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PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DErOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY
Volume 37, Number 29.
HKI'l'NKK ORKGOX, THURSDAY, OCTOBEK 14, 1920.
Subscription, $2.00 Per Year
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PROMINENT SPEAKERS
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CoasreMnua X. J. Slaaott mmd Walter
L. Timw Br, Will DImcmm Uv
mt thm Day at U Star Theater.
Congressman N. J. Blnnott of th Sec
ond Oregon District will address the
clttiens of Morrow county at the Star
theater this evening-.
C. L. Sweek, secretary of the Morrow
county republican central committee re
ceived a telegram from state headquar
ters on Tuesday telling of Mr. Snlnott's
appearance In Heppner and due to the
late Intelligence, but little time was
given for advertising the meeting. Mr.
Hinnott has been greeted by a "full
house" on past occasions here, for he
la a pleasing and forceful speaker and
a close student of governmental affairs.
He will speak on the vital Issues con
fronting the American people.
The Slnnott speaking will begin at
9 o'clock.
On Tuesday evening, October 19, Wal
ter L. Toose, Sr., a republican of prom
inence and a man who has devoted
many years of his life to public affairs,
will speak at the Htar theater. Mr.
Toose is an orator of marked ability,
and like Mr. Slnnott, should have a
large audience.
Why Do Automobilista .
Try To Beat the Train?
Farmers Beware of Poultry
Shark In Morrow County
By L. A. HUNT, County Agent.
Funnel's and poultry raisers of Mor
row county are specially .warned
against an agent of a poultry concern
operating under the name of State Poul
try Association. Tbe ordinary farmer
would probably Imagine that this was
an association of poultryrnen 'for the
benefit of the poultry raisers of the
country, and In making this nHnuntption
will probably conuse It with the Pa
cific Co-operative Producers of which
V. L. Upson is general manager. The
Pacific Co-Operative PoulUy Producers
has been a tremendous assistance to
the poultry raisers of Oregon and
Washington and has helped them to
realise great additional profit from
their flocks, and anyone who seeks their
cooperation Is doing well; but they
should not confound this association
with the State Poultry Association as
they appear simply a bunch of sharks.
Their real object, instead of what they
pretend to he doing, that of assisting
the farmer In culling his Mocks and so
forth, Is really to sell htm a lot of poui
trytonlcs and disinfectants at 'a ver
high price and of a very Inferior qual
ity. The February and March numbers
of Poultry Life, a poultry publication
devoted to the poultry Interest of the
western coast, have exposed these men
In their operations quite fully. In Was
co and Sherman counties where they
have sought to operate they have shown
their true colors and have been qulckl
given the go-by. We wish earnestly to
warn the farmers of Morrow county
against them although at first we were
inclined to think they might be of some
asaistance. I trust that you will not be
taken In by these men, one of whose
representatives Is T. K. Miles, now op
erating In this county.
A. J. McKay, a Southern Pacific loco
motie engineer, discussing motorists
who race with his train for a common
crossing, is puziled to know what all
the hurry Is about. Says McKay:
"If auto-driers realised how little
time they save If they succeed In cross
ing In front of an approaching train
they might be more content to wait
until the train got by and thus guaran
tee their own safety.
"A local passenger train, consisting of
an engine and four or Ave couches,
traveling at forty-five miles an hour
wilt make 66 feet a second and wil- be
only Ave or six seconds In going over
the crossing and little less than that
if making the limit of fifty miles an
hour. The heavier ' over-land train,
with the cars averaging a little longer
than In the local service, will generally
pass over a road crossing at the rate
of one a second. If the auto-d river
stops at the track; while the train Is
still a quarter of a mile away, he will
only have to wait about 20 seconds for
the train to get to the crossing and i
then a few seconds more for the train ,
to get by. j
"Most of the accidents at high-way j
crossings are those In which the auto
gets mixed up with high speed trains.
Freight trains of 30 cars or less, fre
quently travel at the rate of 30 miles an
hour and at that rate of speed the
shorter cars will be going over the
crossing at the rate of one a second
longer freight trains at slower speed
will use more time, but even then the
delay Is insignificant
"Frequently engineers of trains make
reports of 'close calls" but there does
not seem to be much result from that
course.
