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I'AGF. TWO TItK (iAZKTTK-TIMl.S, HK1TXKK. OREGON. THURSDAY. FEB. 9, 1922. Tin: Gazette-Times Tha H.ppn.r Gait!a. Kalabltabad March in, iM Tb. HTl'"r T.ma, Kstabllahad Conaelldatut Jbrury IS. Hit FuMlphMl .vry Thursday morning by iti aaa parc Irawfara an1 emard at In. I'oHolflce al liPP nar, Orfrtn aa eeond-ci&aa matter. AlMLItTlMMi HaTKS I. IV t 0 51 AITLIl AIIO -t-ait jacket of idiotic ethics that t-.ae been the direct cause of thou sands of deaths, and the great field of information has been turned ovet to the quack doctors and cure-all f.;kers. SUBSCRIPTION KATES; Taar , unlha.. On. 8U M Itir Mentha. KWSl Copiaa i: 00 1.00 .0 HURRW tOTMl' OFFICIAL 1'A.ThM This paper may have conveyed the idea in the last issue that the Mor row County Farm Bureau, as an or ganization was backing E. M. Hul dcr. for the nomination of joint rep resentative, for we did not make our selves quite clear. As an organiza tion, the Farm Bureau is strictly non- h't you when vure down but he mite pt nigh as well because evry time I got up he soked me for a cupple bases or so. ; ( 7"uiJ.iy had sum fun with pa.j put a peace of patata in his shave-, ! in;; cup in place of sope. It was fun : to see him try to make suds when he found out what it was he thot I! had did it & lammed me with his , rszer strap & ruened it. so now he i jhas got to by a new I aect. my in-j nosent fun. ' I Wednesday I am going to study i ; hard frum now on in the future, to day the teecher ast me where was Linken born. I new but 1 cud- THE AMERICAN tfU-S ASViATjONj political ; it boosts no man for office ! yr and takes no part in such affairs. jent just find the wird to xpress my Wliile this is true, the individual seif. got sixty 5 in the test. I members of the Bureau retain their j Thursday I ast pa why did so trishts as citizens to take part in all;mennv ads in the paper for men to : affairs political and otherwise, andtake jors sav marrved men rreferd The demand of the farmers that had we stated the case just as itifc ne answered & replyed that he capital and labor share alike in the ; should have been in connection with j gess they wanted men witch cud deflation necessary to bring about ajthe bringing out of Mr. Hulden, we take orders without saying to mutch restoration ot normal Business con-isnouu nave saia mat ne was oeing t about it & tawk back. ditions is a clear indication that ag- endorsed by some of the leading The Fanners' Will Is Law riculiura' awakening is complete and ; members of the Farm Bureau, who that never again will tillers of the 'as citizens of Morrow county, would soil be led astrav in the bvpaths of be pleased to have him enter the abstruse economics. The plain fact race and would pledge him their i- the farmer has to pay high prices support. for the things he has to buy and he cannot get living prices for the things he has to sell. There is nothing else to the problem. Naturally, there is a panic in the ranks of the mon ied interests when the farmer earn estly insists that the railroads must take their share of liquidation be cause railroads have been and are in sistent on higher freight rates, atn. higher passenger rates if they can get them. But the dominant posi tion of the farmer is now emphasiz ed. Even labor runs panic stricken to its old time enemy and bids the farmer halt. The suggestion that the railroads share in further deflation is a direct attack on wages shouts Mr. Gompers and so the whole pack of cards is disclosed. The sophistry reveals self interest. Capital may fight for its money bags, labor may fight for its interest, the manufactur er, the wholesaler, the retailer, the butcher, the baker and the candle stick maker may fight for theirs, all may organize to press their positions, but when it comes to an agricultural bloc then there is a united protest. Mr. Gompers. representing labor even if he does, as Mr. Gary of the Steel trust says, represent only a small part of labor may as well realize the farmer is the cause of things, and that all the other wig gling elements are purely effects. The tail cannot wag the dog. The farmer is nature's king because he is: the creator and developer of the only source of human life, and it will not take the people very long to real ize that what the farmer says must go or mere will be trouble in the