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Some Different Now!
Just now, as taxpaying time ap
proaches, c are reminded that the
cost rf government is mounting.
There is, ci" course, a reason for all
this as e mut have hotter roads,
hetter hools and heiter conditions
ail down the line. In this town of
Heppner it :! take 55 mil's on the
dollar of your asesed valuation to
square your acccint w ith the tax col
lector this year. We are not com
plaining, of course, for many of the
things we are paving for we have
voted upon ourselves, and we have
to pay the fiddler.
Speaking of schools, we are re
minded, by looking hack over the
files of January 31. 1 10 i , that J. W.
Shiplev, who was then county super
intendent of schools, stated that the
average teachers' wages at that time
was about $40 per month, and there
were 43 districts with 60 teachers
employed. The principal in Heppner
at that time received $1000 per year
of 9 months, at Lexington the head
of the school got SpOO for S months;
lone, $4!5 and at Hardman, $400. It
is some different now. The average
wages received then would scarcely
pay the keep of a teacher these days.
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Flavor!
No cigarette has
the same delicious
flavor as Lucky
Strike. Because
Its
toasted
LUCKY
STRIKE
CIGARETTE
that ei-.ts there. Whv not be a
Kvter tor a good caoe: it will help
ou to get a b
' icw of things.
The town of Prairie City is figur
ing on building a new jail. They
ought to be able to buy a second
hand one at a greatly reduced figure.
Canyon City Eagle. To be sure.
Heppner has a second-hand jail that
could be bought dirt cheap furnish
ings and all. Send us a bid.
Is This Not America's Most
Serious Problem?
The Surrey, a journal printed in
New York, more especially for social
workers, is noted for its radical opin
ions and for its defense of even Bol
shevists in cur midst. Certainly no
body of education would think of
calling the Survey conservative.
And yet we read in that journal a
letter quite evidently written by a
workingman one who thinks even
if he does not think very straight ac
cording to educated standards, de
nouncing the radical Survey as an or
gan of the exploiters of labor. He
talks in a half rambling manner of
cutting to the ground the thing that
he declares is the cause of all our
trouble capital. He would totally
change the economic system upon
which present civilization rests. Of
course, without saying it, he is Tor
the Bolsheviki system. The man's
name is Butler, so nobody can sweep
him aside as "an ignorant foreigner."
But even though he is not a for
eigner, and even though he is un
doubtedly ignorant or he wouldn't
believe as he does, he breathes the
sentiment that so many of our work
ing people hold today without being
I. W. V"s., or Bolshevikis or Anar
chists. What does it all mean? Does it
mean that the civilization which we
and our ancestors have slowly, pa
tiently and with so much sweat and
blood and agony built up over 2000
jcars, is to be thrown into the din
card? Does it mean that people whs
are yet children and incompetent to
think, except as they think crookedly
through such educated hypocrites
and liars and enemies of mankind as
Lenin and Haywood, are to complete
ly overturn the progress of centuries
and throw us and our children back
into even worse than the middle
ages?
It is a vast and serious and even
blood-curdling problem, and those
who are carrying forward progress
by evolution may well become alarm
ed into definite action. It is not a
problem for the rich and cultured
and the super-educated alone. It is
much more a problem for the great
mass of middle-class people of
America who work with their hands
or their brains for a living and are
glad they work. In considering that
problem, it might not be amiss to
quote Lincoln, as follows:
"Labor in prior to, and independent 01
capital. Capital in only the fruit of la
bor, unrt coul'l never have existed If la
bor had not first existed. Labor is the
superior to capital, and decerves much
the higher consideration. Capital has
11a rights., whkh are aa worthy of pro
tection as any other riKhta. Nor la It
denied that there Is, and probably al
ways will be a relation between labor
and cipital producing mutual benefits
The error is in assuming that the
whole of the community exists within
that relation."
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We vote for all the tax measures,
we buy all the autos, go to all the
shows and dances, borrow all the
money we can, and then wake up all
of a sudden and want to know what's
the matter. There is nothing the
matter except the drive is over, and
we've got to pay the fiddler. Can
yon City Blue Moinlain Eagle.
Slats' Diary.
By Ross Farquhar.
Fridjy went to a soshul meetin
at the church tonite & we had games
& contests & so
they ast a lot of
kwestions & all we
had to do was to
anser them, the
9st kwestion was
4 Are you trooth ful.
All the ladys rote
ves on there na-
iL per. Thpn hp lnm
Kwestiun was now
old are you. A lot
jof the ladys spesh-
ully them witch is
not married and
are singel snuk
out & quit playing.