Some drivers claim that no warning
waa given by the approaching engine,
but what can be said for a man who
strikes the side of a train after the
engine and three or four cars have
gone by? Or the man who claims he
would have 'made It' If the gate-man
had not dropped the gate? He broke
tbe gute and had his machine wrecked.
"A few seconds ! Is It worth the
risk r
"The Melancholy Days Are Hers
Tbs Saddest of AD tlis Year"
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(Portland oregonlnn)
All lovers of fair piny were of course
Indignant when they read how demo
cratic miscreant stuffed the straw bal
lot box at Harry dimming', political
meeting nt Heppner, the other day. Mr.
Cummlngs Is a writer of sprightly
verse, which Is peculiarly attractive fos
Its novelties In meter and Its bold re
sort to poetic license. Mr. Cumniings
so the verified account runs, hired the
town movlnK picture palace at his own
expense, and after the reels had been
run, spoke on republican political prin
ciples and sang his Justly famous cam
paign song, exactly as advertised.
How deeply some persona are steop
ed In partisanship may be Inferred
when tho argumentative visor and lof
ty sentiment of tho Cuinmlngs compo
sition are known and It Is recalled that
these porsons were Inspired to no high
er thoughts thnn the Bluffing of a straw
ballot.
Tho Cuniitflngs republican campaign
song, unlike the common doggerel
that passes as political verse, Is both
Inspirational and logical. The Bong It
self Is properly set forth with a pre
lude, Introductory as it were, yet not
neglectful of tho painful reminiscences
that are required by the appeal of the
song Itself. Thus we read:
Tho political pot begins to sizzle; It
will soon begin to boll.
Tho liemocrats have made a flzxlct ; our
even tempers they do roll.
Cox's charges of a slush fund has got
him deep In the nitre
And made everybody know wo cnunot
believe what he says.
Suppose everybody gave to a Republi
can cnmp.-ilgn fund
To elect Senator Harding, whore Is any
harm done?
To descend from the logical to the
plaintive and do It grncefully is not the
gift of overy poet but Mr. Cummlngs
does It, as witness:
Their careless, wasteful expenditures
nnd utter lack of business sense
Has cost this nation billions of dollars
of unnecessary expense.
And If wo can rout the confounded
spendthrifts by raising a cam
paign fund
For (he love of Mike lei's do It. A bet
ter thing could not be done.
In '84 and 'SR nnd again In '92 I voted
for tho Democratic candidate,
Anil I pledge my word to you,
That every democratic measure, enact
ed Into law
MroUMlit such distress nnd general suf
fering as I had never saw,
So much for the prelude, nlthough It
must be confessed that not all of tha.
Interesting part Is herein given. Now
for the swing of the campaign sour
proper:
Coino rally all you patriots, tho time Is
now nt band
For each and every one of us to do Just
Halloween Social and Old
Time Fair At Lexington
One of the greatest social events of
the season will be the Haloween social
and old time county fair at Lexington
The event will take place at Leach Hull
under the auspices of the Ladles Guild.
Friday evening, October 29.
Invitation Is Issued to everybody In
the country to come early and come
hungry. There will be all kinds of
booths from a "hot dog" to a lemonade
stand. The fortune teller will be there
In real gypsy style-, an auction stand
and many other euch features, where
you spend your money. A good pro
gram of music and readings and some
special Halloween stunts will be given.
The admittance and program will be
free.
all we can
To elect Warren O. Harding; thus with
one effective stroke.
We get a man to hend the nation that
will keep us all from going broke
So matter what you think, the truth
still remains,
The president of this nation should
jtossess a lot of brains.
CHORUS.
Vow rally one and all. republican In
terests to advance.
Lest a democratic badge appears on the
seat of your pants.
It will be observed by all, that the
author, In order to make tne home
thrust, cuts relentlessly through the
commonly accepted kinks of versifll
catlon. That's what we like aout his song
Its straightforwardness. There Is no
beating around with Intricate phrase
ology In order to make the lines scan.
