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OoriKil;dftlJ February 1&, 1911.
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an.1 .nterd at tha Postoffica at Happ
r.er. Oregon, aa acond-ctaaa niattar.
ERTIMMi RATES (3ITIN ON
AITLU ATIOX
srBSCRIPTION RATES:
Ona Tr 1100
Six Month 1.00
Thr Month. .71
Smla Ooplaa .0
MORROW COI STT OFFICIAL PAPER
Non Partisan Business Falling
Off
So ell is North Dakota's record
in the matter ot taxation becoming
known that their agents who are now
operating in Western states do not
iind the pickings as easy this year as
they did last. Those $16 member-,-hips
in this Utopian (?) scheme of
Townley and his cohorts, are not sell
ing as fast as formerly. The Amer
ican farmer is capable of thinking
for himself, and especially of things
political. Naturally all things radi
cal do not receive his endorsement,
generally speaking. The farmer has
had brought home to him the past
few seasons, just what labor, in its
radical element, can do to him. In
the present days of high cost, exper
imenting would not be likely to less
en the farmer's burden and after see
ing what is taking place in North
Dakota, he is not going, let it be said
to his everlasting credit, shallow the
bait held out by the Non-Partisan
League.
It is the patriotic duty of every
citizen to go to the polls tomorrow
and vote. If this is truly to be a
government "of, for and by the peo
ple" every citizen must exercise his
right of franchise.
At the present rate of law mak
ing in our land, it would be interest
ing to sit down and attempt to figure
out just how many thousand laws
there twill be on our statute books
within the next twenty years. We
have so many laws now that we can't
enforce any of them and every ses
sion of the legislature finds hun
dreds of netw bills introduced, with
far too many passed. Remember how
our own legislature met in special
session last winter to take up three
or four important and pressing mat
ters and how nearly every legislator
went to Salem loaded Iwith from one
to a half dozen pet measures. It is
nearly time to "start in to begin" to
call a halt on this legislative stuff
and after repealing two thirds of the
promt las. enact a half down comprehensive-
n.easures that can be un-
dor:ood by everyone and made eas
.: enforced j
Rural Tire righting j
Ti e chances for fires in rural com-:
niunities are multiplying all the ttni
and attention is now being given in
scattering localities, to the problem
of scientific and efficient fire-fighting;
methods.
In spite of the utmost carefulness'
on the part of the individual hie re is!
still the possibility that a fire may!
occur and that it twill not be discov-
ered in time to be extinguishable byj
the individual with his own limited
apparatus. Kor such occasions there
should be available to the farmer, as
well as the town dweller, prompt as
sistance from organized fire fighters
with necessary equipment at their
command.
Such rural fire-fighting organiza
tions have been developed in hun
dreds of communities in California
during the last three years. In a
number of counties the local organi
zations have been consolidated for
purposes of general cooperation and
efficiency under an official known as
county fire warden. The primary pur
pose of these organizations in Calif
ornia has been to fight grain or range
fires. Naturally, however, they also
serve to check fires Iwhich may occur
in the buildings or on the farmstead.
TwoJwheeled trailers which can be
attached to any automobile are used
to carry the fire-fighting equipment.
A few rural communities in the
middle west also have organized for
fire protection. The best equipped
rural fire organizations are provided
with auto trucks especially construct
ed to carry the fire-fighting apparat
us, as well as several members of the
force. The equipment provided
where the primary purpose is to fight
field fires naturally differs sometwhat
from that intended primarily to fight
fires in buildings. In both cases,
however, reliance is placed to a large
extent upon chemical extinguishers.
The Agricultural Department at
Washington will give detailed infor
mation on both methods of rural fire
fighting.
What will Hiram do if he doesn't
land the nomination? The question
leads to much speculation and many
republicans are of the opinion that he
will bolt and like a former occasion,
attempt to launch a third party.
