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THE GAZETTE-TIMES, HEPPXER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN. 12, 1922.
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THE AMLRICA.N PRtSS A5SIXTIAT10N
Drop the Fair.
(Orgi"i Voter)
The best thing Portland and Ore
gon can do is to drop the 1925 Fair
and tend to business.
Events so far have more than con
firmed even- forecast made by The
Voter as to the ill effects of attempt
ing to proceed with the untimely ven
ture. There will be no disgrace attached
either to Oregon or Portland if the
project is dropped now, for the diffi
culties and general conditions entire
ly justify its abandonment on its
merits. Rather, sensible people
throughout the world, in so far as
they may hear of it, will commend
our state and city for good sense in
knowing enough to turn away from
an undertaking when events have
demonstrated its inappropriateness
to business conditions as they pre
vail here and all through the world.
If a business man starts a new ven
ture, and conditions prove especially
unfavorable, his banker does not hes
itate to advise him to lay the project
aside for a few years and meanwhile
devote his energies to holding his
main business together and building
it up. While an enthusiastic business
man hates to swallow the bitter pill
of advice of this kind, as it is a lot of
fun to try to carry on in the face of
probable disaster, no dishonor at
taches to his following such sound
advice. Rather, he is to be compli
mented and honored for his common
sense, and for not persisting in risks
which the times have made altogeth
er too hazardous. The proponents of
the fair, likewise, cannot be criticized
if they follow this common sense
plan. They have done their utmost.
They will be condemned only if they
persist in an attempt which condi
tions have doomed.
Supposing the enthusiasts cannot
give up their big idea, what then?
Either the fair must be financed
mainly by private subscription in
Portland in the near future, or the
chance must be taken of the people
of the state voting the taxes for it at
the November election.
Portland business men and prop
erty owners are in no shape to put
up $5,000,000 or more for any un
necessary purpose, and while we
have no doubt that millions would be
subscribed by patriotic Portlanders if
it came to that, the hardship on many
would be altogether too heavy. Busi
ness is on thin ice. Even our most
solid financial institutions are having
to exercise extraordinary care. This
is no time to ask our bankers, manu
facturers, merchants and the few
property owners who have any
money left to put up millions for any
public subscription.
So far as voting taxes is concerned
any further attempt to vote a prop
erty tax is doomed to defeat. The
state is in no mood to accept such an
added burden on top of the taxes
which already must be faced, espec
ially as from 20r;'c to 40 of taxes
are delinquent in some counties.
To try to vote the fair tax onto gas
oline, when all the money that can
be raised from gasoline is needed for
completion of our state highway sys
tem, is to fly in the face of a public
sentiment that is determined that the
road system be completed.
To try to vote an income tax to fi
nance the fair would be equally diffi
cult. Income taxes are too heavy
now and the active protest that would
go up against adding to them for an
unnecessary purpose would defeat
the move. We may have to relieve
property of some of the existing tax
burdens, but there is no sound busi
finance a fair.
ness excuse for voting it in order to
finance a fair.
There are other sources of taxa
tion, but the same kind of objection
exists to all of them based on the
inopportuneness of the purpose, to
say nothing of the outrageous princi
ple of voting taxes on general or
special property.
The verdict would not come till
November, 1922, unless by some un
expected twist the measures go on
the ballot in May, which at this writ
ing seems impossible. And in No
vember, with an adverse verdict, the
fair would have to be abandoned then
or financed by private subscription in
Portland. Why persist in the face of
such a prospect?
In proportion as the people of
Portland gradually are learning the
point of view of the outside state
with reference to the fair, they are
becoming reconciled to the idea that
the project is untimely. Indifference
as to whether it is held is very gen
eral, even with the man on the street.
