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Ore?nn IB'oricil Society, Public AuJitorium prr Gazei rr PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY IIEITNEB OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1921. Subscription $2.00 Per Yt Vol. 38, No. 21. IMES TAX FREE SECURITIES I GREAT MENACE Mast B lorn Prarlalm 5to Ex emption of lute Beads from Tax atlosu Washington. August II. In the our of his recant statement to the Congress concerning the national B nances. Secretary Mellon aald the re ceipt! from the Individual Income tax are rapidly dwindling and "fundi which otherwise would be lnveted In pro ductive enterprise are being driven Into fields which do not yield taxable In come.' In other words, more and more capital Is being Invested In non-taxable securities. In the opinion of many financial authorities and particularly In the opinion of those who have made a study of public finance, the problem of tax-exempt securities Is one of the most serious with which the country has to deal. These securities are Issued by states and various political subdivisions of states. They are exempt from federal taxes In conformity with the constitu tional guarantee that the federal gov ernment may not levy taxes against a state, and levying taxes aglnst secur ities Issued by a state would be the equivalent. The theory Is that the pow er to tax is also the power to destroy by making the tax so heavy as to be destructive. This exemption, Intended to safeguard the sovereignity of states, has been by the continuous Issuance of state securities of all kinds, exempt from federal taxes. It Is conservative ly estimated that between 1 5,000,000, 000 and 120,000,000.000 of such secur ities have been Issued up to date and they are being Increased at a rate of over 11.000,000,000 a year. Investors figure that tax-exempt se curities bearing t per cent are better Investments than taxable securities paying 1J per cent or even more. The damage Is two-fold. It prevents rail roads. Industries, public utilities and private enterprises from floating bonds and obtaining needed capital, unless they offer an almost ruinous rate of Interest and It drives capital to Invest In tax-exempt securities and thereby deprives the federal government of any Income tax from that class which should pay the most Income tax. In order to correct this evil Repre sentative McFadden, chairman of the House Committee on Banking and Cur rency, has Introduced a resolution pro viding for a constitutional amendment. In speaking of It he said: "The creation of two classes, the wealthy, free from the burdens of tax ation, and the workers who are forced to bear the burdens, of which the weal thy are relieved, through the purchase of tax-exempt securities. Is a violation of social Justice which Is crystallslng In broad public opposition and discon tent." Benator Smoot, of Utah, has also been studying the problem and has in troduced a resolution proposing a con stitutional amendment which would permit the federal government to col lect Income taxes from all such secur ities. Any fear that the federal gov ernment might misuse this power to the Injury of some state by an exces sive rate of tax oould easily be allayed by making such federal rates uniform for all states and never In execesa of the rate the government collects on In comes off Its own securities. Those who have made study of the question say unless some method is provided for taxing all securities Is sued by states and their political sub divisions not only will one of the great est sources of federal revenue disap pear, but states and municipalities run grave danger of going bankrupt be cause of the ease with which they can Issue and sell their tax-exempt bonds, and thus encourage public extrava gance and the Increase of their public debt. TO THB IIKI'HMEH PUBLIC. Owing to the sudden death of my fBther, It was necessary for me to leave with the remains for Iowa and I shall h. an' a l- from Hennner for about II days. Turing this time my place of business will be closed but 1 expect to open up again about September 6th. O. C. DUNTON. Men's Furnishings QN SEPTEMBER THE 1st I will have my store open for business with a full line of I Overalls, Shoes, Hats, Shirts, Collars, 1 Ties, Underwear, etc., in fact every article I to be found in an up-to-date haberdashery. H Agency for Lamm & Co., Custom Tailors, Chicago H Full line of Fall and Winter samples on hand I Shall Appreciate Your Patronage DAVID WILSON H Garrigues Building, One Door North of Peoples Hardware Co. H "Brand New lllllllllllllllllllllll Howard Anderson, who is an exten sive wheatgrower of the Eight Mile section, is doing business in Heppner today. Mia E. N. Crawford returned Tus day from Astoria, where she baa been spending the summer at the home of her daughter, Mrs. U Q. Atherton. Cashier W. P. Mahoney, accompanied by Mr. -and Mrs. Bob Thompson, Is making a trip through Grant county this week. He may return home by way