However the indomnitable Teddy will
be missing, and he it twas who put
the pep into a third party once be
fore as well as a democratic party
into the White House at Washing
ton. Six feasible sites for retaining re
servoirs on Willow and Rhea creeks
and their tributaries are said to ex
ist. Local irrigation projects will
prove to be not impossible, but in
stead, highly probable, iwith always
plenty of water when the scheme of
conservation is carried out.
The primary election will soon be
over and the real excitement Just be
ginning. A few more hours and then "I
"told you so."
Slats' Diary
Thursday- J:ike & me lias decided
to make a lot of money by starting
a farm & raising
1 pole cats. We sat
F
i a trap out bv the
r - ' J branch las nite &
i- i e se" t'ie
skins & get a lot
'sJ j.l "f money & then
1 t"'l e will buy a big-
k 1 ger farm & raise
.j. more pole cats St
t - j ;uns & motor totes
tt f 1 . A A etc the feecher
sed ambishun pays
ffi &. we tninn so z. 1
- ;Ii h i r- .,j.... it
sm j. c. louay u
she liked me enny
St she sed she liked
me a vhole lot bet
ter than she did mice.
Friday found a pole cat in our
trap. Jake & me. ma sed there
issent no sents in pole cats, but
when she got in the barn she chang
ed her mind. About the sents es
peshully. pa maid me git rid of
the animal. Also my close.
Saturday Pa tuk a new job at
another stoar today, he is a head
man he gets there ahead of every
1 else & sweeps up & etc. pa all
ways sed he wood maik a cleaning
sum day. pa & ma & me left 2
spend Sunday in the countrie. At
my unkels farm. Unk kept on a
working after dark while the moon
was shining & he told pa he did
dent have enny lantern & pa sed
why dont you trade your bed off
& git a lantern,
Sunday Come home from the
countrie with my stummick acheing
from eating chicken & bacon & ham
& buttermilk & all.
Monday Got my report card to
day, average was ninety 7. pa was
tickled, so was ma and pa give me
a dime for 2 buy some candy, am
saveing sum for J. E. when I see
her at skool tomorrow.
Tuesday feecher sed for me 2
bring my report card up. which 1
did. She seen she had maid a mis
take & had gave me Shrimp Clays
card & my grade only was sixty 3.
& I sed 2 her you may keep the
card & she sed no you take it home
2 yure pa & 1 did. Which was the
first licking this week.
Wednesday pa & ma including
me went 2 see a new baby which
had come 2 our neighbors home.
Its all rite for the first one but I
cant see why they think it is such a
bargen because it hassent enny
teeth, or hair & dont know hardly
ennything & they had to buy all new
close for it But they ack satisfied
so I shud Worry.
No more than justice is done the
American mule bf the declaration of
the quartermaster-general of the ar
my that there twas no comparison be
tween the European animal employed
by our armies in France and the up
standing creature that the army took
Just Arrived
The Famous
"Baby Grand"
CHEVROLET
5 -ONLY-5
Owing to the enormous demand for this model this
is the first carload of these cars we have been able to
secure since last August.
A truly wonderful car at a
wonderfully moderate price
Now on display in our show room. We invite in
spection. Come in and compare this car with any
other in its price field.
Heppner Garage
Heppner, Oregon
with it from the middle west, until
the question of transport became so
pressing that it was necessary to re1)
on countries nearer the battlefield
for supplies. There were. Is seeni9,
4 5.000 mules in service abroad, of
which 11,000 fwere Spanish. 9000
were French and 7000 were British.
and there were 100.000 duly enlist
ed in this country who never got
across the sea. Hut we can easily
believe that the IS. 000 American
mules abroad Svere worth more than
the 27.000 that were bought oq the
ground. No beast of burden yields
more work in proportion to the cost
of keeping him than does the Amer
ican mule, while he seldom requires
the services of a veterinarian and
customarily lives half again as long
as the horse. The war department s
formal tribute to his worth, though
belated, is undoubtedly deserved.
Oregonian.
222 GOOD ROADS
Bert Mason Meets O'Brien.