It Is right to the point. It Is vers Ubre
that rhymes, which is quite unusual:
The whole democratic bunch says to
the victor belongs the spoils.
Thl gives the most rotten service,
while hopelewsly he tolls
Ti keep his family together and get
enough to eat,
Willie his many obligations the poor
fellow cannot meet. .
My Mends, Hiis is awful; let us quickly
set nbout
To elect Senator Harding and turn the
rascals out.
CHORUS.
Now rally one ami all, republican In
terests to advance,
Lest a democrntlc badge appears on the
seat of your pants.
Tho song ends with what might be
termed a Bomewhat daring stanta. It
runs:
Hear Indies, vote for Harding nnd the
clouds will pase awny,
And you can nil have beautiful droses
to wenr Just every day.
And all you men come to their rescue,
let no one hesitate,
To save our noble women from such an
awful fate.
Now rally one and all, republlcnn In
terests to advance,
LeHt everybody has to wear a patch on
their pants.
In Heppner there Is one Charley
Thomson whose political afllllntloiiB
are not disclosed but may be suspect
ed. Charley, It appears, In analyzing
the chorus of tho Cummlngs song, has
made derogatory romarlts nbout It on
the ground that the democratic badge,
mentioned therein, Is too broad In Its
application, In view of the participation
of women In the responsibilities of gov
ernment. So Charley Is put In his pro
per place with this cutting rejoinder.
And I sny to Charley Thomson, don .'t
worry any more.
Harding will soon be our president and
our troubles will be o'er.
There Is of course much more to the
song but enough has been given to dis
close tho Irreconclable and resentful
nttltluile of those Heppner cltlxens who
stuffed that strnw ballot. Plainly
enough they were desperate over the
far-reaching effoc.t of the Cummlngs
composition nnd sought by underhand
ed tnenns tev offset It.
Mr. Cummlngs, as may be guessed, Is
not through yet. He writes that he Is
"going to pull oft one of the greatest
stunts of this twentieth century. There
will he a great sensntlon within two or
threo weeks."
We believe It.
S THROUGH COMMISSION HOLDS
PIPE LINESI LIGHT RATE
Satisfactory Condition Found Warn
Test Is Made, Very Few Leaks In
Concrete and Engineer Praise Job.
"Its the best Job of concrete pipe
line I have ever seen laid," said city
engineer Clarence Hlckey, In speaking
of Heppner's new gravity water system
"When we turned the water Into the
concrete pipe, we naturally expected to
fine numerous leaks, but as a matter of
fact there were but ten leaks In the en
tire ten miles of pipe. These are now
being remedied. The redwood pipe de
veloped a few minor leaks, but with
the water running through the pipe for
a time the leaks will naturally fill up
as the pipe becomes thoroughly wet."
While the concrete pipe has been vir
tually accepted by the city, the city In
turn has a ninety day comeback, In case
unsatisfactory work should show up.
Gravity water In this city will soon
be a reality as the water will be turned
Into the mains Just aa soon as the new
pipes toave been thoroughly flushed and
other details completed.
The eight-Inch pipe line from Ditch
creek has been laid and Is now carry
ing water Into the Willow creek basin,
the pipe at the present time running
half full, according to Councilman C. L.
Sweek, who made a tour of Inspection
over the new line the Inst of the week.
New Teachers Entertained
By Old Heppner Ma'ams
The now teachers In the Heppner
school were the guests of honor at a
combination pnrty and Initiation cere
mony held In the music room nt the
school last Saturday evening. Teach
ers who were here last year acted as
hostB and gave the newcomers a fine
time, even though it was a bit strenu
ous at times. The first part of the eve
ning was taken up with a progressive
game In which everything from dom
inoes to Pit were played. After It was
decided that Mrs. H. M. James was en
titled to the first prize and Miss Palma-
teor led the field for the consolation
prize, nn old fashioned spelling mntch
was indulged In. Since the rules of
this match required that the words be
spelled backward, this part of the en
tertainment took but little time.
After, putting the new teachers
through Inllatlon ceremonies that would
put many a lodge to shame, refresh
ments of cider nnd pumpkin pie were
served.
