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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1921)
TilF. GAZl'.TTK-TIMF.S, IIKITXKK, OK LOGON, TIIl'KSHAY, MAKCII 10, 1021 THE GAZETTE-TIMES Tha bairrar CaiMta, Ratabllahad ! Vnrrh I i. U Tfca Heppner Timfi. Ratabllahad ! V Kinbir IS. 17. Conaoli-laraJ February It, 111 j ritl:aha-l vry Thuraday morning by and ar.ta-a.1 t th FatofT!ca at Happ-' npr, Orm.-n. aa nnl-c!ku mattar. j AITI II ATIO SfFSCRirTlOS RATES: Ona Tar I1M 8.1 Mentha 10S Thraa M.mtha .51 Hinitla Ooplaa .04 nnRow corvrr omrui, paprb XHF. AMtKK AN PRI.-nS ASSOOATIONJ This Question of Sunday. "Shall the United States abolish Sun Jay?" asks Henry Ford's paper. Of course not. But there is a lot in the viewpoint. Of late we have been having much talk concerning "blue laws" and many papers of New York. Chicago and other large cities have worked themselves into a fine frenzy about it. .Most of the talk is bunk. ery few of the people who are campaign- i.ig for a "purer" Sunday want to go half as far as these organs of opin ion say they do. Sunday observance is largely a matter of viewpoint. What one man considers Sunday work is not so considered by another man. What one person holds as desecration of the day another holds as no desecra tion at all. Nevertheless, let the man es pecially the workingman who de cries all Sunday observance, beware On what foundation does the day ot rest Sundav lav? What is the sole influence that upholds it? The Christian religion. Nothing else. What would happen if the Chris tion religion were made negligible in the United States, and if, thereup on. Sunday became as any othe.: day ? Results would be the same a: in pagan China, where the working- man has no day of rest at all. And as in Japan where no Christian re ligion is present to see that people get their one day m seven; where the law allows theworker one ste) off in 30, which, however, he doesn't get if the employer can help it. Don't belittle vour American Sun day too much, folks, or some day the mass of the people may be li!;e the degraded Chinese and the no les degraded people of Japan in the mass. The Oregon journal believes there is something fundamentally wrong with the Oregon system of regulat ing public utilities. That raay be true, but no matter what sort of a system we may have it will operate no better than the men who enforc it. The East Oregonian is of the opinion our trouble is not so much with our system as with the way it is handled by our public service commission. A commission that would allow the telephone company to increase rates 30 per cent at a time when prices are falling shows a poor grasp of its duties. Pendleton East Oregonian. Sky Fighters vs. Sea Fighters, They are having a terrible tim. back in Washington over the ques tion as to whether the giant battle ship or the airplane is the better man. A certain number of sky ship men insist that the day of the battleship is over; that the military airplanes with their high explosive bombs will be able to sink the best of them Therefore, no more battleships should be built. The navy experts all deny this. They say it will be many years be fore the airships win be able to de ' stroy a swift, armored, skillfully ma neuvered battleship, if ever. Si Secretary Daniels is taking their ad vice and the Navy Department is go ing ahead with its plans. The other day there was a test of the skill of the military airplanes. The old battleship Indiana was towed out to sea, anchored and abandoned The air captains began to drop their smartest bombs on her. When they were all through, the Indiana still floated triumphant. Of course, her deckworks were ripped up a bit and she was a good deal of a wreck above board. It must be remembered also that there was nobody on board her to oppose the air bombardment with anti-aircraft guns. However, the test didn't satisfy the sky fighters and now they have got kn a bill into the Senate to turn over all obsolete naval ships to their "ten der" mercies. "Go to it husband! Gotoitb'ar!" A question that will likely come up at the next Brotherhood meeting will be upon the report of the committee appointed to look over the play ground situation. The Marlatt field, we understand, has been selected by the committee as available and can be leased for a period of four years A preliminary survey of this tract has been made by Prof. Heard and in his opinion what ground that is needed to make a good athletic field can easily be put in fine shape. This is very handy to the school building and is close enough to the city to make it