Saturday pa
home tonite & was very sick, he
had went & had a tuth pulled & the
antiseptik witch the dentist had give
him made him sick in his stumik.
ma was very kind to him & give him
hot coffy & custard pie & supe & pik
kels & wen he went to sleep she took
a i, i a $ out of his pokket & had me
go get sum candy for us to eat.
Sunday pa tuk us out fording in
otto this evening we got lost it was
so dark & the lites went out on us.
pritty soon pa sed We sure are move
ing sum. look at those mile posts
were passing, then we diskovered
we was passing telefone poles or
toom stones or sum thing.
Monday ma had a letter from her
brother Ike out in Conn, he is my
unkel & he has been marryed 3 times
& has now got a good job traneing
wild animuls like leperds & tigers &
lions & ostriches and so 4th. pa sed
he shud ought to make a good 1 after
all his xperients.
Tuesday pa told me las weak that
Mr. Homes had a job doing sum wirk
passing bills. I ben a dodgeing Mr.
Homes ever sents. so he finely cot
me & give me the job & I past them
mostly but when I went in to clleck
from him he had wentout. mebby he
seen me comeing & will dodge me
like I ben dodgeing him. I hope not.
Wednesday no skool today on
acct. the teecher was vaxinated & it
was takeing. I beleave in vaxina
tion witch I never did before, pa tuk
me to the city in the ford & we was
stopped I time by a pleceman. he
sed Say you big hick this is a 1 way
St. just like that. Pa replyed & sed
Well you big boob I am driveing I
way aint I. the judge let pa off easy
but tawked awful plane.
Thursday ma is hireine a new
hired girl. 1 cum today & ma sea
Well haw about yure Ansestors she
sed Honest misses I ain't got enny
think like that just a little roomatiz
& a cupple bunyans but no ansesters.
I gess she thot they was a dezease.
Wonder if the railroad people
would consider a proposition to give
Heppner better passenger service.
They will have the opportunity to do
so for it is to be put up to them. As
was stated by Mr. Barratt at the com
mercial club meeting Monday, the
people of Heppner have been long
suffering in this matter. They have
taken what has been given all these
years, not only in the matter of train
service, but in water service and light
and power service, and it would seem
that the time has arrived that better
conditions will prevail. By going
after these things in the right way
we can get relief. At any rate, it is
not going to be so very long before
we can have an outlet to the main
line of railroad over the Willow creek
highway, and the greater portion of
passenger traffic will go that distance
toward Portland by auto and abandon
the railroad entirely. We believe
that this will not be necessary, how
ever, as the railroad company will no
doubt listen to reasonable demands
and arrange to give the branch a
more satisfactory passenger service.
That was rather a cool reception
the Near East and Chinese Relief
got at the hands of the lone Indepen
dent scribe. You better take the
word of those who know, Bro. Ack
erman, and not trust too much to an
Associated Press report which may in
the end prove to be Japanese propa
ganda. People in the Shantung
province of China are starving by the
millions; there is no doubt of this
and the people of Morrow county are
asked to contribute just a little tow
ard alleviating the terrible suffering
Honest Work or Closed Indus
tries. In discussing the labor situation
before a meeting of mine operators;
and representatives of labor organi-j
zations. and the necessity for perfect
ing new working agreements under ;
which shirking on the job and re
quiring two men to do the work of
one are common. C. F. Kelly, presi
dent of the Anaconda Company made
some plain statements which should
be heeded by all employers and em
ployes when he said :
"There is no business in the Uni
ted States that has been hit as hard
as the metal mining business.
"The labor of the Anaconda com
pany gets ten cents for every pound
of copper that we produce. The
freight and refining expense is ap
proximately 21 cents so that near
ly all of the 12 i or 13 cents we re
ceived for a pound of copper was
given to you and to the railroads
so that there is not much core left
for the Anaconda company. In ad
dition to what we pay you and the
railroads, we have to find money for
coal, timber and other supplies.
I don't care what the propaganda of
the I. W. W. or the Wobbly is, or
what your views about the capitalist
ic system may be, but I do know that
on the first of the month the Aancon
da company has to pay its bills, and
I do know that it has been difficult to
find money enough to pay them.
