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THE G AZKTTE-TIMK9, HEPPNER, ORE., THVKSDAY, JVLY 1, 1020. THE GAZETTE- The Heppner Gaiette. Established March la. 1H1 The Heppner Time. KetaMlshed November Ifc. Consolidated February IS. lilt Published every Thursday mornlnj br Yawtrr ae fmrmrrt (rtwIoW and entered at the Postofflce at Hipp ear. Orearon. a eecond-claaa matter. ADVKHT11G RATE 1V APri.ll ATIOX SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Yaar Six Month! Three Mentha Binfle Copiea . ltd) . 1 00 . .ot BORROW COIKTT OFFICIAL PAPER 1 . V Mr-,- The Glorious Fourth It seems to be the fashion o these after-war days among certain groups of people, especially in the cities, to sneer at patriotism. To the senti ment of love of our country, there are plenty of people w ho try to back up all the ills that have come upon us. Is sugar extortionately high? Drat such a country! Are the rail roads bad performers? Democacy is to blame. Are the politicians ram bunctious? The country is going to the devil. Nothing of the kind. The country is not at fault, the republic and dem ocracy are as glojious as they ever mere, the nation is as right as it ever was. The trouble is human. If there are wrongs they are wrongs perpet rated by human people and they will be corrected they cannot persist in this democratic republic. Evolution and the war was only and incident of evolution brings to our doorstep queer children. They don't look right to us today, but 50 years from today iwe will know that the trouble some foundlings were only details in the long, long trail of earthly pro gress. If everything went well with us, we would not know it because there iwould be nothing to contrast it with. We must have the hard knocks to enjoy the sweets of existence. The Fourth of July is upon us again. Let us remember that on that day, July 4, 1778, when we gave to the world our Declaration of Inde pendence, a nation was born that gave world evolution its sharpest im petus. It suddenly brought to the front a smouludering consciousness of human dignity, of rights that belong to every living soul. In the 141 years that have elapsed, the common people of this earth have advanced in education, intelligence, good living and liberty more than they did in the 4000 years previously, and that de claration, and this democracy, hare been largely responsible for it. Glorious Fourth! Aye, it is as glorious as 144 years ago, and its glory will live as long as the iword "liberty" sounds good to mankind. Senator Harding's election will mean a business administration. Unless dwellings are built here during the summer, Heppner will face a housing shortage In the fall that will border on catastrophe. The question is, "What are we going to do about it?" With two good highways leading into the heart of Grant county, Hepp ner should be able to make a bid for interior trade that will appeal to our neighbors just over the mountains. Nature has favored us geographical ly, its up to us to do the rest. Food Exports Dropping The figures show that our enorm ous food exports of during the war are rapidly dropping down towards the size of the quantities shipped be fore the war. In the year 1914, foodstuffs con stituted 18 per cent of our total ex ports. In 1918, they were 40 per cent of the total. In April, 1919, they (were 43 per cent. But April, 1920, the last month for which de- !i tailed figures of exports are available, shows a reduction of 21 per cent. This is a piece of information which our rural communities should have, just as a city manufacturer snouia j have and has similar information j when exports of machinery drop. The quantity of fresh beef, for in stance, exported from the United States, which jumped from 8,000,000 pounds in the fiscal year 1914 to 231,000,000 pounds in 1916, and 614,000,000 pounds in the calendar year 1918, dropped to 174,000,000 pounds in 1919, and Is now running at the rate of about 150,000,000 pounds per annum, as against 514,- 000,000 pounds in the closing year of the war. Of bacon, for iwhich the foreign world still clamors, the ex ports in the 10 months ending with April, 1920, are only about two-thirds as much as in the correspondnig months of the preceding year; wheat, ; two-thirds as much as in the same : months of last year; corn in the 10 months of the fiscal year 1920 only j 13,000,000 bushelB against 62,000,- 000 in the same period of 1918; and oats a little over one-third as much as the annual average of 1919-1918. The Chronicle had hoped for the Domination of Hiram W. Johnson. It regrets that the decision has been otherwise. But that ends it. It is not the individual who is of most national Interest. It is the principles 'and not men to (which party loyalty must be given If parties and. Indeed, the republic Is to endure. San Fran cisco Chronicle. Morrow county farmers are pro gressive. The annual trip into Slier man county is becoming an me::; that is looked forward to by nianj of our best agriculturalists, and the number nuking the journey increases each year. Stops are made along the way for a study of conditions as they may exist in me various locauues and finally, when the great wheat belt of Sherman county Is reached, our farmers get first hand, the meth ods employed so successfully. A visit is made to the experiment station at Moro and our farmers can see for themselves what the demonstrations as carried on mean to the farmers of Sherman county. More is the pity that every farmer in Morrow county will not be able to make the trip this year. County agent Hunt is urging all who can, to join the junketers and ha guarantees that It will be a time well spent. Slats' Diary Friday Went swimmin !wtth Jake and Blisters today. 