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THF. AMKRK AN PKr.SS AS.VX1ATION
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nouiH'ts drop of from -0 to 25 per eont
in n-.an a cLlh!r. ar,.t further reduc
tions possible. 1'ianos drop $100 in al"
style. Krass r-'umbins supplies cut
10 to 55 per cant.
The foregoing are merely samples of
price retiucttons being made. Compe
tition has been restored and manager
are after the business and trying to get
the Jump on the other fellow. We have
seen conditions change from a '"seller's"
to a "buyer's market'- The readjust
ment taking place does not Indicate
hard times coming.
The Manufacturer and Industrial
News Bureau predicts that within a few
months this country will see, the great
est buying- movement of raw materials
and manufactured goods that we have
ever witnessed. Millions of people have
been going- without necessary articles
for years waiting for more normal
prices.
The effect of the present movement
will be to treeie out the profiteering
and inefficient manufacturers and the
laiy and inefficient workmen. Produc
tion per man power will Increase which
in itselt will enable reductions in the
price of manufactured goods. We will
again be competition for jobs just as
we will see competition to sell goods.
This la as It should be and will do away
with the hold-up tactics we have been
subjected to from both laboring men
and manufacturers. The price of labor
will not fall In proportion to the decline
in commodities but labor will produce
more which will offset the difference.
There Is absolutely no occasion for a
panic - Never was there so much build
ing and construction work to be done
in this country and the rest of the
world and never before was there such
a. waiting demand for various lines of
manufactured goods.
With a generally higher wage ached
ule it is Improbable that prices will
drop to the pre-war figures and In seek
ing the new level they may advance a
little above the readjustment drops
which will take place. A declining la
bor market will eliminate strikes which
will materially help in reducing the cost
of living.
ine i.tst tunc that si:, r. an an aiisenien
is entered into. If it is a good thing
Keep it tit home, aii.l the home folk
will.feW nukh better about it.
Slats' Diary
t rilay pa is wcsi inr a new 2th
haiuted ford today lie sed that is the
kind of masheen
ror a fellow 2 get
I , .J ,;',rn wtth. All he
i.. - t - i. t V ' i can tawk about Is
k 4-Ht "' v ,if2 ,carbura tors A dif
41 ' .jtivV "j?:f'rnchal magne
.! i'-'.V 7 . '"' e. Big do
r jjings tor tomorrow
Up v I presoom.
:f- , "i -Tl 1 Saturday the
' " v'-. s age today as Da
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MJjwent over a bank
WvV Afl ,l!oI h'Kh- stitches
' ' 1 In his hed.
Hi i t Sunday-Saw Jane
K 'Vt, Wat Sunday skool to
ra i; ftowlj"!" st her what
'.' .-jyTSg, 410. she think of our
ORKGOW VESPER SOXG.
Oh. sing me the song of the eventide.
As the sun dips into the sea, '
Does he follow the path of an unseen
guide.
Unafraid and Joyously?
Does he pin his faith in tomorrow's
dawn
To the wings of a hidden star?
Is he sure he will reach the sky again.
If he sinks beyond the bar? .
Come, sing me the sons of the even
tide. As the sun dips into the sea; '
And tell me why he Is unafraid
To enter its mystery.
Oh, this is the song of the eventide.
As the sun nears the -western sea:
rtgrei ior tne uay mat is asserted that England soon will have a
on" i monopoly on the oil" business of the
For I go right Joyously. world unless the United States govern-
rve scattered my gladness far and ment take" lmn'alate teP to
Wle. late the development of foreign oil
rve sunshine of sorraw maie: . k fleld' b' 'American capital.
. Tve finished the work 1 wasnt to do- MA we " e"0"1- t0 lmPort ""
Then why should I be afraid r and m0r6 " the Amerlran 8re
worked out. If we do not get busy In
Then he builds him a bridge of sunset foreign fields we will be at the mercy I
" The Oil Nation. -
Due to new processes of extracting
gasoline from crude oil, the Increased
recovery of gasoline in 1919 was 25.0
as compared with 13.8 in 1S14.
From 1914 to 1919 crude oil produc
tion increased 48 per cent, gasoline in
creased 190 per cent and automobiles
increased 330 per cent
The United States now controls 85
per cent of the world's petroleum pro
duction, but it la far from controlling
more than a small portion of the
"world's potential oil fields.
Sheldon Clark of Chicago, vice-presi
dent of the Sinclair Refining Company,
new masheen. She
only curled up her
nose & walked
way indifferentlous-
yl I guess my fushure pjospecks wtth
her is about as brlte as the center of
a chunck of coal.
Monday Teacher was explanelng the
5 different senses which humans la sup
posed to have. They are seeing &
heerin & smelling & feeling & taste
ing. Fieckels sed his pa sed the last
one name was not necessary enny more
since July 1th.