Bert Mason's conference last Sat
urday with J. P. O'Brien, general
manager of the O.-W. R. & N. Co.,
was a very satisfactory one, Mr. Ma
son states. Mr. O'Brien had lone s
position on the highway question
put to him in an entirely new light,
which resulted in his at once dis
patching a force of engineers here to
make surveys and estimates with a
view to settling this troublesome
question to the satisfaction of all par
ties. lone Independent.
HE WILL MAKE GOOD
Vote for Fred Lockley for Secre
tary of State. He has made frequent
visits to our county and is thoroughly
familiar with our resources and
needs. For many years he lived in
Eastern Oregon. He stands for Econ
omy and a Square Deal.
Vote for Fred Lockley for secret
ary of State. He is short on prom
ises but long on performances. raw
adv.
WANTED!!
Each property owner in both
town and country to investigate
the rates of the
Oregon Fire Relief Associa
tion of McMinnville, Oregon.
The larger the policy the more
dollars we save vou on the pre
mium. We are making a specialty
of wheat Insurance this year. Sec
the agent and find out how much
less your insurance will cost you
than you have been paying.
Our Slogan Is:
"Just as good for less
money"
R. D. BUTLER, Agent
The Dalles, Ore.
Kor any further particulars cull on
Albert Adkins, Heppner
or
Mr. Hale, lone
The Auto Pays the Bill
There were only 39,000 Autos in Oregon when we
started in with the State Highway Program. Now
there are 85,000. The auto license fees and gasoline
tax pay for the roads. Revenues constantly growing.
Good Roads bring the autos the more autos, the
more money for good roads Let's build the roads
and develop Oregon.
NO TAX
IN THIS
VOTE 302 X YES
FOR THE i'c STATE ROAD BOND LIMIT AND MAKE IT POSSIBLE
, TO BUILD MORE ROADS-NO PROPERTY TAX NO DIRECT TAX
NO INCREASE IN AUTO LICENSE FEES-NO INCREASE IN GASO
LINE TAX
VOTE 302 X YES Make it Unanimous
ROLL UP A BIG MAJORITY, TO SHOW OREGON BELIEVES IN PRO
GRESSTHE AUTO PAYS THE BILL.
OREGON STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
CHARLES HALL, President, Miirohflrld. GKOIUiK Ql'AYI.K, On. Bwrrtary, Portland
OREGON ROADS & DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
W. L. THOMPSON, President, 226 iKng St., Portland. C C. CHAPMAN, Chairman Ex. Com., R. 1, Amity, Ore.
Official computation shows that income from auto fees ami khs tax pays both principal and in
terest of bonds. Write to above address for copy, certified by Whitfield, Whitcomb & Co., Cer
tified Public Accountants, Portland, Oregon. V,M Advertisement
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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
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
. .March 3, 1920, the Ford Motor Co. advanced the price of Ford cars because of the increased
cost of production. No specific announcement was deemed necessary at the time, but it has de
veloped that misrepresentations and misquotations of these advanced prices have been and are
being given out. So to safeguard the public against the evils of misrepresentation, we herewith
give the present prices:
Runabout $550 ZTTIZZ
Touring Car . $575 :Ml:"li:'
rniino (Sl.r7f wlth dual e,ectrlc slurtln(t nnd 'Wiling
vlUJJt p kJVJ system and demountable rims $8.10
Pfl Jitfl JftnL wlth dual electric Btartln8 a"d "gluing
OCUdll pO f system and demountable rims $1)75
Truck Chassis
$600
with solid tires and clincher rims
(With pneumatic tires and demountable rims $640)
mi prices are an i. o. b. Detroit
FORDSON TRACTOR $850.00 f. o. b. Dearborn, Mich.
Any of the Dealers whose names are listed below, will be pleased to receive your order nlede;.
ing the assurance of the best possible promptness in delivery. '
THREE EXTRA FORDS FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY
Main Street
Chas. H. Latourell
Ford and Fordson Sales and Service.
Heppner, Oregon
InslNt on Genuine Ford Purls