camp. It has been iently hinted to thi paper, and tUs hint comes from re liable source, that i' would now be 3 fine lime for Heppner to move ior improved train service on the branch. This hint toniamr the suggestion that the railroad company is begin ning to realize that the imprjvod highways up Willow creek, and out south from Arlington to ondon and beyond is going to divert a lot of patronage from the branch lines un less a better service is offered, and it is not now going to be a hard task tc interest the railroad officials in making such improvemens in the service on the two branch lines that will be the means of holding the passenger traffic. It might be well to resurrect the commercial club long enough to get our people interested in sending up a demand right soon that this improvement in train ser vice be made. We might get it much easier than we think. Keep the Health Fire Burning The law of compensation seems to hold good even in vital statistics. Official figures inform us that the death rate is decreasing and the sui cide rate increasing. Seemingly if man cannot die from natural causes within a satisfactory period of time he will shuffle off the mortal coil of his own volition. The decline in the death rate in 1921 over 1920 as reported by one of the great insurance companies is described as quite remarkable in brief 13 7-10 per cent. Tuberculosis decreased 16 5-10 per cent. Bright's disease decreased 5 5-10 per cent, diseases of the heart 1 per cent and disease relating to child bearing 15 2-10 per cent. There will be still further decrease when the govern ment learns that human beings are, economically at least, as valuable as hogs, and then functions intelligent ly through its health department to educate the people in the matters of sanitation, stripping the mask of mys tery from simple medication and put ting before the men and women of the land the A. B. C. of health con servation. The schools should teach the children something of the habits and indiscretions that throw a mon key wrench into the natural machin ery and they should know the rea sons why. The calm indifference with which civilized governments all over the world have ignored the education of their peoples in matters pertaining to health is an indictment of civil ization. Billions for war, millions for pork barrels, hundreds of thousands for political fence building, but not a cent to teach the people how to pre serve their health, upon which all happiness and prosperity is based The medical profession is fast in the The New Propaganda Americans are being given, with out their asking, a great deal to read about Hugo Stinnes and the other "commercial barons of the great in dustrial region in the Rhineland." It occurs to the newspaper men who have been baraged with propaganda for years that these tales of the in dustrial princes of Germany are real ly the most subtle of all Teutonic propaganda. Stinnes, we read in a recent biog raphy of him, is a quiet, retiring man who shrinks from publicity. A man of the people, a man who has declar ed that his only aim iln life is to aid the country and provide for his chil dren. That biography was written in Germany translated into English and published in America. Stinnes and all his ilk are profit eers. They increased their holdings during the war until they have ab sorbed the industries of Germany. Stinnes is claimed to be a super- mind, a generalissimo of commerce, in the biography which he no doubt ordered prepared. His work is saving the state, and he is doing a sorry job of it. Travelers in the Rhineland tell of the vast prosperity of the industrial regions, a prosperity fanned by Stin nes and his propaganda-crowned kings of finance. It is a prosperity whose flame is fed with increasingly greater quantities of almost worth less paper money. A little more of such "saving" and Germany will be bankrupt. It is a case similar to that of the athlete who is spurred on with oxygen. He is capable of super normal things for a time until the i unnatural sustenance burns him out, i and he is ruined. j What is the purpose of the Ger- j man propaganda behind Stinnes? It ; is to create again in the minds of the world a bloated conception of i Germany's commercial greatness. It is to make us think of the Rhineland , today as an area where industrial power has multiplied over