a: two THE GAZETTE-TIMES, 11EITXER, O1JK.0OX, TIU KSPAY, MAKOII 31, 1921 THE GAZETTE-TIMES Tk Htr"r 0ittfc EUbt!h4 Murcb 10. ltil Ttt. Hprnr TluH KftMIha i Noffmr It. HI" Consolidated rrury lt HI j PvMth4 .r.ry Thursday raorntnc by ; tawM aa Crmmtmm an ntarad at tha Poatcfflca at Happ- ; liar. Oraffon. aa wond-cltM matta r. I 1DVIHTIIIXI BATKS OIT APPIH ATIOS in ON : UB8CRIPTI0N BATES: Oiia Taar ?! Month a hrM W.Ml h , ' fftnfla Copiaa- morrow rorwrr official nri THE AMERICAN FRb A.SX.VIATVN The Thing to Do Is to Adver tise on A Declining Market We have been suspicious for a long time that the National Chamber of Commerce was an institution that to say the least is unprogressive. Here and there we caught them is suing statements and theories that belonged to the latter part of the 19th century, indicating that this Na tional Chamber is ruled to a consid erable extent by the men who were leaders in business and industry back in the eighties and nineties. It is not long since this same chamber began a campaign for the so-called "open shop," and. whether the open shop is a good thing or not, botched the campaign so badly that the third decade of the twentieth centurv is ashamed of it. Now we find the said chamber starting a survey "to the end that operating costs shall be cut down during the present depression by manufacturers, jobbers and retail merchants." Good thing. Very. But the very first question asked is: "What have you done to reduce your publicity costs to a normal bas is?" That is. we presume, to the basis of the 19th century. Evidently these people have been sound asleep for years. Evidently no inkling has reached them of what the extraordinary use of advertising publicitu has done during the past five years. Probably the biggest re tail advertiser in eastern America is Edward A. Filane, of Boston, and he savs that he will INCREASE HIS ADVERTISING ON A DECLINING MARKET in order to keep up his profits. All over the country, in big towns and little, important merch ants are saying the same thing, and acting on it, because they know what advertising does. The National Chamber of Com merce should retire their old fogies. ' Think of It, America Ninth in Education The announcement has just been made of the rank of the different countries as to education. The Uni ted States stands NINTH. This coun try, which we all claim to be so great, so rich, so much better than all others, is ninth amog nations when it comes to the education of its people. The news is astounding, stupefy ing! And yet three years ago when we entered the war twenty-five per cent of the men who went out from a sin gle state to fight the nation's battles had to be taught to sign their namts. And, mind you, they were not for eignersevery one of these illiter ate soldiers was an American born citizen. Many more who could with difficulty write their name and read a bit were so poorly educated that they could not study the common manual of drill. Yes, education is free in our rich cities and in the well-to-do country regions. But the time has come for us to carry education common school education into the moun tains and deserts and other lonely stretches of our land. Ignorance is the greatest menace of any nation. We rail at Bolshev ism in America and denounce its fol lowers among us, but forget that it is nothing but ignorance, lack of ed ucation. And that is our fault, not theirs. LUCKY STRIKE cigarette. Flavor is gealed in by toasting extravagant waste of funds, the treasury was now practically empty and there are yet no roads to speak of; that the policy adopted by the court in the handling of these mat ters was not the proper one, and that there should be demands made for a change in the policy to one that will insure better return for the money spent. As to these things, we will not offer anv suggestions at this time It was along this line that much of the talk was had at lone on Satur day, and doubtless there was a good deal said at the meeting that could not be fully substantiated by the facts and figures, for people are apt to shoot a little wild of the mark on such occasions. But we wish to say that such meetings should be held; that a fuller discussion of tax mat ters should be made by the taxpay ers themselves; that such discussion should bring out the facts as they ac tually exist, and the criticisms offer ed should be of a constructive nature and not lead to abuse of officials or localities or resolve themselves down to mere personalities. Anybody can find fault; that's easy; but it is an other thing to offer the remedy for our difficulties. We should say that it is now the proper time in fact that time has been with us for the past two years to get down to brass tacks on every proposition that is put up to us for the levying of additional taxes. We have been