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THE GAZETTE-TIMES. I1EITXER, OREGON. THURSDAY. ArRIL 13, 1322.
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and erilaied at the roMottn-a at Hpp-
ar. urKuit aa aconl-claa mattar.
If Mr. Bur-bank ants to do some
thing that send his name thun
denng down the a.ies, let him cross,
the ps and the hen, and produce an
animal or fowl tha.t will lay ham
and eggs.
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SLIUSCRIFTION RATES:
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Commissioners -ho inspect movie
pictures and censure them have an
aful snap. Nothing to do hut sit
aaiund and see the pictures and get
paid for it.
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Editor Gazette-Times:
Upon my arrival home April 1st,
1 note that you have printed what
Reduction of taxes is the thought 1 u yon trom Benton, Illinois,
uppermost in the minds of most peo-1 A? 'ndicatd in that artic'e-1 "me
Pie just now, and esepcially is this north from Benton, crossed the Mis
the case with the office seeker. The j'PF1 ,er 8t 9nln? I11'no,s' !nt0
man nM h- rfrvteJ to re- northern Missouri and spent two days
munerative ortice is particularly so- j
licitous about the welfare of the dear
people just now, and in his efforts
to make himself popular with the
electorate he is quite certain that he
is the one who discovered that taxes
are too high and if the people will
but elect him to office their tax trou
bles will be at an end. Such talk
now is mere campaign fodder. It
has been the hue and cry of office
seekers since the establishment of el
ectoral offices. Men have been elect
ed on that platform year in and year
out and still taxes have continued to
climb. In Oregon during the past
twenty years most of the rise in tax
ation has been due to the direct vote
of the people themselves. If the
taxes are to be r educed it looks like it
is up to the people to vote that way,
or change the system of lawmaking
in the state. The pledge of a would
be office holder will not bring it
about. Joseph Herald.
Fighting the Bloc
Senatorial spokesmen for finan
cial and manufacturers' lobbies con
tinue their vicious opposition to the
agricultural bloc. Were they success
ful in their attacks on the farmers'
alignment their opposition would be
tragic; being futile, it is merely
funny.
The logic of the finance-controlled
senator condemning the agricul
tural bloc is simple: "All other in
terests have been organized for many
years; the farmers have not. There
fore the farmers are sinners." Which
is reasoning very much like Sydney
Smith's famous syllogism: "Adam
was the first man; all men are born
of Adam; therefore elephants are
fond of peanuts."
Fortunately, a better reason for
opposition than this must be found
before the agricultural bloc is dis
turbed." The Producer.
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Slats' Diary
By Ross Farquhar
Friday I am afrade pa is going
to loose his job and get out of wirk.
He was writeing about
I a lady witcn aiea wiie
liveing out in the Coun-
C 1 '7 and 1 gess he got "
1 mixed up with another
story for at the bottom
of the peace he sed
jThe loss was Fully cov-
fered by Insurance. The
boss found it out in time
to Keep it out of the
papar. Witch was Lucky
i for Pa.
Saturday Ted had a
berth day Party down
2io his house tonite. Red
Smith was there and
him and me is Deadly Enemys. So
1 sed to him. One of us has got
to go. 1 of us did. I hope they are
haveing a rotten time at the party.
Sunday My eye looked bad so I
diddent go to Sunday skool. It was
a Beautiful day. The sun shined and
the roads as good so are little family
went for a trip in the ford. We past
the skool house where pa went to
skool when he was a Innocent lad.
It brot back a lots of Fond memrys
to pa and he sed That there skool
turned out sum of the best men in
the united States. Ma confided to
me that it turned him out witch was
why he never Graduated out of it.
Monday Jane got real Insulting
with me today. I was a telling her
about are Family tree and how proud
we was of it. And she sed What
part of the tree are you. You mu-.;t
b; the sai. But just wait. It if a
long worm that has no turning.
Tuesday Pa must of done sum
thing awful today. He brot home
sum Flours for ma. then he tuk her
out to eat dinner and then he tuk
her to the pitcher show and set in
twenty 8 cent seats. It was all 1
cud do to help frum Ming. Because
us men understands each other. In
occasions like them.