very desirable, and we hope that proper measures can be adopt ed whereby the tract can be secured cigarette Its ioasied VD Slats' Diary. By Ross Farquhar. Friday I have ben reeding up on sum statisticks since they tuk are senses this yeer & I was a tawking 2 Jane about citm nf th thintrs ! had lernt. I sed 2 her Jane 1 I I sed evry time I breeth mJST I sum buddy dize. She I ') 1 glared at me & sed Why Irinnt vnii use sum hretli Perfume. Then she turned her hed in a op pisut direckshun. . Poor girl. Sum wimmen is so shalla. ' Saturday Course it had 2 rane being on Sat urday when Jake & me intended on going a fishing. Blis ters had got a dawg. He sed when his pa ge's down his rifle & starts out the dawg luks up in the trees fcr squirrels & when he takes his Shot gun he luks for rabbits. He sed la Saturday he got out his Fishing pole & when he went out in back of the barn there was the dawg a digging fish wirms for him. My dawg dus- sent do all that but they issent enny dawgs bettern him. Sunday After we had went 2 the church & cum home we had cumpny for dinner which was about all we had. As fur as I was concerned as we was unexpecting them. Ma got me out in the kitchen & posted me on the Signals and etc & I was not 2 take nothing unless she ast me did I want sum. I guess she for got the code because all I got was sum old pickels which I dont eat a tall. Pa & me snuk out & purchased a cupple ham sand witches with mustard. Monday I ben working for the Drug store in the evenings here of lately. The drug store keeper sed 2 me I should ought 2 study farmacy But I sed nix & he sed Why not & I replyed & sed The life of a farm dussent a peel 2 me haveing 2 get up way in the nite 8c milking ole cows & hunting eggs & potato bugs and etc. Tuesday pa ast ma for a little munney tonite he sed he had a biss ness deal on with sum gentelmens & wood require sum change for segars and etc. But ma sed they wassent enny more etc. to buy since it was dry so they ompromized at 50 cts on the $. Wednesday The teecher ast of Blisters who was the most wunder full animal on erth & he sed it was the Chicken. She sed why & he sed because it is good to eat before its born & all so after it s ded. Thursday Pug Stevens kicked me when my back was turned be hind me & I told ma on him. Sh sed Diddent it all most brake yuie littel hart. I sed it might of only it was 2 far away. Former Senator Albert J. Bever- idge of Indiana, speaking before a Washington's birthday celebration by the Sons of the Revolution and other societies at New York, said America always had been "the most propaganda-ridden country in the world." "Every foreign country to the exact extent that its interests were affected, and only to that ex tent, has sought to use the United States for its own advantage," he asserted. Swarms of foreign prop haganaists are creeping all over America. They are delivering lec tures, preaching sermons, giving in terviews, writing articles, cajojing those deemed influential with Ameri can public sentiment. They infest American journalism, are invading American universities, have captur ed a section of that small but potent group called American 'society' and, worst of all, our common schools are being made culture beds of non- American ideas. Any political asso ciation whatever with any foreign government is as foolish as it is un patriotic. The moment we interfere or even are asked to interfere or in any way mix up in foreign political broils or problems America's citizen ship is divided into hostile camps on purely racial lines. We become a racial madhouse. Infinitely more important to us than any internation al solidarity is American solidarity." With the Bell Telephone company cutting a $51,000,000 melon the past year it looks as though there had been some prosperity in the tel ephone business. Yet the Oregon public service commission feels that it is not enough, and a 30 per cent increase in rates is allowed. The electrical end of the Heppner Light & ater Co. w as supposed a year or so ago to be on a prorit-p a ing basis, acocrding to the statement made by its president on different occasions in Heppner. The loss was all attrib uted to the water sen ice end of the business. The citv took that over and is now accumulating a surplus and will be able to liquidate its bonded indebtedness in good time, but on ap plication of the company the com mission granted a raise in rates for electric juice anywhere from 25 to 50 per cent. At the recent ses sion of the state legislature there was a proposition up to abolish Ore gon's public serv ice commission and