with the people through advertising and thev trv to squirm out under the plea of econ-i omy, ask them how much monev wold be represented in a saving of me nait of one per cent on the inter est of the first Liberty Loan issue the millions of dollars that must be paid by the people into the national treasury for years and years to come. The people never will get efficient or economical government until the people force the government to use advertising in government function ing. Let us have light. particulars address, Box 14, Monu ment, Oregon. FOK SALF Two-year-old regis tered Poland-China Boar. T. J. Mat lock, Heppner. 2tp. WAXTKIV House cleaning, wash ing. Day work 60 cents hour, town or country. Phone Schempp, 735. FOR SALE A good cattle ranch and (well fixed up home of 360 acres, 8 miles from Monument, Oregon. All under good fence, joining Umatilla Reserve. For Keep Bees: If you own an orchard you must have bees if you would secure the largest crops of the most perfect fruits, as proper pollination is essential for best development and bees are the only dependable polleniiing agenta. You can keep bees anywhere that they can forage within a mile-they require but little attention and win often render you a splendid profit We can start you right and save you unnecessary work and expense. Our Bee Supply Catalog list, everything necessary for the successful production of hooey; tells how to core for anof handle beet. Ask for Catalog Number. 433. Write ut for Queen Bees Wealeru Agenta A. I. Haul Co. JyVf1ERE.nO ,EAT 1 Xf-x 'TO 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 Buyers 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 Fords and Fordson Parts and Service We Have Just Installed New Machinery Which Means Better Ford and Fordson Service The Universal bearing burning and running-in ma chine for FORD and FORDSON motors. The type of a machine found in any thouroughly equipped shop where service is made paramount to every consideration. Re-Bushing, Re-Babbiting and Reaming machines have been installed, adding to the efficiency of our repair department, which is presided over by Ford me chanics of known ability. The Ford Motor Car Company insists upon Service Buyers of FORDS and FORDSONS may be assured that they will find that service here. Chas. H. Latourell Authorized Ford and Fordson Parts and Service MAIN STREET HEPPNER, ORE. WE lll'V, raise, and sell fur-bearing rabbits, and other fur-bearing animal. List what you have (with us, stating your lowest prices on large lot shipinenta. The Far & Specialty Farming Co., 615-617 N. P. Ave., Fargo, N. Dak. 1 mo. ClirUtiitn Science. Christian Science services are held evry Sunduy morning at 11::00 o' clock in the lodge room in the I. 0. O. F. building. Testimony meetings are held every Wednesday evening at 8:00 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Eugene Slocum. All interested are invited to attend thse services. ttttttffltttfflttUtttttttifflttl Where Quality, Style, and Economy Meet Arc you so-kinir reliable ciuality style that is neither loud nor insignificant but distinctive genuine economy measured in terms of more wear per dollar? You find them all three in our tailoring. You cannot get more you often get less. AVhy not make this suit the "best clothes buy" you ever made? Come in today and be measured. Heppner Tailoring & Cleaning Shop United States Trucks TRIED AND PROVEN Let us give you a demonstration of U. S. superior qualities today. Fear & Jennings Universal (in rage Local Dealers Heppner, Oregon How much should I give to make this a better world? A CERTAIN man in New York rilled out his income tax report. It showed an income so large that his tax was 53. And hia total gifts to church and char ity for the year were $148. Think of it thousands spent for luxuries and pleasure for himself; and $148 to leave the world a littles better than he found it! Most of us do better than that; but not so very much better. Our average daily gift for all church causes is less than we spend for daily papers less than a local telephone call less than a third of the day's car fart less than 3 cents a day No wonder that 80? of the ministers of America are paid less than $20 a week. No wonder that the church hospitals turn away thousands of sick people a year. No wonder that China has only one doctor for every 400,000 people. No wonder that every church board and charity society is forever meeting deficits, forever passing the hat It isn't because we are selfish; it isn't because we don't want to help. It's just because no one has ever put up a great big program to us, and asked us to think of the work of the church in a systematic businesslike way. The Interchurch World Movement represents the) united program of thirty denominations. They have surveyed their whole task, no business could have done it better. They have budgeted their needs; no business could have more scientific budjet. They have united to prevent the possibility of waste and duplication. At least a million dot lars will be saved by the fact that thirty individual cam paigns are joined in one united effort. And they come to the men or women who love America to you this week asking you to use them as the chan nel through which a certain definite part of your income can be be applied to make this a better world. Only you can determine what part of your income that should be. It's h good time riftht now to answer that question. We're passing throufih the world just once; how much better will the world be because you passed through? United Financial Campaign April 23th to Maj 2nd INTERCHURCH Wforld Movement of Mrth Jmerica TlupuUictkn . thit tdvrtiumtnt It mmii futHttknuk Ik, tkirly dtntmimtlttm.