"I was strong for the fair, but I
don't care now," is the comment
heard pretty much everywhere in
Portland. In the face of this feel
ing of indifference, the financing of
the fair or even the voting of taxes
for it will become increasingly diffi
cult. Some of the people who are so
'wrapped up in the fair idea that it is 'sard to the movement was expressed
religion with them are still trying to in a unanimous vote of support to
bolster it up by every method. They the American Legion in their efforts
'try to make it appear that public sen- to put the building proposition over,
timent is still strong for it. An ex- : A committee of the Brotherhood was
ample is the Portland Telegram, appointed to work with the commit
which sent wires to a number of out-, tee of the Legion, and it is expected
of-town citizens, asking for express- that plans of procedure will be
ions. In every instance, the recip-; worked out at an early date,
ient of the telegraphic inquiry was The ijea of a community house
already strongly on record in favor for Heppner is not a new one. It
iof or interested in the exposition pro- has been suggested on various oc-
ject. verai were among tnose cas;jons, but not until the American
named on the Board of Directors of Legion took hold of it has anything
the Fair. To the uninitiated reader, ;been done of a definite nature- A
the replies received from these hand t0Vkn of this size shou,d certainly
.picked outsiders might appear as in- have such a center and one of the
; dusting that some real sentiment ex- speakers at the Brotherhood meeting
im urn ui wicSl.ii iu uci.au Ul iiuiu-: Monday evening. Professor James,
ing the fair. Some day Tele gram ' brought out very dearly this need
readers will grow tired of being con
tinually deceived. This is simply a
typical instance of the kind of decep-
ana empnasizea the fact that it was
not alone a question of what it was
ffnitlff n rnl' tht TM-irp xrac oninu tn
tion ordinarily practiced by that be paid inh'e ,ack of physical man.
newspaper. hood and womanhood of the citv, if
sentiment out in me state so iarisuch a center was not provided The
as the fair is concerned is mainly in
different as vet. Of those few who
I have taken a position for or againsf
! it. those opposed are in the majority.
I Those who are indifferent are certain
to swing, most of them, into the op
position. The hnancial conditions
prevailing in their home neighbor
hoods will be the main influence to
swing them, but other influences will
be at work which cannot be offset.
The primary nominating campaign is
to come soon. What is set forth from
platform and press during that cam
paign will tend to arouse the state
against the fair, and to some extent
against Portland for trying to vote
$2,000,000 onto the outside for a fair
to be held in Portland.
To drop the fair project will be
to give the wound a chance to heal.
To persist in the fair project will be
to open the wound wide, and friction
unquestionably will ensue that will
split the state more or less against
Portland. It is not for the interest
either of Portland or Oregon to pei
sist in an issue which threatens such
sinister results. Aside from who is
at fault, the fact remains that the
fair tax proposal raised sectional is
sues which it would be for the best
interests of Oregon to bury and bury
deep.
Reports of what happened at Sa
lem during the special session are
certain to be set forth and rehashed
all through the primary nominating
campaign as well as the fair cam
paign, should the issue of the fair be
maintained. Some of these reports
will be distorted and exaggerated un
til they do far more harm to Oregon,
Portland and the fair than they
would were the simple truth told. It
would be better to drop the whole
business rather than stir the mess up,
for it was a mess.
So far as any evil happening to
Portland or Oregon by abandoning
the fair is concerned, there will be
none greater than the humiliation
felt by a man who quits drinking af
ter boasting that he would drink the
town dry. Outside of Oregon, few
people have heard of the fair. The
resolutions passed by congress nara-
ly made a dent. The polite letters
exchanged with governors of other
states will have been forgotten, even
f thev are remembered to now. True,
Seattle, Spokane, San Francisco, Los
Angeles and other competing cities
have done their utmost to encourage
Portland to go ahead with the fair,
as our competitors will gain pretty
much the entire benefit of a Coast
fair without the expense or tremen
dous effort necessary to the holding
of it. We may have to stand a bit of
ridicule from them but we are used
to that and are growing industrially
at a rate that justifies their envious
flines. We will live through all the
sarcasm they may feel disposed to
waste on us.
At that, our quitting the fair at this
time will not give them the cance to
joke that they will have if we hold a
$6,000,000 fair, for a $6,000,000 fair
after San Francisco will be worse
than a joke if we call it a world's fair.
And if we do not call it a world's fair
what's the use of deluding ourselves
into the notion that any foreign coun
tries except Japan and possibly Chi
na will be handsomely represented
here?
Honor and common sense dictate
the dropping of the fair project while
the dropping is good.
A Community House for
Heppner.
A community house for Heppner
was discussea at ine Druinernuuu
meeting on Monday evening. The
subject was presented by A. M.
Phebs. who brought forth a number
of eood reasons why the city should
have a place of this kind, but he did
not attempt to outline a full plan Dy
which it might be secured. He stat
ed that the boys of the Heppner
Post, American Legion, were work
ing on a plan for the building of
such a structure, and their side of
the question was presented by R. E.