Dorothy Dalton Has Fine Role
In "Other Men's Wives"
laed as Tool by llleh Man She Solves
Most Difficult Social Problem.
Dorothy Dnlton has nn unusual part
as Cynthia In "Other Men's Wives," the
latest Thomas It. lnco photoplay which
comes to the Star theatre Sunday as a
Paramount offering.
Cynthia is forced by necessity to
agree for a stipulated sum to try to
compromise a mnrrled man so thaf his
wife may hnve evidence to get a di
vorce, thus permitting her to mnrry the
man whom she loves.
The unsuspecting husband wins her
sympathy and then her love nnd she Is
brought to a realization that sho Is
ahotit to Injuro a noble man. Slio wants
to retract her agreement, but the other
man, he who would break up the home.
has a whip hand over hor.
How to escape the predicament Is the
trying situation with which she Is con
fronted. Her womanly cournge asserts
Itself nt the critical moment and she
solves the problem. To toll how, would
detract much from tho Interest of the
picture. The story was written by C.
Gardner Sullivan ond directed by Victor
L. Schcrtzlnger under the supervision
of Thomas H, Ince.
( It) Presents Testimony of Poor Ser
vice While Heppner Light at Water
Company Presents Books Knowing
lleflclenrles.
The public service commission of Ore
Son held a hearing at the court house
in this city on Friday, In which the pe
tition of the Heppner Light & Water
Company tor a 25 per cent increase In
electric rates- waa given consideration
H. H. Corey represented the commis
sion at the hearing while the city of
Heppner was represented by city at
torney J. J. Nys. F. H. Robinson of
lone appeared for that city and a num
her of other Interested citizens of lone
were also present. The Heppner Light
& Water Company conducted the hear
ing for the local corporation and H
V. Gates, president, and O. B. Gates,
vice-president of the company, were
present.
To show that the company, due to
high cost of operating Is really running
at a loss, books of the company were
offered as evidence.
The city of Heppner called a number
of witnesses to testify as to the quality
of the service given by the company.
This testimony was mostly to the effect
that power appeared to be Insufficient
for the operation of heavy machinery
Mr. Gates admitted that the service
had been poor. As a remedy, he sug
gests that It will be necessary to con
struct a power plant on the upper wa
ters of Willow creek. This hydro
electric plant, which the company has
had In contemplation for a long time,
would cost In the neighborhood of $60,
000 if built at the present time, and Mr.
Gates contends that under the 8 per
cent return allowed on the Investment
by the commission, building of the plant
at this time would be next to Impossi
ble. The matter has been taken under ad
visement by the commission and they
w ill announce their decision at a later
date.
Lexington Holds Heppner.
The football season got under way
last Friday afternoon on the Heppner
Held, with the light Lexington team
holding the Heppner squad to a 0-0
score before a large crowd of specta
tors. As far as both tennis were concerned
the contest was a good workout as
neither of the teams have had any ex
perience in former yearB.
For Lexington, the work of Captain
Allyn, and White In the back field,
showed un well. While little Dallas
Ward at end played a remarkable game
both on defense and offense.
For Heppner, Peterson and Snook
were the outstanding features.
Christian Endeavor Convention.
Tho Union 17 C. E. Convention will
be held in lone, beginning at 10:30 a.
m Saturday, October 16. The opening
session will begin In the Baptist church.
The afternoon session will also be held
In the Baptist church. Saturday eve
ning at 6:00 a banquet will be given in
the basement of the Christian church.
A quiet hour will be held at 9:00 Sun
day morning at the Congregational
church. The nfternoon session Sunday
will start at 2:00 and the evening ses
sion at 6:30.
Some of the numbers will be address
es by Fnye Stclnmetj, state president;
Hev. Cornellson, ex-ndvlsor Oregon C.
E. ; Claude Meyers, president Union 17;
Glenn Wallare, second vice-president of
Oregon nnd a Junior pageant. Speclol
niusle. Everyone Is cordially invited to
nttond.
