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NATION'S HIGHEST TRIBUTE TO UNKNOWN DEAD
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P i TAX REFORMJflEASURES
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THE GAZETTE-TIMES Is Your
Home Paper. It Is A Very Fine
Investment At $2.00 Per Year.
land apparently no burden has been
felt by the taxpayers. Indeed, one
writer referred to the levy as a "pain
less tax," and, if any tax can be
truthfully called painless, the sales
tax of Canada seems to justify the
description. It became effective in
Mav, 1020, and, in its first year ot
operation, levying a rate of two cents
on the do liar, vie ded $50.00.000 in
Head of Senate Appropriations Com-;revemie a similar levy in our coun-
mittee tavoratnc to Lanaaa s laea. , try w.ouji lt IS estimated, yield about
I six hundred millions annually. With
Savs Present Depression Traced to; out doubt it would be fair to all;
Unjust Taxation o Our
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By Francis E. Warren.
Editor's otr. Fraiu Is K. tvarreii Is
chairman ot ihe committee un uin'
pviations for Ihe I'nileil Sl.iUs SnnuU!.
A3 the nation knows this means he must
be a man ot unusual atiiiuv, ot a w kit
knowledge, ot keen appreciation of 11-
nancial problems and situatioiis aii'l an
expert of economics. On liuu n-sts a
responsibility that would maititer tU
average man and to him tlicie loks
l'KUHK'.uou citizens for the wist- distri
bution of the vast sums, to which they
contribute.
The Auto Repair Shop wishes to announce that
our work on big cars will be ONE DOLLAR per
hour instead of $1.50 per hour, as you formerly
paid for your car repairing.
CONTRACT PRICES ON FORD WORK
Estimates Cheerfully Given
All Work Guaranteed
Fell Bros.
One Block East of Hotel
would put a premium upon economy
and yet could not be said to carry any
extra imposition upon the luxuries
and extravagances of those who do
not want to be economical. The dis
tribution, in other words, would be
universal; the collection would be
economical; chances for dishonesty
and evasion would be minimized.
Congress Hesitates.
But regardless of the fact that our
own country has already had consid-
erabe experience with sales taxes as
With congress in a turmoil over imposed by the Acts of ly 17 and
proposed important changes in our) 19 13, the administration of which
revenue laws and being swamped; has been satisfactory and successful,
with oceans of advice from econo-j there seems to be hesitancy on the
mists real and theoretical with un-jpart of Congress to do away with the
favorable business conditions, signs ; onerous, annoying lines of taxes so
of depression, stagnation, passing of difficult and expensive to collect, and
apply to expenditures.
The proof of any tax plan is in the
working thereof and in the working
only. Hence my belief in giving the
sales-tax theories a test.
Each stockholder in our vast cor
poration knows that simplicity m
managing our affairs, the elimination
of red tape and of complex regula
tions that can be understood only by
experts and about which even ex
perts disagree, so that regulations
have to be further regulated would
mean more success in our business;
in other words, more prosperity in
way of "dividends" for all.
So it is up to us to strive toward a
time when thrift and production may
receive every encouragement from
our board of directors; when useless
extravagance may be in the same de
gree discouraged. If we work to
gether conscientiously toward that
end, we shall surely again see nor
mal times, reduction of prices, and
the sort of prosperity to which we are
entitled.
We can be just as patriotic in
peace times as we were in war times.
And now, as much as in the days of
war, is the time when the United
States of America, Incorporated,
"needs a friend."
WHAT'S THE USE.
It ain't no use to warn 'em. when
they ain't got time to read. If you
tell 'em to be keerful, they hardly
stop to heed, till at last an awful ac
cident is laid up at their door, an' of
course they're awful sorry that they
didn't think before. . . .
We watch our youngsters speedin'
yes, the little gals an' boys, as they
fool with roarin' engines like they
used to do with toys, drivin' mons
ters of destruction with a childish
heart an' hand, simply dickering
with a demon that their Pa's don't
understand. . . . If you warn 'em
to be keerful, in the gentlest sort of
tone, they 11 impress you with the
idea, that they must be let alone. . .
We're gettin' too servigrous in this
devil-haunted day, when human life's
regyarded as too cheap to throw
away ; we rate ourselves accordin' to
the gasoline we burn, till experience
serves a lesson that a certain class
may learn. ... 1 wouldn't ask a
favor, br anything like that, but
clip this little foolishness an' paste
it in yer hat.
dividends, withdrawal of money from j
investment and failures here and'
there, the only clear ray of light is
one that points out the why of the
condition and that why seems to be
the present methods of taxing in
comes and excess profits, methods so
drastic that in some cases tliey
amount to practical ronfiscation
trial-
SMILE AWHILE
yez?" he burst out angrily. "Legs I
ain't no treat to me these days!"
Everybody's Magazine.
The Second Collection.
A young woman reports that she
was traveling on a train recently,
when a girl, evidently on her first
trip, entered and occupied the other
half of her seat. The conductor came
through calling for tickets and after
some embarrassed fumbling the girl
handed hers over.
