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TU: u X'.V.'Y IT. TIMES. I1KITXKK, OHF.GON, TIU'KSIUY. PFC. 1. SPECIAL WASHINGTON SNAPSHOTS OF ARMAMENT CONFEREES Poem fy? Uncle John in J ii W Ji AX .. ' 7 I h If you want GOOD repair work done on your ear or on your truck or tractor at reasonable prices, see Jack Turner at Hardman Garage Hardman, Oregon I ,r;V nt? s WHISTLE, BROTHER! In this old world, so interspersed with barren crags and sandy dunes, 1 keep my frenzied system nursed with warbled, harped or whistled tunes. . . . When 1 am seized by eriin despair, or when niv conscience lashed me when critics grab me by the hair, or finance puts me up a tree -O, then 1 tune my ripened voice, or press my tidJle's amuious string a throbbin' realm awaits my choice a rotten jazz or classic thing! And, presently, the clouds that thrust their hateful darkness o'er my soul, will vanish in the whirligust of Highland (ling, or Barcarole. . . . u, teuer- 1 I Community Service) j E "" '-" -' ' " '"" m- n'niiifimniiiBilimiw.t,nllliilii ""'"" ! ! I THE GAZETTE-TIMES Is Your Home Paper. It Is A Very Fine Investment At S2.00 Per Year. OBLIGATIONS OF AMERICANS TOLD ll!IIIIIIi!illiilllllll!ll!IIiilllI!l!!il!iililIIIIH OneD ollar ! I The Auto Repair Shop wishes to announce that our work on big cars will be ONE DOLLAR per Lour 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 ; should be a joy and a matter of un ; told pride. j America today stands in the path of a destructive force. Not a whirl ; wind to tear and rend but a slow, RV I V riHW H!?AIYcreef,'n' ms'J'ous relentless force D 1 LLulUil IlLnl j that attacks the very heart of your country, drains the strength and j power and hopes and dreams of their Use of Ballot Sure Cure for A'jwn-j being and will never pause in its ,.' Ills, Savs Soldier. ; blight until you and yours have been ; aroused. Today in the United States, where Points Way to Ousting of Graft, popular government has reached its Bosses and Red Menace. r Bv LEMUEL BOLLES. E EH 2 ii Killtor'H .Nute. Lemuel Belles, tional adjutant cf the American Legion, talks like a soldier rights, straight from the shoulder. The following should give food for sober reflection to all American citizens who desire to see H1! highest development, a large portion of our citizens have abandoned the effort to exercise any of their politic al rights. So. in increased measure, na- the urgent need exists for bringing home to every individual his own re sponsibility for self-assertion in po litical life. In war the qualified man who fails nation purged of ail that is evil in to take arms in defense of his coun- its civic and political life. He handles becomes abhorrent in the eves of i tne grave questions mat tace our na- , ., , ,, t ,,.. t,, ur ,: , tion without gloves, and draws con. his decent fellows. The obligation to elusions sharp and distinct as is possi-itake arms at such a time is no great- man regardless of his op- j er than the obligations of peace in the life of any good citizen. If the necessity arises, he renders this ser vice in the discharge of his civic duties. But this is not true of alt. Every country has its Bergdoll and every age its slackers. They occupy an unenviable place in public opin ion; their children will live to blush ilHlllllllllllllllllilliililiililliiilllillllOllllllllllllllillllllll "Be Independent ZMake a part of your earn ings work for you. VroteS yourself againsl the Steady drain of needless and impul sive spending. Insure your surplus againsl loss throngh theft or carelessness Open A Savings Ac count Here l 1 pM6AIW i FARMERS & STOCKGROWERS NATIONAL BANK Heppner Oregon Were art shown photographs of conferees to the armament conference as they arrived at Memorial Conti nental Hall in Washington. They are, left to right: Hon. Arthur J. Balfour, head of British delegation; Secre tary of State Hughes, U. S.; Premier Briand of France, and the Chinese Minister, Alford Sze and Mrs. Sze. these constitute an alarming propor tion of our adult citizenry who have a right to exercise a share in the di rection of our political destinies, but do not. There is not an ill in American life today which cannot be cured, and cured promptly, if each voter will in form himself as to issues with the means at his 'immediate disposal. There, is not a weakness in our social structure which cannot be bolstered if individually and conscientiously we try' to discharge the obligations and exercise the privileges granted us by the Constitution of our United States. Political bosses, machine rule and graft are impossible in that commu nity where the citizens are awake to their responsibilities; where they measure up to the obligation resting upon the individual. In every com