of Baker. Mrs. Lena Snell Shurte, school su perintendent, who has been absent for several weeks enjoying her vacation, returned home thia week and la now busy at the office at the court house. Miss Pearl Hall departed this morn ing for a two weeks vacation, which she will spend In visiting with re latives at Hood River and Portland, and with Miss Eulalla Butler at Mon mouth. M. W. Hammer, proprietor of the Heppner bakery, who has been spend ing ac ouule of weeks vacation at Sa lem, returned home last evening. He has recovered from his recent Illness and Is now able to be at work. Mrs. Frank Anderson, who has been spending the past month at Tillamook, has returned to her Heppner home. She enjoyed a nice visit with Mr. and Mrs M. E. Johnson who reside In the coast city. Mrs. Frank C. Evaue, accompanied by her brother, Wm. Q. Hammond, de parted for Cuba, New York, this morn ing, the former home of Mrs. Evans Her brother has been here for the past month or more. David Wilson is gottmg his new store ready for opening by the first of September. He Is fitting up a very neat place and will have a fine stock of goods, especially In the line of men's furnishings. See his announcement elsewhere in these columns. ' Mrs. J. S. Jackson left for her home at Newberg, Oregon Wednesday morn ing, accompanied by her granddaugh ter, Miss Veyll Crowell. who will en ter school at Newberg for the winter. Mrs. Jackson has been visiting for the past few weeks with her daughters, Mrs. A. C. Crowell and Mrs. W. T. Wheeler, In this city. W. D. Hayden, of Seattle, and C. W. Booth of Nex Perce, Idaho, who nre collected with the Trl-Htate Terminal Co., are In Heppner this week, looking after the Interests of the company here. Mr. Hayden was formerly located in the ofllce of the company here as man ager and Is now with the head offlce at Seattle. George and Albert Christy, held In the county Jail here for ten days on a charge of breaking Into a sealed box car at Messner, were given a prelim Inary hearing before Justice Cornelt at the court house yesterday and released from cuBtody. While there was pretty strong evidence that the boys broke the seal on the car, no one appeared against them at the preliminary to sus tain the evidence and they were al lowed to go. Under the new automobile law It Is necessary to get a temporary license from the sheriff before being permitted to run a motor driven vehicle. The sign "license applied for" will not do. Also, It might be well to call attention to the fact that the auomoblle depart ment Is checking up on all cars, and those not having this temporary license card of the sheriff or the regular state license tug. will be in for some expen sive trouble. There are a good many other regulations to be complied with, also, and It might he well to wise up, for there may be an Inspector of the state department along any day. In a mlx-up with his team on the streets of Lexington one day last week Roy Stamp had his left leg badly crushed, both bones being broken, and the Injuries of such a serious nature that It may yet bo necossary to ampu tate the limb. He was hauling wheat to the warehouse at Lexington and got in a mix-up and the horse riding the wheel horse, when the team fell on him. Dr. McMurdo was called and attended him and Inter had Mr. iiiiiiiiiiniiii Stock at A Brand New Price" cov.iaMt AuiocAytis,- Stamp removed to his room at the Mac Smith residence In Heppner where he is being looked after. Roy was hauling wheat from the Henry Hap pold place and was stopping there nights. It was during his absence with a load when the Happold house burned and Roy feels that he Is getting Just about his share of bad luck. The Legion boys report one of their most successful smokers held at the Fair pavilion on last Saturday evening. The main events were a wrestling match between NortonWlnnard and Harvey Bauman, which ended in a draw, and a boxing bout between Roy Wakefield and Stewart Valentine, the decision going to the latter. Lively pre liminaries by local youngsters started the entertainment off and there was abundant amusement. The financial results will add the sum of 1140 to the building fund of the local post, and for this the boys are very grateful. A dance followed the smoker, the music being furnished by the Hall-Mathews orchestra, and this feature was much enjoyed by the large number of parti cipants. The dance was not under the auspices of the Legion. Frank Baird, who was a resident of this county for many years, but who left here some fifteen years ago and took up his residence at Newberg, has about completed the Job of hauling wheat to Heppner and contemplates returning home shortly He runs two large truoks and can move a lot of wheat, yet he finds It hard to make anything at trucking over the Morrow county roads, even at the heavy toll he Is compelled to charge for haul ing. Good roads. In the opinion of Mr. Baird, would be money makers for the farmers of this county and a great help all