Tuesday got 2 thinking about Jane
4 desided 2 call her up over the telle-
fone & have a short tawk with her and
see mehby I cud ger her 1 make up.
did but she diddent. She hung up.
Wednesday Jake & me is the best
of f rends. Re sticks close as a wart
on yure thum. You cuddent melt him
away from me. So today the teacher
defined the word Inseperable &' then
she ast Blisters 2 Compose a sentence
with the word Inseperable Included In
to It. misters studyed for a mlnnet ft
then he sed Slats & Jake Is as Inseper
able as a pare of cordaroy pants, pa
was rite when he sed you lern a lots by
getting a 2th handed masheen.
Thursday The teecher ast Jane
What is a vacuum. She looked worry
ed for a few seconts & then her face
brltened up like a new coffy pot & she
sed A vacuum Is the place where the
Pope lives. I snlkkered & I know I
i am in bad now. pa appllde for a new
position .with a grate big company S
he had 2 tell where all & what he had
done all his life. Today he got a reply
ft the owner of the Company se In the
letter you are either a very old man or
a awful big lire. In either case you
wood be a undesirable addishun to our
Force.
clouds,
And crosses the glorious west
With bars of saffron, gold and rose,
Silver and amethyst
And over the bridge of sunset gold
Opens wide with a portal of blue.
Where the evening star and its com
rades are.
Waiting to enter through.
He places above each bobbing wave
A crown of molten gold;
And he leaves a track of memories
As great as the sea can bold.
Then he plunges down from his sunset
bridge
With a laugh past the breakers roar;
For he knows that the eventide with us
Is dawn on another shore.. ' t
Elizabeth Sherwood
Salem, Ore. In Portland Oregonian.
of the nations controlling the oil sup
ply within ten or fifteen years.
If It Is Good Take It to Pen-
dleton, '
We have been led to wonder, in pon
dering it over in our mind during the
past week, why it is that when any
thing good comes along, It should be ta
ken to Pendeton. These thoughts have
Lizzie Leads the Way.
Mr. Ford simply cannot help being
patriotic and unselfish. In lowering
the price of his various products to a
pre-war basis he admits that he will
incur some temporary loss. But. as he
says, "The war is over and tt is time
. war prices were over,"
; This sudden announcement wi)l work
hardship in many industries which can
! not do as Mr. Ford has done. Whether
It will help or hinder In the general
lowering of the price level remains to
be seen. One thing is certain, It won't
tend to cut down the sale of Ford cars.
And just here Is a good place as any
to say that, regardess of the academic
question as to whether a Ford Is an au-
been superinduced by contemplating the I ,omoblle or mere,y a moae of convey
jfact that the annual Morrow count. ance, Henry Ford is one of the wonders
I . , , , ....... , t of America. His annual Income Is larg-
ICKUCII HIDUiUkV HOB HUD IWi UCCU I
Get Ready For Business.
The decline In wholesale commodity
prices for U consecutive weeks leaves
no doubt that the peak of high prices
has been passed. Everything is drop
ping from milk to automobiles, lfi spite
of the strenuous protests from certain
sources that reductions In price at this
tacked on to Umatilla county, and the
consequence Is that all the teachers of
this county will the coming week be
compelled to make their pilgrimage to
the county seat of Umatilla county,
there to spend some three days in at
tendance upon the sessions of the insti
tute a duty, by the way, that they can
not shirk.
No doubt m making this arrangement
all matters were fully considered by
the powers that be, and all claims that
might be advanced for holding the In
stitute as an Individual affair for our
own county, at our own county seat
were fully considered and after this full
consideration and weighing of the case
it was found that all the heavy argu
ment was in favor of Pendleton, and we
time are impossible.
From Akron, Ohio, an automobile tire can vouch for the fact that Pendleton is
center, S,(100 one-way tickets out of the well pleased, because It is the habit of
city were sold during September due to that hustling burg to gather in any
unemployment thinK Bnd everything that will bring
Minneapolis. Oct 1 Flour 12 a liar- people from outside to their city. - Tet
L lowest since Oct. 1919. t 1 we are unable to see why this should
Wichita, Kan., Oct. 110 per cent cut ' b taken from us, a It is an annual
In pork prices by packers. , , event tiat certainly belongs here, and
Seattle, Oct 1 Capned milk reduced ' loyalty to home town and county should
be the first consideration. We will con
fess that we are not always capable of
grasping the grave matters pertaining
to our educational system, but there,
should be no reason why fairly good
talent should and could not be secured
for an Institute In Heppner, and the
teachers saved the cost of the extra ex
pense of going to Pendleton, and our
home folks be given whatever benefits
that might accrue from holding the
meetings here and bringing the outside
folks to our city. This Is only fair and
there Is no good reason at all why it
should not be so.
We confess further that It is too late
to make any alterations in the program
at this time, but hope that this will be
from 16 to $5.50 per case.