Crego, who tor two years nas Deen
commander of the post here, and
who, by the way, is very enthusiastic
in his support or the community
house idea. Mr. Crego stated that
the Legion boys had already secured
a lot; that they intended to appoint
a building committee and have the
plans for the building completely
worked out; that the cost of the pro
posed building would be approxi
mately $10,000, and they hoped to
be able to finance the proposition in
such a way that it would pay out in
the course of ten years. Just now,
the manner of financing the propo
sition is rather a problem. The need
of such community center was em
phasized by other speakers and the
sentiment of the Brotherhood in re-
school budget had been trimmed un
til no thought of obtaining a gymna
sium for the school could be enter
tained, and it perhaps never would
be. so it its now coming to the point
where some other arrangements
must be made if the boys and girls
of the community are properly cared
for and given the good bodies they
are entitled to have.
Other good reasons were present
ed, Rev. Livingstone pointing out
that such a center would be a fine
thing also for the business men and
professional men of the town and a
like sentiment was expressed by
Gay M. Anderson.
It would seem now that the Legion
boys have gone as far as they have,
the logical thing will be to stand hy
them and help in every legitimate
way possible to complete and carry
out their plans. One thing is cer
tain, such a plant if built under their
supervision will have a proper or
ganization to stand back of it and
keep the community house going as
it should be.
The development of the plans for
a community house for Heppner will
necessarily be a little slow, but we
believe that it is going to come thru
the impetus that has been given it
by the boys of the American Legion,
who will in due time have the sup
port they desire from the community.
Slat's Diary.
By ROSS FARQUHAR
Friday ma shurely did get mad
with me this evning because I was so
timid about carrying in
the cole, she lost her
temper and all so a pa-
tata witch she was a
i peeling at the same
j time, winter is allmost
as wirse as summer, if
., w . . ...
it issent earring in coie
I haf to mow the grass
on the yard or wirk in
the garden.
Saturday they is
man frum away off died
& had his fuernal here
witch ma & pa usa to
know so we went, hon
est the preecher tawked
so nice & sweet it most made a fella
wisht he was the remains his own
self.
Sunday we had are new Years
xercises today. They had the chirch
all desecrated up in green & wite &
a lady sung a antham & a man with
a long cote & wiskers spoke a address
& me & sum of the kids spoke peaces
about the glad New Year and etc. pa
resolved that I wood be a better boy
this comeing year & he has got a new
razer strap for a Xmas presant.
Monday Back to skool today. I
hate it with disatisfaksion. In line
today I pushed Pug Stevens & told
him to get out of my way. He sed
Say do you no of wfcom you are tawk
ing to. I pretend not to pay any at
tenshun as the teecher was looking
with her eye on us.
Tuesday I rote Pug a hot note be
fore skool & called him a big bluff &
a lazy good for nothing lofer & a ig
norant mule. I got to studying about
one thing and a nother & tore it up
before I seen him. he thinks I am
afrade of him.
Wednesday Ma is a awfull sore
woman on mr. Gillem. She overherd
him speeking of her as the Echo
witch means I gess she has the last
wird all ways, she sed pa likely put
him up to say it. pa was laffing.
Thursday Pa wants to be on the
good side of ma so he had me to by
her a mesmerized waste at the stoar
witch costed morn a $. She was aw
ful tickled with it & she went & made
candy with nuts in & on it and all
threw it. for us to eat up.
Profiteers Want Another
Whack at Public.
The print paper trust is at it again.
This mogul of profiteers is now fight
ing hard in Congress for protection
of its infant industry" for a tariff
to prevent us from using some other
nation's forests instead of using up
our own forests.
Some two or three years ago, these
profiteers discovered that there was
a shortage of print paper in the Uni
ted States and at once they ran their
prices up to undreamed of heights.
As much as 18 cents per pound was
paid for paper that ought to be no
more than 3 cents per pound.
American print paper manufactur
ers are rapidly using up our forests
containing the sort of timber that can
be ground into paper pulp. If they
had replanted where they slashed
and devastated, the people of the
United States might think twice
when it came to the question of giv
ing them a prohibitive tariff against
foreign importation. But they didn't
care whether their country was de
forested or not; they didn't even
have foresight enough to provide for
their own future business. Now that
their supplies are getting low, they
want to use up the last spruce stick
and keep out the spruce trees that
grow up on foreign lands.
In our opinion, it is better to cm
down foreign spruce trees and save
the few that are left in the United
States.
The publisher who buys print pa
per does not buy it for himself. He
buys it for the hundred millions of
American people who read. The pa
per only hesitates in his plant white
he impresses some words in blak ink
upon it. Then the ultimate consumer
gets it that is, the people who buy
billions of newspapers in a year.