around, and he thinks tnese may come some day, though he Is re minded that In many places along the road leading Into town from the south one Is still compelled to bump over the same old rocks that were in the roads when he teamed over them fifteen years and more ago. FEDERATED CHt'RCH. The union services of the Federated and Christian churches will be held on Sunday evening, beginning at o'clock in the Federated church. Rev. E. L. Moore will preach and to these services the Dubllc of the city are cordially ln- I vlted. People are now getting back to town and there should be a netter at tendance at the church services from now on. In the morning. Sunday school as us ual, following which the pastor will preach. As there will be no preach ing at the Christian church, this con gregation Is Invited to worship with us. Wanted Two (2) six (6) horse Hoe drills. TROT BOOARD, lone, Oregon. Adv. P- SEPTEMBER MARM The death of Essie Augusta Shutt occurred at 12:80 p. m., Wednesday, August 24, at the mountain camp near Herrens Mill on Willow creek, where the family have been for the past three weeks. Miss Shutt, who has been suf fering for many years, making a val iant fight against the dread white plague, has for-the past two months been growing gradually weaker. Think ing that It would help her to get away from the heat of town, she was taken to the mountains, where a camp was established along the banks of Willow creek, where there was good shade and water and where quietude prevailed. The change seemed to help and Miss Shutt revived greatly in spirits. How ever, the struggle had been of too long duration and the frail body was not able to respond to any relief offered, and the end came to her quietly amid, the beautiful surroundings of nature,' and her spirit passed out while her parents stood vigil at her bedside. Essie Augusta Shutt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Shutt, was born In Heppner and grew up here, where she had a host of friendr, A'he time of her death she was aged 22 years, 11 months and 24 days. Having been af flicted for a number of years, she was denied much of the pleasures of young girlhood and yet with all this she was always cheerful and happy and always filled with the hope that some day she would be restored to normal health but It was not to he so. Services were held for her at the Federated church today at 2:S0, con ducted by C. L. Freeman of the Chris tian Science church. The remains will be taken to Portland tomorrow for cremation at the Riverview crematory. In this affliction the sympathy of the community goes out to Mr. and Mrs. Shutt and to her brother Lawrence, who has been a most constant companion to his departed sister and was ever kind and considerate of her every want The parents hnve done all that was humanly possible to bring their daugh ter back to health and have the con solation now that the suffering Is over and the tired body has passed to eter nal rest. SEAT SALE FOB UP OPENS ON SEPT. 6 Pendleton. Ore.. August 2S. Fast re lay strings, lively young steers, buck ing "hronks" whose deviltries will try the mettle of the cowboy these are some of the attractions promised for ! the 1921 Round-up to be staged In Pendleton September 22, 23 and 24. The events of track and arena give Indica tion of surpassing those of all former years, for an array of experienced cow boys and cowgirls will compete and It Is probable that many world's records will he broken. One horse which has been secured from Idnho has thrown 21 successive riders. He will buck at the Pendleton Round-up and a spectacular ride by 1 contenders for the bucking champion- i ship Is expected. To the champion of bucking contests goes the $500 prize , saddle, while to the winner of the all round cowboy championship goes the Jinn Police Gazette bolt. Pauline Fred erk'k, the famous screen star, will give each day of the wild horse race a sterl ing silver bit and sliver mounted bridle. Miss Frederick will attend the big show. Tom Mix, hero of a thousand screen adventures, will be here mounted on a horse provided by the Round-up Asso. clntlon and attired In full Western re. gnlla. Another film favorite who will attend Is Babe Pnnlels. The seat sale for the show opens September 7, and already scores of or ders have been rocclved. Out-of-town orders are tilled first, the Round-up As sociation, composed of prominent Pen ' dleton business men who conduct the ! show on a non-proflt basis, having es tablished this precedent out of courtesy I to its thousands of visitors. The association regulates also the price of hods nnd meals, and no prod toertng Is tolerated. Double beds may 1 he had at f2.R0, this being the estab- ! llshed price for accommodatlona Pen dleton homes are thrown open to visit ; ors nnd rooms are listed -so that the Round-up visitor Is assured of comfort ablo quarters. Restaurants and hotels will make special arrangements to meet the demand for nienls. Furnished room, close In. Inquire this