munity there is that element, always in the minority but bound together by selfish interests, thriving upon cor ruption of public officials and special privileges, the very existence of which is a malicious menace to dem ocratic institutions. In the lowest classes of society there is a danger ous criminal element, ever crouched to spring at. the throat of decent so ciety and to fatten itself from the re sults of riot, turmoil and destruction. Well orgarrized governments are constantly alert to curb these ele ments. They have hut little hope of success by an open breach of the peace. Driven to cover and cowed to a sullen observance of the most ob vious forms of law and order, they work to bring about their ends by more devious routes. These hardy partisans are present in force at the polls. They are never too busy to cast their ballots. They are never too busy to lavish time and effort for the candidate who will best serve their needs. They are clamorously in line when the rewards are being distributed. Unfair Attacks Made. The responsibility of the individual does not, however, cease with the casting of his ballot nor does it be gin there. It begins first in develop ment of a proper attitude toward our public institutions and toward our public representatives. Office holders in the United States have borne such attack and misrepresentation and have become the target of such des tructive bombardment that it is al most impossible to get the right kind of men to list themselves for office or to accept public appointment. Po litical campaigns though forced to disinfection in recent years, are yet too frequently perfcrvid competi tions in personal villification. A man of ideals, offering himself for public office must he unhesitant to with stand misrepresentation; to have his motives questioned; to have the most intimate details of his personal and private life stripped and distorted to satisfy the passion of that breed of politician to whom nothing is clean. As individuals we can force whole some conditions in American life by flatly refusing to associate ourselves with political followings in which such damnably debased tactics are countenanced. When the successful candidate has attained public office, he then ceases to he, in the minds of many of us, an traveler, bent with toil, and, niebbe, prayin' fer surcease like water on the troubled oil, the Irish jig will bring you peace! When bill-collectors take their toll, and leave me naught but wads of giicf, old Yankee Doodle cheers my soul, you can't imagine my relief! Then whistle, Brother, when you're sad, or when you nearly lose your grip a rotten whistle ain't so bad as trampin' on yer under-lip! ARMS.AT DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE Ontbide Memorial Continental Hall at Washington husky, well-armed murine tramped every place, making all those who would enter show author ucd credentials. b'.e for portuiiities or abilities. If America (the United States) ever goes crumbling away to politi cal and economic ruin the fault will lie not from the enemies without but the citizens within, not guilty oi crime commission but guilty of as: at mention of their names. grave a fault, ommission of the veryj But with the political slackers duty that gave them their freedom, .many of them are respected citizens. If all the blood and tears, all the! We find them in every community; great effort, unselfish love and de-'the business man who is too busy to votion that has gone into the erection' register; the working man who will of the United States is to be wasted, not take time from his tasks to cast the fault will lie at the door of you, his ballot; the housewife who thinks and your neighbor and history in the that a woman's place is in the home; centuries to come will point a pitiless1 the society woman who cannot be finger at you and yours and declare' bothered; the average Tom, Dick that the greatest advance in human : and Harry who don't take enough in government the world ever knew was, terest in the welfare of their commu lost because you and yours failed tojnities to keep informed of the time o your duty, a simple, easy duty that and place of the elections. All of "PEACE ON EARTH AND GOOD WILL" ,ss - J ? K V " -;:,.. xf'.r.'-'" ' ,--;,.iafeTv,. 1 Y: ' 0m f " XT, mJLz atL AUTDCASTER .4i,orial Continental Hall, at Washington, where the armament confer ence is in session. Will this noble structure give berth to a new era for mankind, an era of universal peace? ISSSES HELLO, lill WHY. IF k I HAT) A DATE WITH 5 AM (BASHFUL ? SX BE.TrY!i IT ISN'T SINeER LAST NIGHT! MY, I fl " J Vlj sS ROSE!, BUTHrS BASHFUL! V home fMmw SWEET 1 Sl r I .t (.TAtL RED FVFRY h":- I GOT OOSETOHIM! t' !' ' ' 1 v- ,3 .w.;p:rzm.