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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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 '