Wednesday I thot Jane was a
trying to make up with me today.
I herd her Whistle so 1 goes up to
her and ast her was she a looking
for me. She sed I was looking for
a Gentlemen but you will do. I
want sum 1 to Fix my roller skate.
But the skate diddent eet fixed. As
fur as I was Concerned.
Thursday I was absence frum
skool this morning & I tuk a xcuse
at noon when I went back. Teecher
ast me if my ma rote it or my pa.
I sed ma of coarse. I wodent want
to use none of pa's xcuses because
he never gets by with them. A
specially with ma.
If George Washington never told
a lie it's a cinch he was never a
newspaper reporter and had to write
up funerals and weddings.
Edina, Missouri, and from there to
Kirksville where I took the Wabash,
being called to the southern part of
the state. My observations briefly
stated in last article are only em
phasized the more by conditions ev
erywhere 1 'ent-
Waiting, Waiting, Waiting.
In Illinois the state highway com
mission has been waiting with money
on hand to build roads. Waiting for
the readjustment of prices on mater
ial and labor. At Kirksville, both the
dean and president of the State Tea
chers college told me that they had
the cash on hand to put up much
needed buildings on the campus, but
were waiting for the readjustment of
prices of material and labor.
The hotels at Kirksville were full
of traveling men who wanted to go
out a few miles into the country from
the railroad, to see country merch
ants and were cursing and sweating
because the roads were too muddy,
while Missouri has been doing so lit
tle in the last few months, and are
waitirfg for the readjustment of
prices of material and labor, before
proceeding with road building pro
gram.
At Fulton, Missouri, another col
lege center, they told me substantially
the same story. Everywhere I heard
it repeated by people who seemed to
know what they were talking about,
that Iowa was the worst hit state in
the Union."
It is my opinion that there is and
has been no over-production; it is
only a matter of proper distribution.
I was on the Union Pacific system
lines for most of my journey coming
and going, and I noticed for miles
and miles the right of way had been
farmed. In Colorado and Wyoming
where the right of way is much wid
er than in other states, this was very
noticeable, but no less so than on the
high priced lands between Kansas
City and St. Louis.
Price of Production and Distribu
tion.
What is most needed is a baptism
of sanity, or sound, thoughtful, con
servative thinking with our hand on
the throttle, eyes on the track ahead
with orders for full steam ahead.
"Let's go." No time for freak legis
lation favorable to one class at the
expense of another. Bankers, law
yers, merchants, farmers, stock rais
ers and professional men must all
bear their share of this adjustment.
One of the biggest, brightest, pro
fessional men whom it has been my
pleasure to meet, boarded the train
at his home town, Independence, Mis
souri. He introduced himself to me
within an hour after entering the
train and we occupied the same Pull
man on our journey to Salt Lake
City. He was not only a professional
man, but he was a business man and
owned extensive interests in ranches
and was engaged in the raising of
sheep on a ranch on the Oregon
Short Line railroad.
He told me that they had suffer
ed the greatest loss this winter
their sheep raising business, because
of the weather conditions and short
age of feed. He told me it was lm
possible because of the cost of trans
portation to ship the sheep to teea
They shipped an abundance of corn
to their sheeo. but this would not
sustain them because of the unusual
weather enditions on their ranches.
On this same Pullman sleeper for
more than two days together with us
were men from different sections of
the country. I remember one very
bright, intelligent business man from
Vermont, another from nttsourgn
one from Iowa and several others
who engaged in these discussions and
conversations which took the form
more of a "round table." A few days
cooped up together in a Pullman
sleeper is a good occasion to get the
opinion of men who are traveling and
may know considerable about conoi
tions in different parts of the coun
try. And these together with the
other people whom I have met on the
last month of travel, left the impres
sion that what we most need today is
trust in other people, and to get to
work and keep everlastingly at it.
