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pai;i; TWO Till: GAZETTE-TIMES. HEFPXER, OREGON, TiU'KSlUY. JUNE 9, 1921 THE GAZETTE-TIMES Th Hn .ttr T.i'H-s, KsUl Ushni V veml .r li. r.ir.it'i.iii!ed ll'riiary la, 112. Jut; hi vry Thursday momma: t tinlrt mm Spemrrr Cmwiord and ,miJ al the 'oto- at Hfpp- meat i o tuff. T'::r.i.:v ma & pa hot a new bed for me hitch is very h'gh pa seJ it as becaws they slep so sound. If I fail out of it they can heer rr.e. Its so hiih if I ever do fall out I will be a wase before I lite. Al KRTlMXi RATF fi IV K S (l AI'PI 1 Al ! SCHSCRIFTION BATES: On Tun-...- U (HI Mil Montht 1 00 Three Monrha .T5 n.Kie Orptea - .05 OHHUW COI'TV OFFICIAL PAPER Tit Arfvarhama RepreMntatn THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION Advance Guards of Industry "Wildcatting" is a phrase which is much abused. It is a phrase which has developed with the oil industry. The individual or company that s?eks oil in new places is referred to as a "wildcat ter," and in referring to "wildcat ting" the practice has become too common of speaking of it in slight ing terms. , There is no question but what much money has been lost in "wild catting" ventures, and there have undoubtedly been crooked compan ies who have taken the investors' money for "wildcatting" just as there have been crooked companies in any other line of activity. But the fact remains that if it were not for "wildcatting" we would not have oil for our needs today The high price for crude oil during the past year encouraged "wildcatting" in many new localities, and as a re sult we hae oil-producing wells to day in sections of the country which never dreamed of oil a year or two ago. An honest "wildcatter" is a public benefactor, and instead of miscon struing the term which is applied to him, the public should understand that it is these pioneers in any indus try, and particularly the oil and min sponsible for the wealth and devel sponsible for the wealth and devfiel opment of our western states today. Accident Insurance Monopoly The plea of efstern Oregon saw mills and lumber industries for a re duction in accident insurance rates has been denied by the 'State work ingmen's compensation commission. It lias been supposed by many that lumber industries were especially favored by state accident insurance rates but such is not the case and Oregon lumber industries claim they pay more than in other states. The Commission "points out" that automatically new legislation that it had enacted by the last legislature 73 per cent of the lumber operators will get reductions after July 1st from 10 to 30 per cent Since July 1, 1916, $509,397 was collected from the eastern Oregon lumbermen and employees, and $445,880 disbursed by the Commis sion, leaving a baalnce of $63,716 on hand. Oregon has state monopoly of ac cident insurance, while other states allow industries to contract. with com peting insurance companies and get, as a rule, more favorable terms, as low as one per cent Readjustment Coming Rapidly The orld is settling don grad ually from the debauch of wartime conditions, and with a little patience e will all be back on our jobs There is a great deal of idleness in the highly unionized building trades. that resist reductions to prewar scales of wages. On the other hand, with cheaper lumber and building material, build ing of small homes in the cities and tons is increasing in volume. 1 he housing problem is being solv ed on the open-shop plan, as mech anics cannot be held in idleness by artificial barriers but work for less Fay Canneries are taking up the fruit crops on co-operative plans by which the industry and the growers work together in earn ing the pack Employes of the ailroads and steamship companies are taking their cuts in wages with a better grace than was expected and showing real pa triotism. The farmers are probably the worst hit by the slumps in prices and many are carrying last year's crops. Atining and lumbering are coming back with increasing orders for met als and lumber, in the latter case faster than the mills are producing. Gold imports continue very heavy, totaling nearly $281,000,000 for the first. four months of 1921. The im portation of gold was a large factor in the marked improvement of the foreign exchanges, particularly of sterling and francs. The Manufacturer. Contrary to Democracy Volumes have been written, organ izations have been formed, men have been killed and industries have been destroyed fighting over the open and closed shop idea. If the closed shopprinciple had been advocated when the Constitu tion of the United States was drawn up, it would have had scant consid eration, in fact the idea would have been directly contrary to the whole theory of government as laid down by the founders of this nation. The closed shop means just what it says, namely, unless a man pays dues and belongs to a specified or ganization or union controlling the workmen in some particular line of industry, he is denied the rij;ht to work in such industry until he joins such organization or union and pao dues. In other uords. a free Amer ican citizen, under the closed shop idea, would be prohibited from work ing at his trade until he joined the union. Also, an .employer would be prohibited from hiring him on the penalty of all the rest of his help striking. The open shop idea, which should be the only real American policy, draws no distinction between union or non-union men. The question involved in the con troversy over the open and closed shop is not a labor question at all, it ij-a question involving the person al rights of every American citizen. If our government denied a man the right to secure employment until he joined the Republican or Democratic party, we would no longer have a free country. Then why should one favor a principle which would deny a boiler-maker the right to earn a living at his given trade until he joins the boiler-makers' union? I For Prompt Service and Quick Returns j Ship us your cream. 