ollloe. Adv. tt jar ryr-j i u. II AGENT Hi C. j. Calkins, for four years county agent In Sherman county, arrived In Heppner Saturday and took up active work, succeeding L. A. Hunt Monday morning. Mr. Calkins was the unani mous choice of the executive commit tee of the Morrow County Farm Bur eau when they met three weeks ago to consider the appointment of a success or to Mr. Hunt Several applicants were discussed by the committee with F. L. Ballard of the O. A. C. extension service, but it was thought best to try to Interest Mr. Calkins, who had not applied for the position, but who was well known to members of the execu tive committee. It was their opinion that because of his extension experi ence in Sherman county both as coun ty agent and as an employee of the experiment station, he would be panic ularly fitted to carry on successful)' a helpful program among the wheat growers. Sherman county has long been noted for Its progressive prac tlces in connection with wheat raising and many of the results of the expert. ment station are applicable to Morrow county. An important part of Mr. Calkins' work, according to President Oscar Kelthley of the Farm Bureau, will he the application of these re suits to Morrow county farms through close conenctlons with leading wheat growera We are glad to welcome Mr. CalkttiB to Morrow county, and feel sure that the Farm Bureau has made no mistake In Its choice of a man to fill the Im portant position of agricultural agent here "If Women Only Knew" Is Strongly Dramatic "If Women Only Knew," the new Robertson-Cole release, has a dramatic value seldom found In photoplays of today. It has to do with one of the paramount Issues of our times and, while not in any sense bordering on the sermon variety of pictures, brings forth in vivid manner an object lesson. Character delineation, as we find the characters In our everyday life, Is one of the strong points of the story. The production is a record breaker and will be shown at the Star theater, Friday. August 26. The value of a woman's sweet and unselfish love Is deftly brought out in the picture. A vivid comparison be tween such a woman and the frivo lous, vain type Is clearly Bhown. Most striking of all Is the depiction of the young man who, having his choice of the two, is unable to decide which way to turn. He picks the valn-glortous type and the theme is built around the results of his mistake. Stock Is Shipped. The past week there has been con siderable activity in stock shipments from the local yards, consisting very largely of fat cattle. Saturday, Blake ly and Wlngfleld, of Monument loaded five cars and McCarty of Hardman, one car of lambs which were billed to the Omaha market On Sunday C. A. Minor sent out one car of fat lambs to the Portland market, and In this same train there were seven cars of fat cattle for Portland, Carl Ballance of Rltter having two cars. Ben Burton of Bear Valley 2 cars, and Joe Beck of Bear Valley 3 cars. Emmet Hughes is making a short visit with his relatives and friends at Heppner this week. He has been spend ing the most of the summer over In Pnlon county at work, and a portion of the time engaging in ball playing being one of thee rack amateur pitch ers of the state. He will go to Port land where he expects to find employ ment for the winter, having finished his school work at O. A. C. the past year. Fred Tash, who resigned from the management of the Peoples Hardware company the first of the month, states that the announcement tha he was to open up a service station at Board man Is a little premature. In fact he has no Intention of going over there to engage in business, though Just at the present time he Is not in a position to state Just what line of work he will pursue. He thinks, however, that he will not leave Heppner. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Anderson and Mr.and Mrs. Claud Huston were among Eight Mile residents In the city today. The Round-Up Feature at j Coming Fair Is Assured I Secretary Smead. of the Morrow County Fair association, states that the contemplated round-up feature for the coming fair on September It, 16 and 17 If now assured, and In con- nectlon therewith will be soma fine racing. An 800-yard oblong track Is ; now being made at Gentry field, and It cay be possible that this will be lengthened out to one-half mile. The round-up will be in the hands of thoroughly competent managers and for this feature Mr, Smead states he la assured of 50 horses, and he looks for many more. Besides there will be bucking bulls and wild steers and these features will present many thrllla Hood racers are being listed for the track and from fifteen to twenty fast animals are expected to participate In the races, to which, of course will be added the pony and saddle horse races of the round-up. The getting together of a fine lot of grain, fruit and vegetable exhibits Is progressing and this part of the fair is going to be bigger and better than ever, as will be the