A few minutes later a train boy
came down the aisle behind her cry
ing, "Chewing gum."
"Mercy!" said Miss Innocence to
her seat companion, "do we have to
give up our chewing gum, too?"
Boston Transcript.
The Demon Nets Hound.
"Please tell me the names of your
visitors," said the editor of the Pe
tunia Argosy over the telephone.
"How did you know we had visit
ors?" asked the social lioness.
"Why, there's some foreign clothes
out on your line this morning, re
plied the observing editor. Kansas
City Star.
to adopt instead even on
some sort of sales-tax clan.
Chambers of commerce, business
and commercial organizations of all
sorts throughout the entire country,
and many individuals generally, have
advocated the proposition as the most
infHIiopnt. fairest and least oonres-
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Figures, often tricky things at best, ! dorsement of many others would no j , ou 1 8 vj, " Ie" dl"a
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lnuicaic mat wiui .pu,v)w,vuu.uvv on uuuih iuiiuw 11 inuic uiuugui tic
deposit in this country distributed; rjiven by the mass of taxpayers to the
among 11,500,000 depositors that -fact that the men of modest incomes
every depositor should have $570 audi are really finally paying the big sur
every inhabitant $62. On the face of j taxes of the rich for it is a fact that
it this, may seem a small sum for the ; the more the latter's incomes are
Try It.
Weary Willie slouched into the
pawnshop.
"How much will you give me for
this overcoat?" he asked, producing
a faded but neatlty mended garment.
Isaac looked at it critically.
"Four dollars," he said.
"Why," cried Weary Willie, "that
coat's worth ten dollars if it's worth a
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local Highland games.
The first event on the program was
the half-mile, and of eight runners
Dugald finished eighth.
"Dugald, Dugald," said a fellow
Scot, "why do you not run faster?"
"Run faster!" he said scornfully,
"an' me reservin' myscl' for the bag
pipe competition ?"-Pittsburg Chron
icle Telegrap.h
Unimportant.
"You were at the opera last eve
ning?" "Yes; perfectly delightful time!"
"What did you hear?"
"Hear? Oh, Madge Gray is en
gaged at last and the Billy Brews are
going to get a divorce, and Bert
Bailey has lost all his money in Wall
street, and Sue Cathro has a baby,
and Mrs. Sylee was lunching with
another man while her husband was
out of town, and "
"But you don't understand. What
did you see?"
"See? Why, that Kate kady has
turned her old rose gown, and that
those wonderful Van Gruher dia
monds we read- of are only paste,
and that the Adleys are hardly on
speaking terms, even in public,
and-"
"But but what was the name of
Too Flighty.
"I tell you what," said Mrs, Unr
son, "it won't be long before women he opera?"
are in many of the public offices." "Name of the opera? Oh why, I
"Well," said Umson, in reply, "I did see it on the program, but really
don't care so much what they do as 1 ve forgotten 1 ve such a poor
long as they keep out of the weather , memory for details; really it is quite
department." ia cross I" Los Angeles Times.
it is
average tree-Dorn American to ; taxed, tne more is aaaea to tne price
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SIIUW 1U1 rt JJCllOUUl lull inai iimj ui lllC piUUllCl UU11I wiiiwu auwn in-
X ! many years yet taken in comparison'; comes are derived. A sort of endless-
i ,,,ith Qvprnop nf nnlv $1.SK nfir r.hoin affair anft vpritflhlv 'a chain
depositor in the world's figures of that has us all bound ticht!
savings it is to be seen that we citi-j jow mucv, t,etter would be a more
zens of U. S. A. did heed the warn-! un:versai distribution of the burden
for we must have taxes, and in
I comes must he taxed. How much bet
ter it would be to have a simple,
i workable plan that would not cause
hindrance in investments, withdraw'
Will Your Boy
Be Successful?
Thousands of young men miss
success because they have nev
er learned to save.
Do not let this handicap keep
success from your boy. Start
a Savings Account for him
here. It will teach him the hab
it of systematic saving the
habit that means SUCCESS.
FARMERS & STOCKGROWERS
NATIONAL BANK
Heppner
Oregon
ing, guiding cry of war-times, econ
omy, thrift and conservatism."
We Remain Sane.
With savings depositors to the num
ber of one-tenth of our population
with Liberty Bond holders estimated ! , 3n(1 w;thhnldini of cacital from
to number between fifteen and twenty i jn(justriai channels, and the incident-
millions less, ot course, man tnereial tightness and tenseness that make
were during and immediately follow'
ing actual war times we may sately
depend upon the stability of our cor
poration and believe that our lorn
Jonses and Bill Smiths and other
stockholders are not holding a listen-
ng ear in the direction of the voices
that preach radicalism, communism,
or some other ism, by whatever name,
that may propose departure from the
safe and sane policies of our Gov-
rnment.