the an cient days. It is to make us fear; Germany and her industrial feudal-j ism. These things are laughable in , a country begging to escape a debt which is not a tithe of what is due! and Americans should never fear nor bow to alien profiteers who grew fat ; cn the blood of American men. ! East Oregonian. j i Geo. H. Flagg has disposed of the ! Central Oregonian at Prineville to , the Crook County Publishing com-j pany, and the latter have taken; charge of the paper, with Guy La-; follete, former editor of the Crook! County Journal, as editor. M. Flagg has been in the newspaper business at Prineville for just six months. He was formerly editor and proprie tor of the Globe-Times at Condon. Homey Philosophy for 1922 After all this thing of a govern ment isn t anything more than the bunch getting together to run things so that everyone can be happy and content. Of course, some fellow said we never could be content so what was the good of chasing content ment, but just the same we can be happy. What's the matter with think- in all the time about the things we like instead of broodin' over the things we don't like. If we burden our minds with nothin' but criticism and fault findin' and huntin' out distasteful things we'll find so many of 'em we won't have room or time tn enjoy, and happiness if it comes. You can't put a quart of water in a pint measure. You can't be produc tive or prosperous if you're not hap py, an' the way to be happy is to be h;ippy tolerance, forgiveness an' a smile in place of fretfulness, anger an' a frown. Great lord, it's cold this mornin'. I'll bet those polar bears are enjoyin themselves. come. Given his personal exemption of i2,500, plus $400 for each depen dent, a married man with three chil dren the average American family will pay th.s year on a net income o: 4,000 a tax of $12. On the same income for h21 he would have paid a tax of $50. Every citizen and resident of the United States must determine for himself whether his income for 1921 was sufficient to require that a re turn be filed. Full instructions for making out a return are contained on the forms, a copy of which will be sent to taxpayers who filed a re turn last year. Failure to receive a return, however, does not relieve a taxpayer of his obligation to file a return on time, on or before March 15, 1922. Forms may be obtained from collectors of internal revenue and branch offices. Income Tax Facts Changes in the revenue law are of material benefit to the average fam ily man. Under the revenue act of 1921 a married person, living with wife or husband, whose net income for 1921 was $5,000 or less, is al lowed a personal exemption of $2, 500. Under the revenue act otf 1918 the exemption allowed a married per son was $2,000, regardless of the amount of net income. The normal tax rate is the same, 4 per cent on the first $4,000 of net income above the exemptions, and 8 per cent on the remaining net in- Arbuckle Disagreement of the jury in the second trial of Arbuckle means, of ccurse, a third trial. Throughout the deliberations ten jurors were firm for conviction, whereas at the first trial when the state made out a stronger case, ten jurors voted for acquittal. According to press dispatches, mo tion picture distributors, expecting acquittal, made arrangements yes terday for release of plays, in which Arbuckle figured as a star, the mo ment his "vindication" could be an nounced. Now the release must be deferred. Is an Arbuckle film marketable merchandise? We believe not. Some owners of movie houses might have the temerity to "take a chance," and a theater might be filled one night with male and female denizens of the underworld, but the great body cf movie patrons are normal people, and no normal person wishes a beast like Arbuckle to entertain him. Until his contemptible character was exposed Arbuckle posed and was accepted as a comedian. He was in fact only a clown with a false face that concealed his animal nature. In a picture play he is offensive to ev- eryone who can lay claim to respec- tability. As an entertainer Arbuckle is, as he ought to be, a thing of the past. If his third trial should result in ac quittal, it cannot change his present status of repulsive beast. Portland Telegram. Is Henry a Billionaire? In a recently published interview, Henry Ford declared that he had cash balances