Mr. nnd Mrs. W. T. McNnbb and OUie
lluguewood of Iono are visitors In this
city today. Mr. McNnbb Is a grain
buyer In the Egg City.
ELECTION LESS THAN
Length Ballot will Greet Voter With
.National, stale, tonaty and City aa-
dldatre nnd Also Many Mrs surra.
Probably the biggest ballot that has
yei oeen placed before the voters will
oe mat one for the election which will
be held on Tuesday, the second day of
November. While the main attraction
and the center of most interest is the
election of a president of the United
otaies, there will be any other number
of offices for which two or more candi
dates are contesting, even down to our
own little municipal election which,
among other things, Involves the selec
tion of a city recorder.
There will be 6 electors nf
and vice-president of the ITnited sut..
one United States Senator In Congress,
one representative hi Congress, second
district; one secretary of state, one
dairy and food commissioner, five Jusr
uces or the supreme court, one com
missioner of public service, one attor
ney general, name to be written in, one
representative of the 22nd district, one
district attornev. one rnnntv commis
sioner, sheriff, clerk, treasurer, school
superintendent, surveyor, coroner and
constables in the precincts of North
one, houth lone, Irrigon, Gentry, Mt.
ernon, Heppner and Lexington.
The city ballot will be senarata from
the Btate and measures ballot and will
carry the names of candidates for may-
three councllmen, recorder and
treasurer.
There will be thirteen measures hv
referendum And Initiative Tha in
ferred measures are the "Compulsory
Voting Amendment," "bill regulating
legislative sessions and pay," and the
Oleomargarine bill" referendum or
dered by petition of the people.
The proposed initiative bills are "Sin.
gle tax amendment," "Fixing terms of
certain county officers," "Dock Com-
nlsslon Bill,". "Anti-Vaccination bill,"
'Letral interest rate hfll " "Dnnuiralt
Bird Refuge measure." "Divided Legis
lative session," "State market commis
sion act," Destruction ol predatory
animals and rodents," Initiated by L.
A. Hunt, of Hetinner: "Rill fiTlnc the
salary of the county school superlnten-
aeni or Morrow county," initiated by
M. B. Signs of Boardman.
Port of Portland Consolidation Hill.
In submitting the Port of Portland
consolidation bill to the voters of Ore
gon the people of Portland ask the peo
ple of the whole state for authority to
provide means of shipment by sea for
the state's products. Portland fs the
great port of Oregon, for it is the chief
point of export for the products of both
eastern and western Oregon, and in that
manner it renders a public service to
practically the entire state. The Port
of Portland Commission having been
created by a special act of the legisla
ture, that law can be amended only by
the legislature or by vote of the people
of all Oregon.
Upon the Port of Portland has de
veloped the duty of providing a navi
gable channel up the Columbia and
Willamette rivers, of building docks
and other shipping facilities. The In
creased number and tonnage of ships
require that the channel be deepened
and widened and that more docks be
built. For this purpose the bill enlarges
the borrowing and taxing power of the
commission, but taxes are to be levied
and bonds and interest on them paid by
taxpayers of the Fgrt district.
Thye and Jepson Will Meet
In Finish Match Saturday
Owing to unavoidable circumstances,
Ted Thye, the champion middleweight
wrestler of the world, waa unable to
appear In Heppner last Saturday eve
ning for his scheduled bout with Nets
Jepson, the Canadian middleweight
However the matoh Is a sure go this
time and the two champ will go to a
finish at the Star theater on Saturday
eenlng. with the two beat (alls out of
three pronouncing the winner.
The match will be presided over by
referee Jack O'Neill, who In hia time
was a mat artist of the first water.
They say it would take a pretty good
man to pin Jack's shoulder down even
now.
The main event will be preceded by
two fast preliminaries. Charles Reas
oner and Russel Wright will contest
for the wealterweight wrestling Cham
pionshlp of Heppner and there will be
a rapid fire exchange of blows when
Harry Selby "Young McCoy" putt on
the gloves with Kid Oroshena. In all
it will be a show well worth the money,
as the main event In Itself gives prom
ise of being worth several times tbe
price of admission.