As fellow-stockholders, all of us
are keenly alive to the fact that, in
the interest of good business and the
smooth running of our corporate ma
chinery, we must raise money for our
expenses with the least possible dis
turbance to business progress if we
would attain the highest success.
Much has been said and
about the tax scheme in Canada,
which has without doubt brought into
iving conditions more or less unsat
isfactory to everybody.
Let's Try This.
If it should appear that there is
justification for hesitancy on the part
of Congress to try forthwith a gener
al sales-tax plan similar to that which
Canada has adopted, which taxes the
ales of middlemen as well as manu
facturers, why not try the plan pro
posed by. Senator Smoot, to levy a
manufacturers' and producers' tax of
three per cent on goods sold for con
sumption or use without further pro
cess of manufacture?
Or, if not that plan, why not try a
modified general consumption or
"turnover" tax plan, levying a half of
one pre cent, or even a quarter of
written i one per cent, or such rate as may be
estimated to produce the required
amount of revenue, not to be applica-
the Canadian treasury a huge sum, hie to foodstuffs and products, but to
"four dollars or nothing."
"Are vou sure that's all
worth?" asked Weary Willie.
"Four dollars," repeated Isaac.
"Well, here's yer four dollars,"
said Weary Willie. "This overcoa
was hangin' outside yer shop, and 1
was wonderin' how much it was real
ly worth." Los Angeles Times.
Beauty Reigns.
"There was a stir in court when
the fair defendant got on the witness
stand."
"I suppose the gentlemen of the
iurv slicked down their hair and
fumbled with their neckties?'
"Not only that, but one bailiff
whispered to another bailiff that if
he had known such a queen was to
be about the premises he would have
had his trousers pressed for the first
time in seven years at the eminent
risk of making his wife suspect he
was leading a double life. Bir
mingham Age-Herald.
Righto, Bill.
The conductor pulled up his Fifth
avenue buss at Thirty-fourth street,
and the ladies bound for the shop
ping district eagerly got out. But
one fat lady who had been sitting on
too came down slowly. Her skirts
flapped round her ankles, and at
every step she stopped and carefully
pushed them down. The conductor
waited with a bored expression, his
hand on the bell rope; but lost his
patience when the fat lady stopped
for the fifth time to thrust down her
billowing draperies
"Now, then, lady, hurry up, can't
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For a century the hard coal miner of easterti Pennsylvania hivt
dumped "reject" or waste coal into the riveVa. This coal was of sup
posedly poor quality, but geology scientists have discovered that after
jhe waste coal has been washed down a river by the current, the grind
ing it received has made it better, in heat units, than the coal from the
mines! Accordingly, the Susquehanna. Shamokin and other rivers arc
now dotted with scows on which are the best coal pumping machinery.
The Shamokin gives up 750,000 tons a year. Popular Science says that
a geologist, poking around, has just found a bed of coal in the Shamokin
of two million tons.
"Why should they keep out of the no' k koh
weather department?
"The weather is changeable
enough now." Voungsoifn Telegram.
Saving His Wind.
Dugald M'Tavish, the all-round
athlete and sportsman in the village,
entered his name in all events in trit
THE MOST IMPORTANT
PARTS OF OUR BODY
ARE OUR FEET YET WE
WALK ON THEM
ri;i)i,n;ATi iNiu.AT-
KI TRACT.
Public Land gale.
Department of the Interior, U. S.
j Land Office at The Dalles, Oregon, Nov.
5, 1921. NOTTCB Is hereby given that,
as directed by the Commissioner ot the
General Land Olllce, under provisions
of Sec. 24GG, n. S.. pursuant to the ap
plication of Pauline Quald, Horlal No.
022428, we will offer at public eale, to
the highest bidder, but at not less than
$3.50 per acre, at 10:16 o'clock A. M., on
the 27th day of December, next, at this
olllce, the following tract of land:
tiW'A NW14, Bee. 14. T. 3 S.. R. 26 E.,
W. M. (Containing 40 acres). "This
tract Is ordered Into the market on a
showing that the greater portion there
of Is mountainous or too rough for cul
tivation." The sale will not be kept open, but
will be declared closed when those
present at the hour named have ceased
bidding. The person making tho hlgh
eHt bid will be required to Immediately
pay to the Kecelver the amount thereof.
Any persons claiming adversely the
above-described land are advised to file
their claims, or objections, on or before
the time designated for sale.
T. C. QUKHN, Receiver.
NOTILIS TO CKKDITOItg.
Notice Is hereby given that the un
dersigned has been appointed by the
County Court of the State of Oregon
for Morrow County administrator of
the estate of Charlos II. Ilullls, de
ceased; and that all persons having
claims against the said estate must pre
sent tho same, duly verified according
to law, to me at the ofllce of my attor
ney, 8. E. Notson, In Hnppnor, Oregon,
iv Kill n six months from tho dnte of the
first I'Ulillcatlon of this notice Date of
first publication November 17, 1921.
8. T. ROniSON, Administrator.
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