1,1 TAGS AND TRICES UPON APPLICATION 12 I Norman Cream Company 1 mil THE DALLES, ORE. illlllilll! THE GAZETTE-TIMES, Your Home Paper. $2.00 Per Year Sell Nrwr Threshing Machines. The Peoples Hardware company have disposed of some half a doien new Case threshers to as many different farmers during the past week. This is an indication that there Is to be a lot of grain threshed In this vicinity, and Manager Tash, of the hardware Arm. states that the company have a number of other sales in prospect Quite a number of new mowers and reapers have been going out and there has been a general lively trade In this line for the past week. LUCti STRIKE riQARETTE A new size package ! Ten for 10c. Very convenient. Dealers carry both; 10forl0c;20for20c. It' i toasted. n AJ Slats' Diary. By Ross Farquhar. Friday the Teecher was explane ing aster ology whitch is sum kinda sience for telling yure forchin by a star & plan- ttc onrt cmec onii atn i -,- s J uuu out vj nuu viw. she ruk down my stat- j&UL&a line wcu was i E, Dora an. sne looKea -'Jin a book and then sed 1 1 ou was born under the sine ot laurus the sine of the Bull Pug Ste vens looked at Jane & 1 wunk & she smiled, like I as tho they had a joak on sum 1. I let on I tdiddent see them. Saturday Wen pa went in to the store to by a fishook he seen a ole frend clerking behind the counter pa sed Well well we! Jchn & they shuk hands pa sed John I thot you had struk oil down on yure farm & hed plenty of money. The man whitch was John replyed & sed Bigolly I got to wirk to get mon ey to pay my income tacks pa sed to me Slats I guess Im lucky be caws I dont haf to wirk to pay my tacks. Sunday All drest for Sunday skool & ma called me back & ast me did I wash my neck I sed no she sed Vou go wash it. I sed what for I got on my coller. She made me take it off and wash enny how. I hate Sunday. Wish I was a pirate. Monday pa's ant whitch is a ole lady cum to see us & she told pa if he wood quit swareing she wood give him a new set of golf clubs & a golf bag pa explaned to her it woodent be no use to him if he had to quit swareing she diddent under stand. 1 did. 1 am his caddie. Tuesday Got my report card to day. Skool is out this comeing fri day.' Grade was low. Ma sed 1 thot you sed you was a brite skolar I sed 1 thot I was but they seemed to be a different opinion between me & the teecher. GlSd they dont have gradeing in Sunday skool. Wednesday teecher ast Jake why the elefant lives to such a long old age. Jake sed it was ,becaws his ;HIXK what would happen if the Light and Pow er Companv which supplies your community with electricity suddenly ceased to operate! The motor-driven machinery in busy factories would come to a standstill. The many little power-driven contrivances which add to the convenience of your shop or home would be useless. Even the lights by which you work and play would be snuffed out. Yet the great service rendered by the Light and Pow er Company is too often forgotten. It has become so - . .......... much a nart of our everyday Me that it is taken for grant- 7 WW w pd. Onlv on the rare occasions when something goes wrong does the Light and Power Company receive even a passing thought; and that thought is perforce a damning one. In the light of actual facts, the Light and Power Com pany takes on an entirely different aspect. Its welfare and the welfare of the community as a whole are one and inseparable. The extent and character of the service it renders influences to a considerable degree the establish ment of new industries. And the more widely that ser vice is used, the cleaner and brighter the community will become, for electrical power is clean power. Literary nirroat PAID ADV. LARD At a Big Reduction One" year ago lard was selling at 40c. We are now selling PURE LARD at 20c lb. In 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 pound lots. Every Bucket Guaranteed Central Market McNAMER & SORENSON I I Gorgeous !Mt Rainier Mount Rainier is 14,408 feet above the sea-level the sec ond highest mountain peak in the United States. It is the cen ter of Rainier National Park, Washington and is situated about seventy-five miles by road east of Tacoma. This remarkable mountain is of volcanic-origin and is now crowned with snow and ice, having the most extensive glaciers to be found in the United States, ' The National Parks High way leads directly from Ta coma to Rainier National Park, and at Longmire Springs within the Park boundaries is a Standard Oil service sta tion ready to serve motorists with Red Crown Gasoline. Wherever you tour in Washington you will see the Red Crown sign on service sta tions and garages. It is the sign of quality in gasoline. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (California) Qbe Gasoline of Quality S A F E T Y & s E R V I C E tfkek of Our desire to Serve You Time and continuous service are back of our ability and , willingness to help you make this institution useful to your interest. "With complete equipment and a fund of accumulated ex perience at our command, we are ready and willing to help you with your plans and money matters. Financial guidance is as de sirable and important as a safe place for your funds. We offer you both. Fir& National Bank HEPPNER, OREGON I One Swallow Does Not 1 Make a Summer 1 Neither does one H GINGHAM H j For the little miss or the grown-up ginghams 5 cool, fresh, pleasing are indispensable for summer 55 55 wear. 55 U AND NOW during the cool days of spring is the 55 time to make up those frocks which are to give you 52 55 so much pleasure and comfort later on. 55 H PRICED RIGHT g H Our Ginghams have been purchased since the new 55 price on cotton goods wentnto effect. 55 I Sam Hughes Company . FOR . BEST WORKMANSHIP AND SERVICE SEE LLOYD HUTCHINSON TAILORING Cleaning Pressing Dying Repairing Have You Tried Calumet Bakiii Powder 1 pound - 35 cents 2 1-2 pounds 90 cents 5 pounds - $1.25 Its Economical Phelps Grocery Co. Phone 53