The preliminary events will start at
9 o'clock, sharp.
COUNTY COURT MEETS
County Court met in regular session
Wednesday, October t, 1920, with all
officers present;
Viewers report in the matter of the
road petition of W. G. Palroateer and
others read and referred to the District
Attorney.
The road petitions of E. Bergstrom
and others and John Graham and others
were continued.
The court gave notice of Bale of Mor
row County Road Bonds to the extent
of $60,000, to be held Nov. 17, 1920, at
10 A. M.
The following bills were approved
and ordered paid:
It. A. Culick, Bounty $
I. It. Roblson, DIsL No. 3
Jas. Daly, Bounty
Ben Cox, Bounty
O. E. Johnson, Bounty
L. E. Gurley, en. Road
State Industrial Com., Gen. Rd
W. A. RIchardBon, OJces
W. W. Smead, Fair
.Standard Oil Co., Roads.
J. H. Cochran, Bounty
LOCAL MO PERSONAL
Dedication exercises were held at
Hardman last Friday for the new Un
ion high school building. Speaking was
the feature of the evening with ad
dresses by L. A. Hunt, J. P. Conder and
S. E. Notson of Heppner. Miss Juanlta
Leathers sang a solo and there were
songs by the high school glee club.
Mrs. Oliver Potter spent the week
end with her sister-in-law, Mrs. R. C.
Lapthorne of lone. Mrs. Potter is a
recent bride, being formerly Miss Ag
nes Anderson, a popular Eight Mile
belle.
Andy Rood, voung wheat farmer of
Heppner Flat, returned Wednesday eve
ning from a business trip to Portland.
A number of local Elks went to Con
don on business yesterday afternoon.
n the party were Exalted Ruler Chas.
B. Cox, Secretary Gay M. Anderson and
Frank Monahnn.
Lexington High School Notes.
Friday, October 8, Hoppner and Lex
ington, old enemies, faced each other on
the football grounds nt Heppnor and
played the first game of football in
three years.
The game surged back and forth on
the Hold to within ten yards of the goal,
but neither team was able to mnke a
touchdown nnd at the end of the game
the score remained 0 to 0. The Lexing
ton boys hope to have another game
with Heppner in the near future. They
have high hopes of winning the next
game and are practicing In real earnest.
The upper classmen's study room Is
now equipped with new seats, which
helps grently tho appearance of the
room. The Btudents nre planning to
furnish the room with pictures and
other things which will make It very
attractive.
The Lexington high school football
team Is planning a game with the lone
team nt Lexington, Saturday, October
11!. The Lexington team has Just play
ed a tie game with Heppner and Is In
fine shnpe, so a good game may be ex
pected.
The S. H. A. nt their meeting October,
, decided to buy a new football for the 1
game Saturday.
Pacific Telephone Co., Current
E. M. Hulden, Rabbit Drive
C. B. Oral, Weights & Measures
W. T. Campbell, Salary
Geo. McDuffee, Salary
T. E. Chldsey, Salary
J. A. Waters, Salary
G. M. Anderson, Salary
T. J. Humphreys, Salary
J. J. Wells, Salary
Mae French, Salary
L. S. Shurte, Salary
W. M. Ayers, Salary
A. D. McMurdo, Salary
John Garside, Salary
Harriet Balrd, Pension. .
Daisy Beckett, Pension
Sadie Morey, Pension
Gladys Gibbons, Pension
Alice McFerrln, Pension
W. T. Campbell, Gen. Road
Fay Pettyjohn, Bounty
Thomson Bros., Court House
A. B. Vance, Diet. No. 6 .
J. W. Davis, District No. 6
C. T. Davis, District No. 6
H. L. Writer, District No. 6
Chas. Hudson, lone .