If the public does not want to pay
anywhere from 10 cents to 25 cents
apiece for their newspapers in the
coming future, they would better
protest against granting a tariff for
the sole benefit of the American
print paper makers who are proved
profiteers of the worst kind.
The man at the helm of the Blue
Mountain Eagle at Canyon City, re
lieves his system of the following:
If they hold a world's fair at Port
land, some of the starving and hun
gry folks of Asia and Europe would
make some good exhibits. They
could exhibit in some grand panor
amic view the millions out of a job,
and they could probably feature in
some way the colossal debt of the na
tions of the world. They could make
a fine exhibit out of the pyramid of
taxes on the back of the man with a
hoe. To hold a world fair at this
time will offer some fine opportun
ities for unusual displays. They
could display some Bolshevicks,
moonshiners, stills, highwaymen,
poverty stricken railroads bonds,
mortgages and tax receipts, with
cheap wool, sheep, beef, 90-cent
wheat and beef hides that have no
value.
Tax-Exemption Loophole.
As it becomes increasingly difficult
for private industry to finance itself
due to the vast amounts of money
that are being absorbed by tax-exempt
bonds of the government, states
and counties and cities, public de
mand is more insistent that the tax
exemption privilege be repealed.
Not only does industry suffer but
the government is losing millions in
taxes which should be paid on in
come derived from such bonds.
What justice is there in a wealthy
'man buying $100,000 worth of tax
; exempt bonds and thus escape all
taxes from the income he receives,
when the man who puts $100,000 in
to an industry which emplovs many
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pay every known form of taxation
that can be invented.
Government securities are the
safest in the world and this fact
alone is sufficient inducement for
capital to invest, without removing
all tax features to the great detriment
of the government and industry.
Courtesy Pays.
The other day in Dallas, Texas, a
seedy-looking individual walked in
to a big truck salesroom and started
to examine a chassis on the floor.
Two dapper salesmen looked him
over decided against him and went
on talking about the party of last
night. The seedy-looking individual
finally walked out.
Down the street he entered anoth
er showroom and was at once cour
teously greeted by a young salesman.
Thirty minutes later he had bought
five trucks.
"Cash or time?" said the sales
man. The seedy-looking individual pull
ed out a certified check for $50,000.
"Take it out of that," he said. "I
will be back here in a month for
eighty more trucks. Can you have
them?" '
You never can tell and courte
sy pays. The Coach.
Capital invested in Oregon indus
tries increased from $139,500,000 in
1914 to $439,982,000 in 1919. Sal
aries and waces caid increased from
$26,515,000 to $34,986,000. Grand
total value Oregon products 1921,
$296,805,000. Total amount spent
on roads in 1921 $18,250,000.
Homey Philosophy for 1922.
The United States now being free
to traitors whose one desire in life
is to overthrow our government, the
"Workers' Party" has just been or
ganized in a three-days' convention
in New York. It is not a "Workers"
party at all; nor is it a "party" at
all. It is plainly and precisely an or
ganization of communists pledged in
so many words by its platform to
start civil war in America. No won
der all the bloody-minded agitators
call us "boob bourgoise" (middle
class) . We certainly are boobs when
we allow civil war promoters to hold
open conventions in our midst and
plan soviet starvation and destruction.
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A. M. EDWARDS
WELL DRILLER
Lexington, Ore.
Box 14
Uses up-to-date traction drilling outfit, equipped for
all sizes of hole and depths.
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Now the holiday excitement
is over, and are already back
to normal living.
We beg to call your atten
tion to our store where you will
always find a
Complete Stock of
Staple Groceries
at prices in keeping with
good quality.
Your co-operation has made
the past year possible, and we
bespeak good things for 1922.
Sincerely,
Phelps Grocery
Company
Phone 53
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1921
Was a good year with this store.
We enjoyed a fine trade all
because of the very liberal
patronage of the home
folks. We look for
ward to
1922
with pleasurable anticipation.
At this store you will, as in
the past, find dependable
merchandise at right prices,
and will be met with courte
ous treatment.
Sam Hughes Company
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Put an End to
(juesswork
When you transfer an
amount of money to another
person, for any purpose, you
are entitled to a record of the
transaction that is clear on all
points the date, the amount,
to whom paid.
Keep a reasonable amount to
your credit in a checking ac
count with the First National
Bank. Pay with your personal
check on the Bank. Then you
will be sure at all times. ' Your
check wil provide an accurate,
reliable record of disburse
ments. Fir National Bank
HEPPNER, OBEGON
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