stock exhibits also. Robest W. Osborn, representing the Oregon State Board of Health and the Oregon Tuberculosis association, with headquarters at Portland, is In Hepp ner today. Mr. Osborn Is making a survey In behalf of the State Board of Health and the association, of the East ern Oregon counties and will go on from nere to Umatilla, Union and Wal lowa. This office acknowledges a very pleasant call from Mr. Osborn, whom we found to be a young man well In formed In his line of work. On this trip he will make some necessary pre liminary arrangements for the disposal of Christmas seals which the Tuber culosis association pushes at the holi day season each year, and which Is an agency of furnishing a lot of means for carrying on the splendid work of the association in fighting the white pla gue. In the survey of the Central Ore gon counties, Mr. Osborn reports that he finds very little tuberculosis, this being especially true of our own coun ty. Geo. W. Cork came tn rrom Monu ment yesterday, bringing over a load of fine watermelons. He disposed of the most of the melons at Hardman and on the road Into Heppner, and when he hit town he had but twenty five left, and these were all disposed of to one man. Mr. Cork was after a load of cement for Monument parties. He reports that there is a lot of Im provement going on around among the farmers and ranchers tn the Monument country; many of them are putting In new ditches and irrigation protects and he looks for a doo'jling up otf produc tion out that way from now on. He would also like to see Heppner get connected up with a good highway out through Hardman and on over the mountain to connect with the John Day highway not far from Spray, feeling that this would be the easiest route to this city. A market road is being constructed down the river from Mon ument to connect with the main high way about fifteen miles below town, and it is his opinion that there will be mighty little traffic over the Mon ument hill and across Wall creek when the connection is made with the John Day highway. Work will begin right away on the market road down the river from Monument, according to Mr. Cork. NOTICE Those knowing themselves Indebted to the former firm of Welch & Llnlnger will please call and settle their ac counts, as the final dissolution Bettle. ment Is September 15, 1921. a25-St S. G. LINIXGER. Clemens P. Dunton, aged 78 years, died very suddenly on last Sunday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frank Winnard on Balm Fork. His death was caused from heart trouble, and he had been a sufferer from this disease for a number of years. Mr. Dunton was a native of New York state and was born at Ogdens burg. He moved with his parents to Iowa when but twelve years of age and continued his residence in that Btate up until two years ago, when he came u Oregon and made his home with his son, O. C. Dunton, who resided near Sherwood, and who relently moved with his family to Heppner. The family went out to the Winnard home Sunday morning, where they had planned to spend the day, but had not been there long when Mr. Dunton com plained of being ill and grew suddenly very sick and before medical assistance could he summoned he expired. He was a veteran of the Civil war and served with the 21st lows Infantry. His wife died about five years ago, and the only remaining members of the family are Mrs. Frank Winnard nnd Mr .0. C. Dunton. The body was taken to the old home at Manchester. Iowa, for Interment, O. C. Dunton de parting with It on Tuesday morning C.A. Johnson, who resides at Gresh am w hen he Is at home, was in Hepp ner a couple of days this week looking after some business affairs. He has been holding down a Job as sack sew er with the Earl Warner thresher at Lexington for the past month and the job has been a pretty strenuous one owing to the heavy wheat crops in that section. Mr. Johnson expects to re turn to Portland Immediately and will resume his Job on the docks there llrtter Times, Sajs Couiper. Quebec, Aug. 22, The peak of unem ployment has been passed In the opin ion of Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor. While here on business he said: "We have experienced a most trying time, but there is now distinct Indication that conditions are Improving, and I believe this fall the result of this Improvement will be generally felt." SCHOOL ID OPEN Oil SEPTEMBER 5 Fall Lere at TesKkera Secured, BU4 lass Is 1 RMdlaesa, aad TuU Af tndaaee ef Pell Desired for first Day. Monday, September 5th. Is the day for the opening of Heppner schools. On this day all classes will be organ ized, assignments will be made and the work for the school year will start off in a manner that will be an Index to what It Is expected will be accomplish ed during the nine months covering the school period. Prof. Howard M. James, superintendent, has been at his office at the school building the most of the time during the past two weeks, and has all the preliminary work of