O. A. Bleakman, County Court
E. L. Padberg. County Court
Bristow & Johnson, lone G
W. O. Minor, District No. 3
Central Market, lone G
Martin Reld, Roads
J. H. Wilt, lone Q
Case Furniture Co., Gen
W. L. McCaleb, Gen
Chas. LatourelL Gen
Vaughn & Sons, Gen ,
Fecnaughty Co., Gen
S. M. Irwin, Gen .
M. F. Wadsworth. District No. 1
Inland Lumber Co., Dlst. No. 1
F. Emberger.-Dist No. 2
Ballenger Lumber Co., Dlst. 2
F. P. Ross, et al., Distt. 3 -
Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co., Roads
F. M. Lovgren, Dlst. No. 8
I. H. Cox, Distt No. 4 .
W. M. Ayers, Poor.
W. T. Campbell, Court House....
C. Hlckey, Dlst No. 3
Arthur Campbell, Dlst No. 3
Heppner Herald, Superintendent
Light & Water Co.. Ct. House....
J.'J. Nys. Circuit Court
W. T. McRoberts, Sheriff
W. P. Prophet, Poor
Humphreys Drug Co., Poor
Patterson & Son, Poor
Sylvia Wells, Assessor -
S. E. Notson, District Attorney
Frank Shepard Co., Dlst. Atty...
The Gazette-Times, Election
M. F. Vadsworth, Election
Glass Prudhomme, Election
Jos. Rurgoyne, lone G
Peoples Hardware Co., lone G.
T. E. Orabill, lone 0 127.12
Geo. McPtiffee. Prohibition 12.51
City Meat Market, Dlst. No. .. 82.15
Gilliam Bisbee, Roads 63.20
Chas. Towell, lone G 12.06
Thomson Bros., Spl. 4 13.50
Tum-A-Lnm Co. No. 10 64 20
Case Furniture Co., Spl. 4 6.00
Minor & Co., Spl. 4
Phelps Grocery Co., Spl. 4
Elevator Co., Spl. 4
M. Szepanek, Spl. 4
M F. Wadsworth, Spl. 4 28 20
C. Hlckey, Spl. 4 35.00
Jos. Burgoyne, Spl. 4 7.20
F. Markham. et al. Spl. 1 183.22
First National Bank, Roads 1.844.96
Bank of lone. Roads 640.86
F. S. National Bank, Road ... 679,6!
O. Huber, Willow Creek Con
tract 11,976.89
J. W. Messner, Westland Irri
gation District 89.93
The Gazette-Times, Westland
Irrigation District 2 15
7.00
50.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
27.85
65.77
45.09
150.00
173.01
7.00
43.83
661.86
10.97
76.40
166.66
126.00
166.66
115.00
41.66
133.33
60.00
100.00
70.00
10.00
25.00
10.00
25.00
32.50
10.00
10.00
32.94
12.00
11.20
6.50
8
8.00
7.50
54.88
49.49
64.53
323.20
16.50
86.10
304.31
37.82
1215
210.89
5.25
15.00
12 65
1.50
154.32
15J.53
3.90
5.45
12S.25
685 55
8.00
42.00
20.00
90.00
12.50
6.00
6.00
50.90
7.50
48.25
105.70
7.21
3.25
64.00
15.89
8.00
41 48
34.60
17.59
9 20
5.50
FIGURES SHOW II-.
1WTEDIW
1.40
82.35
10.80
93 16
Bom In this city on Thursday.
Octoer 14, to Mr. nnd Mrs. William O'
Sulllvan, a daughter weighing 8 4 lbs.
CHRISTIAN SCIEXCK SERVICES.
Sundays, 11:00 A. M I. O. O. F. Hall.
Testimonial meeting, Wednesday
evening. 8 o'clock, at Gene Slocum resl-.
denco. Everybody welcome. j
STAGt.FHINTi BIRDERS PLACED
IPOM PEOPLE BY DEMOCRATIC
ADMINISTRATION.
Total Coat of War 34 Billions Of 1H
Billions Spent by War Department,
A hoot Half waa Spent or Waste
I'eelean Projects MUllona Loat on
Vlaloaary Nitrate Plant UoMMMtOO
for Poison Gan bnt None Flrr4 on
Battle Front I a paralleled Reeoral
f lAnate anal Extravagance.