1 was lerningr Jake 2 swim overis hand but he cud- dent. killed a . grate big water f 3 ' i snaik over a ft. 1 long. Blisters can ' 5 s. Keep unaer waier while vou count : len Tf vnn cniint fast enuff. Is Saturday & .VaSS'i8 pulling ii weeds and ma give 1 T f nie 15 cts & I sed ' s handsome and substantial struc-j think that It was being raised on land that is selling as low as forty dollars Ian acre. Some of the wheat gives i certainly was surprised to And promise of making as heavy a yield 'a exoellem grain in Morrow ; as will that ot the famed Walla Walb untv." said a Walla Walla farmer j belt." This man was so much im- who made a tour ot inspection over; pressed with what he saw that it is not unlikely that he will return and invest In land here. Morrotw county beats the world when it comes to pro ducing crops at a low cost and on land that is now selling for less than any other wheat land of like quality anywhere. the grain fields here the past weei. North of Lexington 1 saw wheat which was to me a revelation, and to IE p ! up !s tii MXl iiiiiiMMiiniimiiiimiiiimiiiimiiniiiK How About that Big Ya-1 1 cation You Promised 1 1 Yourself? 1 i iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii E p0 you remember how thru E i all the long days that you have i 5 been working that you have 2 been thinking about the big S time that you iwere going to s have next Summer. E Now is the time to go, the weather is getting hot. Plan your vacation so the whole r family can enjoy It. It's a nice S automobile trip thru the moun- tains to the Springs. After 5 you get there you'll find enjoy- ment for the whole family. S There's fishing, swimming, 5 dancing right out in the cool, s shady mountains. In the big s nine forest. In the soutuern Knit Wear for Women (Como on ma the;S p;ir, of vmatilla County, Ore. war tax aim as yet 1 ben taken on. 21 lllllimillllllllllllllHIIHIIIIIIIMIIIII ' oto. mnro tiIpaca Jir ! T tshu! SSill Lehman Hot Springs the Boy skouts: n,.,,,M nmthm. Prons. was giveing for 17 cts a ticket. J. E . S s was there and I ast her did she have Til 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 """ enny ticket. She sed yes so I sed Suppose we eat sum ice cream & we did. I iwas jokeing her and kin la ! nukeing love 2 her & she sorta i blushed red & sed I bet you dont know what color my eyes is. I sed They are like a bunch of pansies in a fence corner. She smiled cause I cud see she was tickled. I Sunday pa & ma & me went on; a Weak end pickmck with a luncn , and sum lemons wich Iwas for lem- onaid. Wile ma was "preparing our lunch pa &. me got a skift & we went 1 Fishing, pa got his line fast & was leening out and just for fun I rocked the bote & he went out hed 1st. He cum up iwettern a mad hen & then we cum in. But some way my fun was spoilt & his muddy finger prints was on my pam beech pants. Monday Jake's cuzzen cum 2 visit him today his name is Harrol & he wares big glasses & Blond Hare. Jaks & me will have sum fun iwith him. ma is waiting for pa to cum home: haveing found a Receet in his pocket ; telling how to make yure own brer at Home. J Tuesday Pa was telling 2 ma; about a fella wich Iwas arrested be cause he was selling beer in a dry Town for 50 cts a bottel & ma Fed he should ought to be arrested. Pa sed enny man wich wood sell Beer in a dry Town for 50 cts ought 2 be sent to the Sylum. Wednesday Met J. E. today & she ast hvhy my eyes were so red & I sed I guest I had a cold in my hed or sumthing & she sed it must be a cold. & I never tumbled till now. Thursday Ma sold sum rags & paper & stuff 2 a junk man and she had near a ton & let him have it for a tin cup & a Pack of pins. Ma issent so very good at Aggers. Pa sed the only thing she can multiply is words, There may be some large lodge homes In thes tate of Oregon but there are none any finer than the home of Heppner Lodge No. 3! Benevolent and Protective Order of Elk3. Local Elks and Heppner peo ple generally may well be proud of Many women prefer knitted undergar ments for summer wear, so we provided for their choice an ex cellent assortment of lightweight material in several styles. Prices Are Attractive Thomson Brothers WIIERLP .LAI W.eW3 The Question Is Settled DINE WITH US Our New Big Dining Room Is not exclusive to transient trade. It's for the (olki of Heppner First, Last aai AU the Time. Give the wife a rest and a treat a Sunday dinner here. SHORT ORDERS, TOO Elkhorn Restaurant Willow Street Gary Trucks 1 to 5 Tons QUALITY COUNTS 5 Models 8 Sizes Contractors, Lumbermen, Loggers, Farmers, Dairymen ATTENTION We can now make the most liberal terms to purchasers of trucks, for all kinds of contract work, fourteen to eighteen months to pay up in; no payment to be made while trucks are idle during winter months. Put your boy or hire someone to operate a truck on a contract job and earn a truck for your own use. Immediate delivery if you order a "GARY." NEW LOCATION Gary Coast Agency, Northwest Distributors Inc. 10th & Hoyt Portland, Oregon There were some prettq long waits for the Doctor in the horse-and-buggij daijs CUTTING MACHINERY We have both the DEERING and McCORMICK Lines. Mowers, Rakes, Reapers Binders and Headers and a complete stock of extras for both lines. would ad vine getting your extras at the earliest date possible as they will probably be bard to get later on. Gilliam & Bisbee Seecf your tin ao cording to tht road thty have to travel: In sandy or hilly coun try, wherever the going is apt to be heavy The U. S. Nobby. For ordinary country roadi The U. S. Chain or Usco. For front wheel The V. S. Plain. For best remits everywhere U. S. Royal Cords. (DVlOORO-NOBBY-CHAJNUSCO-PIAlll jfAKE it easier to get around and you make healthier and hap- pisr communities. No one any longer questions the worth of the automobile or begrudges any legitimate ex pense connected with it But millions of car owners are rebelling at the iaea that running an automobile has got to irsn waste. II Every now and tben you hear a neighbor complain that "he doesn't seem to have much luck with tires." Send him to us. The minute a man begins to question the service his thes are giving him, he's ready to listen to reason. Our business is built on the principle that tne only way to get better tire service is to get better tires to Start with. That's why we have taken the representa tion for U. S. Tires. U. S. Tires hav5 a reputation for quality. Built up through years of creating better tires. Such as the straight side automobile tire, the pneumatic truck tire. It is not by chance that U. S. Tires are made by the oldest and largest rubber concern in the world. We are proud to represent U. S. Tires in this community. ' . 'r ; r United States Tires Heppner Garage '.yri'MW