open ing the school completed. The full corps of teachers Is now employed and these will all be ready for their work at the beginning. Very many of the teachers employed for this year axe from the force that was In the school last year, and there will be compara tively few new Instructors. The full corps consists of sixteen and we are In formed by Prof. James that the patrons of Heppner schools can look forward to a very successful year. It is desired that all those who con template entering school, will be pre pared to be on hand the first day. The superintendent wants this opening day to be a success, and there Is no real reason why the attendance should not be practically 100 per cent when the classes are organized. It Is to be un derstood at the beginning, also, that there will be nothing to interfere with the work of the school. Some attrac tions will be coming a little later, but school work is going to take preced ence, for It Is to be a year of accom plishment So be prepared to take np your studies at the very beginning, catch the spirit and get into the har ness to make a steady pull for a year of success. Pmf. James announces further that students of the high school coming In late, will have to make op their work before being allowed to participate in av .mrtent athletic activities. Foot ball practice will begin on the after noon of the opening day. Tha netting of an early date for the opening of Bchool this year was on ac count of the county fair, wnicn comes after the middle of the month, and to ..nit nntll this event was over would throw the closing of school Into the first week of June, a time wnen me weather is too warm for the accom plishment of good results. An early closing of school In the spring Is more to he desired by both students and. teachers. Janitor Drlscoll. with his able bunch of assistants, the Driscollettes, have been busy during the past few weeks in getting the building in shape, and it has been thoroughly cleaned and Is in ship shape for the opening. New supplies for the grades and laboratory rupplies for the high school hare been ordered for the equipment and the onenine will find the following corps of teachers on hand: In the high school, Howard M. James, superintendent; John W. Heard, prin cipal of the high school and boy's phys ical director; Lorena Palmateer, Eng lish and dramatics; Rita Norris, home economics; Bernice Dafoe, music; Ina Moore. Latin, history, girls' physical director. Sixth, seventh and eighth grade de partment, Carrie L. James, 8th grade and arithmetic; Gladys Turner, 7th grade, history and geography; Ruth Case, 6th grade, English. Addle Que'sinberry, 5th grade; Mar garet Cason, 4th grade; Elizabeth Dlx. 3rd grade; Opal E. Clark. 2nd grade; Edna Turner, 1st grade; Blanche Fahy, 1st and 2nd grades; Mrs. E; H. Morri son, opportunity room. If rooms are not over crowded, chil dren who will be six years of age on or before January 1st will be admit ted at the beginning of school No first grade classes will be organized at the middle of the year. Parties desiring to take high school students to board Bhould communi cate at once with Prof. James, who will be found at his office in the high school building each day now. It Is expected that there will be a number of such pupils and proper provision should be made to care for them. Parents and patrons are cordially In vite,! to visit the school during the year. In fact this is a duty they owe to themselves and to the teachers who are employed by them. Get In touch with the work and help It along. We feel sure that you will always find the superintendent and hla assistants readv to receive you and they will be glad at all times to talk over any prob lems that you may have. Don't fall to visit your school at some time during the year and thus get better acquainted with the human beings that are caring for your children a greater portion of the year for you. Flaurrs Showing Wldeprad Interest In Water-power Washington. August 22. The first year's operations of the Federal Power Commission under the federal water power act of June 10, 1920, has given a clear Indication of the need for the legislation and tho extent to which power development had been delayed by lack of satisfactory federal lawa Up to June 30, 1951, there had been filed with the commission 229 applications aggregating 1 ,75.000 horsepower and affecting 33 states, tho District of Col umbia and Alaska. This amount is 75 per cent greater than the entire water power develop ment of the Vnited States today. It Is ;ii per cent gretter than the combined waer power resources of Norway and Sweden, and considerably In excess of ttn eori't'ineil resources of France and Italy. It Is five times greater than the aggregate of all applications filed with the federal government In the preced ing fifteen years. The projects applied for vary In slse from less than 1 horse power- up to the 1,000,000 horso nower scheme of the Southern (Minos Co. on Colorado river.