no doubt it would have been a good thing to do. If these companies were able to weather the storm when prices for labor and materials were at the peak, why should the public be made to suffer now, that every thing else is on the down grade and tax burdens are greater than ever before. There seems to be little consideration for the public so far as Jhe service commission is con cerned; it is ready to grant all in creases asked for. their winning streak and return from the tournament w ith their share of victories. ; Oregon can boast ot the only wor sted mill west of the Ohio river. This is located at Sellwood, a suburb of I Portland, and the yarn is produced , instead of being manufactured into from Oregon-grown wool. This yarn, finished goods here, is shipped to knitting mills in the East, where it is made up into sweaters, bathing suits, caps, etc., and then bought back by our merchants who charge us up with the item of freight that has been paid both ways. We are : doing the same thing to many other ! articles. Some day the people of this state w ill awaken to the import lance of manufacturing our raw ma ! terials into the finished article right ( here at home and save these carriage I charges. This brings to our mind the j thought that in the development of hydro-electric power, such as that I proposed at Umatilla rapids, there ! will be found a means of relief in the ; furnishing of cheaper power for j manufacturing purposes, and thus ; will eventually come a development j to the state such as will put us in line to sell our surplus manufactured goods to other parts of the country. Heppner is right proud of their young folks who have been an nounced the winners in the debating contest, and rightly so. This is the first time our school has taken part in the interscholastic debate, and to have them win a fine victory over leading schools in the district makes us all feel good. Prof. James should feel that his efforts in behalf of the students also entitles him to con gratulations, and whatever honor is due him we know will be borne with modest satisfaction. We are no less proud, also, of the accomplishment of our basket ball team, and rejoice that the boys were able to hold up the standard of their playing and make the winnings entitling them to take part in the state tournament. Athletics have a proper place in ev ery well regulated school, and so long as it is made subordinate to the standing of the pupils in their stud ies should be encouraged. The Heppner school is putting athletics on this plane and the success of the basketball team thus far gives the community at large keen pleasure. Here's hopin' that they will keep up Blacksmithing In all its branches, including Wagon Work, Horseshoeing and Repair Work ALL WORK GUARANTEED We Give a 5 Percent Discount for Cash J. B. Calmus Formerly the Ashbaugh Shop a: Wilkrd Batteries Five Threaded Rubber Reasons 1. WiUard Threaded Rubber Bat tcries are standard on 172 makes of motor cars and trucks, and on export models of 2 others. 2. Most of the important battery improvements originated with WiUard, and are today found in the WiUard Threaded Rubber Battery. 3. Threaded Rubber Insulation saves you money because it does not warp, puncture, crack or carboniie. It outlasts the plates. 4. Threaded Rubber Insulation found only in the WiUard Threaded Rubber Battery permits "bone-dry" shipment that keeps the battery ifcw. 5. As an authorized WiUard Service Station we offer to every WiUard user the benefit of the broad WiUard DO licit. Battery Electric Service Station J. W. FRITSCH Phone Main 83 Heppne LWillaraj WW L. MONTERESTELLI 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 Far Better Bread! THE KIND YOU'VE BEEN HANKERING FOR! Here It Is! Heppner bread is a FULL, I'LUMP loaf, with the same BODY to it that MOTHER used to make! Does it go down EASY? Better BELIEVE it does! Greatest domestic bread in the world! 20c the large size; 10c the small For sale at Thomson Bros, and Phelps Grocery Co. SEND FOR SOME TODAY Heppner Bakety jnlll APPLES c 3 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 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 Seed Rye You would do well to call on 1 Scott & McMillan Warehouse Company j Lexington, Oregon H :. . .. . v .. . l WMCMtteEK This is the shell that gets em AS dealers in sporting goods, we want to do X all we can to contribute to the success cf your hunting season. We want to do more than sell you our good3. 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 is 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 V