New Tork, Sept J. Reductions of 15
per cent to 20 per cent In price of Lee
tires announced.
Columbus, Ohio, Sept JO. Timken
Roller Bearing Co. lays oft 1S00 em
ployees. Indianapolis, Sept 30 A general re
duction of $1 a sack on wholesale prfce
of potatoes.
Kansas City. Two most fashionable
hotels announce food price cuts of from
15 to 35 per cent '
Toledo, Ohio String of restaurants
here cut food prices 10 to 100 per cent
Steaks reduced from 50 cents and 75
cents to 25 cents and 85 cents.
Ch cago Retail clothing'house on
er than the Income of our Federal gov
ernment a few years ago. And he has
reached this preeminence by making a
commodity that the people wanted. He
made no big consolidations of rival
companies. He required no special leg
islation. He did not monopolize any
natural resorce. He made little Lizzie
popular and site made him rich, Leslies.
Our Sense of Humor.
The Insensibilities of our funny bone
are being flouted before the public by
the funny old man of the press, Broth
er Sam Pattison of the Herald, and all
because of the fact that we took ex
ceptions to Borne of the mistatements
made by him in his paper regarding the
Cumrnings meeting some two weeks
ago. But pardon us, Brother Pat. We
did not realize that you were only
trying to be funny. Yes, trying to be
funny at the expense of truth and
veracity. Oh' well, we suppose a Joke
is a joke and anything that appears in
the Herald should not be taken, let's
say, at least too seriously. Is that It,
Pat?
NOT1CK.
The. county court of Morrow County
calls attention of the public to the fact
that at its September meeting. In com
pliance with the wlshea of a represen
tative number of road districts within
the county, assembled In the court room
at that time and for that purpose, did
redistrict the county in order to make
the road districts smaller and more
suitable to the residents of the var
ious districts.
A number of the districts are pe
titioning the court to call a speclav
road meeting In the district in order
that the people of the district may talk
over the matter of the road situation
of the district and vote on a special
road tax for the Improvement of spec
ial places In the district that may es
pecially require it
The present regular district money,
which Is a iH mill tax. the same as It
was before the war, is insufficient to
take care of the district needs and a
small special tax appears to be the best
solution of the problem. Blanks, for
the petition may be had by applying to
the county roadmaster or the county
clerk. Such petition the law requires,
shall be signed by three or more free
holders of the district and presented
to the county court not later ttran Its
joh' Li
CWillaldJ i g
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Listen,
Friends
There lent thing
in our business that
we vahte as much as
the food will of our
old friends. And we
always remember that
eur new friends of
today will be old ones
tomorrow.
This la the oat place
to come for real bat
tery service. We seE
the 8tiH Better WU
lard Battery with
Threaded Rubber In
Insulatkm the kind
elected by 136 manu
facturers of cart and
trucks.
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November meeting.
W. T. CAMPBELL.
County Judge.
E. L. PADBERQ.
County tfommlsstoner.
O. A. BLEAKMAN.
County Commissioner.
Mr. and Mrs R. H. Holeman. who
have been making their home In lone,
left last Sunday forTaklma, Washing
ton, to reside permanently.
Frank Frates of Eight Mile wa a
Wednesday business caller In Heppner. '
i
Mrs. Paul M. Oemmell la teaching In 1
the grades this week during the absence
of Mlsa Melba Orllfltha who has gone
to Corvallls on account of her mother's
Illness.
The county clerk' office lsbUBy this
week with the work of preparing the
poll books, Using registered voters and
otherwise getting everything ready for
the November election.
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I When your Ford is in need of
! repairs take it to the
FORD SHOP -
, ' ON MAIN STREET
Phone 193 LLOYD FELL, Prop.
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STATION
', J. W. Frltsch
Phone Main 83 Heppner
Sound Sleep
Plenty of fresh air in your sleeping
room insures healthy renreshing
Slumber,-providing you are proper
ly protected by suitable bedding.
Right now we are offering Blankets
the cold can't get through, and even
though they are extra quality, we
have marked them at a low price.
Cotton BLANKETS, $2.50 to $7.50.
Wool BLANKETS, $8.50 to 14.00.
Thomson Bros.
The Place AVhere Your Dollar Is
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BILLIONS ARE WASTED
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the constitutional privileges of Con.
gress and the servile submission of the
Democratic majority in the House
which together preventer! the appoint
ment of a Joint committee to supervise
war expenditures, thereby opposing
and ending any action taken at the
beginning to prevent or at least lessen
the probability of such waster
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The enthusiastic writers testify to figures that read like a
prosperous bank balance.
They run so high that we would no more exploit them in
advertising than we would make them our adjustment basis.
They stir our pride, but they do not sway our reason.
The testimonials which mean most to us tell of the high average
mileage CoodrichTiret are delivering to thousands of drivers
not the few. 1
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Goodrich to maintain its adjustment basis.
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