steadily voting a tax bur den upon ourselves, and while times have been flush and money was easy, the taxes have been paid without much fuss. Now the situation is dif ferent and we are brought to the full realization that it takes a lot of hard dollars to meet our tax obligations and the money is not to be had. Some good, hard thinking and planning is necessary, and in trying to get at a solution of the case and bring about the necesary reform in government affairs of the county, let facts be; brought out plainly and truthfully ' that right conclusions may be reach ed, for a calm discussion of the ques- j tions involved can not do other than work reform. ! A recall election has just been j held in Polk county at an expense of i $300, and the present incumbent of the countv judge's office remains on the job. It is estimated that a re- all of the public service commission at a special election would cost the state at least $150,000. This all adds to tax burdens and the ques tion is: Is the experiment worth the price? 1 Slats' Diary. By Ross Farquhar. Friday I found a nickel on the St. today & tuk it into the store to "C"! by sum marbels. The ZJr clerk secI "f wassent en' j-O ny good as it was made I out of led. so I went 1 nii'A it frt a MinH mart which was begging on the st. corner. Saturday Over herd pa & ma tawking about getting ready to make garden. That signifys me. So I & Jake snuk out in the country with the dawg. Gardens is sent enny fun. In the summertime. Sundav pa had a narry exkape frum burning himself. He tuk a bath like he offen does & it was kinda dark & he grabbed the talcum pow der box which he has extrackted frum ma's dresser & he started to give hisself a cote of it. It stung him & upon strick examinashun he discovered he had picked up Lewises lie by mistake. Monday Jane & me is getting real chummy now. We play marbels after skool on our way home & as long as she wins every thing is o k And I let her win all the time. Almost. She can spit threw her teeth now. Good as I can. Tuesday They was a fire at the skool today, diddent amt. to nuth ing. & I am afrade they will get it all fixed up & we will hafto go back agen. The teecher ast Blisters who was Hamlet and he replyed & sed He was a Great Dane who suffered with Sollilkys. Wednesday about all I heer is wirk in the ole garden, it seems to me that as high as meat is I shud ort to be ketching fish. That is ; 1 thing pa and ma agrees upon & that is I shud wirk in the garden and ruin the summer. j Thursday pa was a reeding in the noose paper that they dussent seem to be no demand for branes here of lately, ma indicated that he shud ort to do pritty well according to that. But he diddent say nuthing back. In another column we give a re port of the meeting of taxpayers held in lone on Saturday afternoon, to which we call attention. It is not in the spirit of controversy that we would comment on this meeting, for we feel that it was a proper thing for the taxpayers to get together and discuss the situation as it now stands. There is indeed a very heavy burden of taxes to be paid, and the serious question is, where are we to get the funds to pay with. There is scarcely a citizen of the county whose names appear on the tax rolls this year but is confronted with the fact that he is short of the necessary funds, and many will be compelled to face the penalty for nonpayment until crops are sold in the fall. It is perfectly natural, then, that some very earnest discussion is going on, that meetings are being called to in some way devise means to meet the difficulty in which taxpayers find themselves, and that the fellows who "pay the fiddler" are just a little more anxious than exer before to have an accounting as to how and where the funds of the county are being spent. There has been much talk going on during the past year or more con cerning the spending of road funds, many being of the opinion that the county was receiving much less value for the money spent than she was en titled to; that there was being an e J&h&3Jhm v t gmsxisai l y gmijTitrrrtVffi c Meeting Your Expectations When you deposit money with a bank, it is with a certain expectation. You expect that your money will be secure. You expect that it will be available when you need it. You expect further, to re ceive interest on your money, under certain conditions. The real strength of a bank lies in its ability to meet your expect ations to perform continuous ly and satisfactorily the duties you expect of it. You'll not be disappointed here. Fir National Bank HEPPNER, OREGON Protect Your Batteries Keep out the dirt and water with a Ford Battery Box Price $3.50. $4 Installed. Come in and let us show you this new idea and how it works to save the life of your Ford Batteries. 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