"The main reason why the American
people will elect Harding and Coolldge,
the Republican standard-bearers, on
November 2. said Thomaa H. Tongue,
Jr., chairman of the Republican State
Central Committee, In a statement Issu
ed recently, "is that they want a
change of administration. They are
tired of Democratic waste, extrava
gance and incompetence.
The Democratic party is going be
fore the people on Its record, and Its
standard-bearer Is running on the
record of his party for the past seven
years.
"The Republican party is willing to
go before the people upon Its record.
The people well know that the Repub
lican administrations of the past made
good their pledges of economy and
efficiency and contributed to the wel
fare and prosperity of the people.
'The facts are now coming to light
as to the staggering burdens placed
upon the people by the Demochatic
Administration. The facts about the
billions wasted in the prosecution of
the war are appalling.
Representative Edward E. Denison
of Illinois has made an exhaustive In
vestigation of war expenditures and
he has made the following statement:
Orgy of Waste and Exrravacaaec.
'There has been on orgy of waste
and extravagance in the disbursement
of these billions taken by taxes and
borrowed from the people that not
only surpasses anything ever recorded
in connection with any government
but exceeds the wildest Imagination."
Boiled down the statements of prov
en expenditures made by Representa
tive Denison follows:
1. Th Wear cost approximates $34,-
000,000,000.
2. Reports of chairmen of Investi
gating committees show that of the
118,000.000,000 expended by the War
Department alone practically 19,000,-
000,000 has been wasted. lost or spent
on projects that were foolish, are
wholly useless now, and were totally
Ineffective In prosecuting the war.
Millions for Port Terminals.
3. There was spent at Charleston.
Norfolk, Boston, and other places $150,
000,000 for port terminals from which
no ship during the war ever sailed.
4. A port terminal was begun in a
bog and swamp ten miles up the river
from Charleston and after 320,000,000
had been spent In construction It was
found that ships could not reach the
terminal until the river had been
dredged for the purpose.
6. For nitrate plants $120,000,000
was spent In a visionary scheme and
not a pound of nitrate was produced.
Practically $100,000,00 of this sum was
sunk at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and
the War Department now asks addi
tional millions to turn the abortive
nitrate plants into fertilizer producers
about the feasibility of which experts
differ.
6. For power plants $160,000,000 was
spent and not a pound was made In
them. The one at Nltro, West Virgin
ia, cost $700,00,000 and was sold re
cently for $8,000,000 with the prospects
that the government will never get
very much of the eight million.
7. There was $1,000,000,000 spent for
shells and only 17,000 American shells
were fired by the American forces In
the war. We fired very often as many
as 600.000 In a single barrage on a sin
gle morning: we had to buy or beg
from our Allies.
Billions Spent, No Aeroplanes
8. We spent $1,051,000,000 prepar-
parlng to manufacture aeroplanes; we
did not produce one lighting machine.
We did make a purely bombing plane
a few of them. All we made and
sent to the front in France were 213
observation planes and they were de
fective and dangerous.
9. For tanks we spent $100,000,000.
The first American tank did not reach
France until after the armistice had
been signed and the war was over.
10. There was $116,000,000 expended
for the manufacture of gas. There
never was a pound of gas fired on the
battle front in American shells.
11. Guns cost us (to make In this
ountry) $178,000,000. We only buc-
ceeded In getting 48 of the 4 7-inch
guns and 24 of the 8-lnch howitzers
a total of 73 American guns to where
our boys In battle could use them.
Such Is the story of extravagance
and Inefficiency of the War Depart
ment. The same Is true to some extent of
the Navy establishment.
The War and Navy Departments to
gether spent within a radious of 25
miles of Norfolk. Va., $250,000,000 for
the construction of cantonments, ware
houses and training stations where It
has been found Impossible to get a
supply of water sufficient for their
needs.
Training Camp Located In ftwnmp.
The Navy Department put one train
ing camp In a swamp near Norfolk, Va.
at a cost of $7,000,000 and every dollar
of It, as now disclosed, will be lost.
"The facts and figures show," said
Representative Denison, "that the
waste and Ineffective Investments of
such a considerable part of the $34,000,
000,000 war expenditures has been due
largely to the autocratic ami dictator
ial encroachment of the President on
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