"I haven't any use for a narrow
employer, any more than I have for
an agitating radical; one represents
a type that is as far wrong from an
employing standpoint as the other
does from the standpoint of an em
ploye. "I believe you have a right to or
ganize as long as you act squarely;
and fairly upon the broad principles
of union organization, but there is j
one thing 1 don't think you have ai
right to do and that is impose un- j
necessary, burdensome, grievous j
and oppressive restrictions upon in- j
dustry and I haven't any hesitation ,
in saying that I think you have heenj
guilty of doing things that are costly, i
inefficient and oppressive in your ac-!
tions towards us. !
"The principle objections the em-
p lover has to trades-iiMonism come
from the tendency to preach a slow
ing up and the constant claim as
skilled work that which is not skilled,
because skilled work commands a
higher rate of pay. There has been
no place where we have suffered
from these things more than we have
right here in Butte.
"It is constant fighting over the
jurisdiction of work that makes op-!
pressive conditions. If we can es
tablish reasonable conditions, rea-!
sonable rules under which we can go
ahead and do business, and if we can
cut out these grievances which we
feel are foolih and oppressive, there
is no reason why we cannot proceed
amicably, fairly, decently and self
respectingty and co-operate in our
work.
"If we can get down to a decent
basis with one another, one that is
fair, we are ready to go ahead, and
if we cannot, we are ready to break. :
If we agree, we will continue;
just as we have in the past ta try to
live up to our obligations and expect
you to live up to yours, and if it
conies to the point where we mustj
break, it is a break for good." The
Manufacturer. j
Qbe Gasoline '
of (Jiiality
Red Crown gasolln has welf,
earned the right to be called "Tbd '
Gasoline of Quality."
Its continuous chain of bofljriff
points insures all of the qualities
of a good motor fuel ready start
ing, rapid acceleration, and maxU
mum power.
Yoo can get Red Crown gtsoUnwhiw
veryouseeth"R.dCrowti"ilgn. Look
for it on garages and servics stations.
Efifets, STANDARD OIL COMPANY
Look for
the Name
"Willard" on a baitery identi
fies it as the product of the
pioneer in starting and lighting
batteries.
It stands for the most im
portant battery development
the Willard Threaded Rubber
Battery.
When you buy a Willard Threaded
Rubber Battery the only battery with
Threaded Rubber Insulation you buy
freedom from old time separator
troubles, because the plates of this
battery su-e insulated not merely
separated. Saves trouble and expense.
Ask about the Willard Threaded
Rubber Battery and how you can
recognize it.
Battery Electric Service
Station
J. W. FRITSCII
Phone Main H.I
Heppner
Willard
Batteries
Far Better Bread!
THE KIND YOU'VE BEEN HANKERING FOR!
Here It Is!
Heppner bread is a FULL, l'LUMP loaf, with the
same HODY to it that MOTHKK used to makol
Does it go down EASY?
Better BELlfEVK it does! Greatest domestic
bread iu the world!
20c the large size; 10c the small
For sale at Thomson Bros, and Phelps Grocery Co.
SEND FOR SOME TODAY
Heppner Bakery
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L. MONTERESTELLI Pi
Marble and Granite
Works
PENDLETON, OREGON
Fine Monument and Cemetery Work
All parties interested in getting work in my line
should get my prices and estimates before
placing their orders
All Work Guaranteed
F. R. BROWN
Life Accident Health Fire Insurance
Three Good Heppner Residences For Sale
FARM LANDS CANADIAN LAND
I Buy Grain Sell Realestate
UP STAIRS IN ROBERTS BUILDING
Heppner, Oregon
If You Want
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A fortunate buy of 200 boxes
enables us to sell them at
$2o00
box
Good grade, faced and filled
GANOS
ROME BEAUTY
Phelps Grocery Co.
Phone 53
Seed Rye
You would do well to call on
Scott & McMillan
Warehouse Company
Lexington, Oregon H
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This is the shell
that gets em
AS dealers in sporting goods, we want to do
xx. all we can to contribute to the success cf
your hunting season. We want to do more
than sell you our goods. We want you to
get your share of the game that is to be had in
this section.
For this reason we are recommending to your
use this season the famous Winchester Shells.
By the Winchester sys
tem of wadding, the shot
pattern i3 unbroken by es
caping gas-blast or pieces
of wadding. The pellets
cover a 30-inch target so
thoroughly at 40 yards,
that no bird could get
through without being hit
three or four times.
We recommend these
shells to your use with
the utmost confidence,
feeling that whatever the
weather conditions may
be, these shells will play
true to form and give the
best results that can be
had from any shell on the
market
Come in today and look
over our new stock.
Gilliam & Bisbee
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