- wr 1 1 i ifKiou I BUT I WXir KNOW VOU USED ROUCE A3 HtWiL i AS AU UM J honorable, patriotic citizen. Years of honest life among us are discounted and we begin to look upon him, too often, with suspicion. Whatever he does appears tinged with improper consideration, done not wholly for the public good. And despite all, the man in public life today who does not spend each waking hour in sincere and unselfish endeavor to serve his city, his state and his country is the exception to the rule. The greater proportion of mistakes made by men in public office are errors of heart and not of head. How many public servants, having given the best that was in them to the office which they held, have been returned to their neighbors broken in health, sick at heart, misunder stood, their honesty smirched; left to finish their barren days reflecting on the acrid ingratitude of the public. Stand By Officials. Individually we can correct this condition by standing steadfastly by the officials we have elected to public office. Doubtless we elected them because we had faith in their judg ment. Doubtless we selected them from among their fellows because of their fitness for the task and because of their particular qualities as Amer ican citizens. We cannot expect a human being to be right all of the time. We can expect him to be hu manly honest and sincere and hu manly fallible. America is secure against assaults from without. If that majestic struc ture which has been reared by dint of so much suffering and sacrifice ever crumbles it will be but the re sult of the careless indifference of the individual American into whose keeping has come this greatest of all responsibilities. SMILE AWHILE Financial Strp.ss The fact that his supposedly adored big brother was returning home from college that day had been carefully concealed from ten-year-old Tommy until he came home from school. "Tommy," said his mother, after her younger son had gone upstairs to wash his face and the elder had been concealed in the pantry, "I have a big surprise for you." "I know what it is," replied Tom my unconcernedly. "Brother's back." "Why, how did you guess that?" '"Cause my bank won't rattle any more." Coi.d Wf.lcome. A clergyman in a small town was deploring the fact that none of the couples that came in from the coun try to be married stopped a his house for the purpose. "Well, brother," said the man ad dressed, "what can you expect with that big sign on the tree outsfder 'Five Dollars Fine for Hitching Here'?" Poor Man's Pride. So many men to whom the East Side missionary had given money had expressed a preference for a cer tain lodging house that he wondered what constituted its particular attrac tion. "It makes me feel self-respecting," said the men, when questioned. So far as the mission worker could see, it was the typical cheap lodging house, whose inducements to self respect were not discernible to the ordinary eye. So he interviewed the manager. "That's easy," replied the latter and pointed to a sign above the desk: "Gentlemen Are Requested to Leave Their Valuables with the Clerk." Specific. More than once the editor of a Kansas paper had had occasion to send warnings of a forthcoming dis charge to a certain country corres pondent who persistently neglected to use names in his stories. That the warnings were not without effect was evidenced with the receipt of this dis patch : "Yesterday afternoon a severe storm struck this place. Lightning struck a barbed-wire fence on the place of Hosca Gilkins, killing three cows, their names being Mary, Lulu and Harriet." Thf. Modern Fourth. Here is a page from the diary of a boy of today: "Today is the Fourth of July, once a glorious patriotic holiday. In the morning I took a bath and after din ner Pa told me stories about Abra ham Lincoln. After supper I had to stay in while Ma read lessons from the Bible and then we all rose and sang 'The Star Spangled Banner.' Then I went to bed. News to Her. Here's one they tell on a noted British suffragette, once in constant hot water with the authorities. The telephone rang one day and while the lady was conferring with other eaders the maid answered it. "I wish to speak to Miss P." said the voice at the other end of the wire. "Will you please call up in half an hour?" replied the maid. "She will be at liberty then." "How stupid of me!" gasped the voice. "I didn't know she had been arrested again!" Cashier W. O. 11111 wn In lfoppnnr over Monil.iy nlRht from his home nt Lexington. Tho Lexington country la all Imre again, tho hltr snow having molted and gone Into the ground whore tho moisture will do a world of good to grain and pasture lands. OONT RUN A THINTG DOWN BECAUSE IT AINT YOUR'M. .COfvWIOHT iOl PUB. AurocA9TCR SCRV. CO,