in banks of $125,000, 000 to $140,000,000; he did not know within $1 5,00,1,000 how much he had. He said that his balances were woiih $200,000,000. his inventories as much more, aivl he thought the wholt works could be capitalized for a lillion. The suggestion that Ford is a billionaire is not accepted by some financial writers, and many think Rockefeller still the richer man. John D. is not so much inclin ed to tell the public what he has, but he has given away hundreds of millions. Ford seems to have learned the secret of remaining popular with the proletariat while acquiring great riches. Is he really our first billionaire? gatmaauiiiiit:;::;:ngatmamnnngmmttnmmiiii:iiiiimtrtir Mr. and Mrs. Joe Devine of Lex ington were visitors in Heppner on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Reaney, Rev. Harriman and Miss Thompson of Lexington were in Heppner Tuesday evening to attend the closing ser vices of the revival at the Christian church. WOULD YOU TRADE? Heppner residence property for a twenty-acre irrigated farm at Irrigon. If so, write Merrill E. Doble, Irrigon, Oregon 1922 - ECONOMY -1922 Economize by having your old dress, suit coat, blouse and gloves Cleaned and Repaired LLOYD HUTCHINSON Where SSLEAN Thev I LOTHES iney LEAN FAIR TREATMENT COMBINED WITH BEST PRINTING 1 jszLj W g& kti u JiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuii I A. M. EDWARDS I WELL DRILLER Lexington, Ore. I Box 14 Uses up-to-date traction drilling outfit, equipped for all sizes of hole and depths. I WRITE FOR CONTRACT AND TERMS 1 ?iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiitiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii? Slat's Diary. By ROSS FARQUHAR Friday went to a pitcher show witch cost a $ a seet & it was won der full xcept it wassent very funny it made pa1 cry & I ast him what was the matter I thot mebby ; ma had ben skolding him. he sed the pitcher! was so tutching that en-1 ny man witch had evei ben a father or a muth-' er cuddent help from crying at it it was soi tutching. Saturday I was a ' Lfc iiijjiii ya UA ins luiu Si this AM & he was down unaer me masnene a hit his finger with a chizzle or sum thing & let out a cup ple cusses, he loks up & seen the ' preacher a standing there witch was 1 a smileing. I gess he diddent care ! because he has got a ottomobeel to so he nose how it goes to hit yure j finger and so 4th. j Sunday my little cuzzen cum to visit us yesterday evning. las nite I when we went to bed I sed to him! Aint you going to say yure prairs! & he sed he gess he woodent bother i it was so cold, pritty soon he jumps out & sed them. I ast him why so j & he sed he happened to see sum 1 loose plaster above his hed witch! mite fall down and make a angle of i him. Monday had a fite with Bud' Flatter, he is biggern me & dont February Clearance of Dry Goods For each week in February we will have a new list of Speoial Bargains. Now On Sale Ladies' Coats, Suits and Dresses - at Lower Prices Ladies' and Children's Underwear 15c, 35c, 98c Ladies' and Childrens Sweaters 50 per cent Reduction Wool and Cotton Blankets Bargains Galore Wool Batts One-Thiad and One-Half Off Ladies' and Children's Pajamas and Gowns - - 39c, 98c, $1.69, $1.98 Wool Piece Goods 58c to $2.48 This Week And Until February 28th Ladies' and Children's Shoes and Hose Cotton Sewing Thread at a Special Price 3 Spools for 10c Next Week, Beginning February 13th Ladies' and Misses' Corsets-BIG REDUCTIONS 2 Lots at Special prices of 98c and $1.48 Ladies' and Misses Aprons - - - - 98c to $3.15 Minor & Company We are now showing many latest patterns in French and Domestic Ginghams Devonshires Percales For Spring and Summer Dresses Good time now to make your selections Sam Hughes Company ONLY "QUALITY PRINTING" PRODUCED AT TEE O.-T. S A F E T Y &i s E R V I C E What Is Your Mark for 1922 How much money have you planned to save for yourself during 1922! Unless you set a goal for yourself, the chances are that your progress will not be satisfactory. Have a plan. Set the mark for your ability as a money saver a definite sum which you think is a reas onable amount for you to ac quire by the end of the year. Decide how much you can deposit in a Savings Account regularly. Start your account , right now don't allow any thing to interfere with your plan. FirSt National Bank HEPPNER, OREGON '