There is no over production and there
will be shortage in almost every line
within twelve months from date
There will not be enough meat be
cause of the scarcity of cattle, sheep
and hogs. There will be a scarcity of
power because of the scarcity of
horses and mules and this will lead
to the shortage of foodstuffs in all
lines, as sure as time, within the
next few years.
We in Morrow county, Oregon
have felt the strain of readjustment
less, and will continue to feel it least
of any people on earth.
J. Perry Conder.
R. A. Thompson of Heppner made
a hurried trip to The Shepherd's;
Rest on Tuesday. His shepherds
certainly got no "rest" for R. A. soon
had several of his bands of ewes and
lambs on the trail for his Heppner
ranches in charge of Lon Merrill,
Gene Penland and Al Goosen. Bill
Pearson is left behind at The Shep
herd's Rest and we heard him say
he will take a good "rest" before he
leaves with his band of ewes and
lambs or know why "Bob" left him
alone without even a coffee pot.
Surely the county weather prophet
has been at work again with his evil
eye on Cecil especially. Friday,
April 7th was a beautiful, warm day
everybody busy out of doors. Sat
urday, April 8th, cold, windy and
any amount of ice on all ranch wat
ering troughs, etc. Everyone crawl
ing into their winter furs once more
and hugging the old heating stove
and muttering. "With all thy faults,
love thee still.
Manv inquiries have been made
since last Saturday night regarding
sign post which has been erected
near the Cecil bridge. No one can
give any information but the sign
reads, "B. B. 8 miles to Kork." The
mayor" and "Constable John are
at their wits ends to know wnere
Kork is for they are sure B. B.
means "Bottled Bee." Oh! they
are so dry!
Master Noel Streeter was explor-
ng on various parts ot cuneroy
Flats alwig with Master Jackie Hynd
on Sunday. These two future ranch
ers were so engrossed in their ex
ploits that the dinner gong failed to
bring them to time, but by evening
they were first at the supper table
and the last to leave.
Elmer Williams, government trap
per, left on the local tor rortianc-
on Tuesday. Harold Ahalt who is
now trapping for the government
was a caller in Cecil on Wednesday
and had succeeded in getting seven
coyotes in a very short time. -
A large party of young people
from Cecil vicinity took in the big
vaudeville show in Morgan hall on
Tuesday night. They were in charge
of "Constable John" and of course
were a well behaved bunch, and all
report a good show.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Henriksen of Wil
low Creek ranch and also Geo. Hen
riksen of Strawberry ranch returned
to their respective homes on Tuesday,
after attending the golden wedding
activities of their parents in Portland.
Jack Hynd, accmpanied by his
daughter, Miss Annie and also Miss
Eleanor Furney, teacher in Cecil
school, autoed to Castle Rock on
Saturday for a change of scenery.
Mrs. Mary Halferty and son Ray
of Shadv Dell ranch, accompanied
by Miss Grace Palmateer, teacher
of the Four Mile school, spent Sun
day with friends near lone.
Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Tyler and
children and also Grover Curtiss of
Rhea Siding were all visitors at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Logan
at Cecil on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Van Schoiack
and children from Arlington were
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Krebs at The Last Camp on Sunday.
Mrs. J. E. Crabtree and children
of Dotheboys Hill ranch, also Mrs.
Roy Stender of Seldomseen ranch
were callers in Cecil on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Gentry of
Heppner made a short stay in Cecil
on Monday on their return journey
from Arlington to Heppner.
Mrs. Geo. Noble of Rhea Siding
and also Miss Edith Swick, teacher
of Rhea Siding school, were callers
in Cecil on Tuesday.
State Engineer Baldock of La
Grande and Resident State Engineer
Smith of lone were in Cecil on Wed
nesday for a short time. j
Bob Ballentine, who has been
working on Willow creek for several
months left on the local for Pendle
ton on Wednesday,
Mrs. Roy Scott of The Lookout
spent Wednesday at the Highway
House, Cecil, as the guest of Mrs.
T. H. Lowe.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Harbison of
Morgan were calling on their friends
in Cecil on Sunday.
Misses Doris and Dana Logan
spent Saturday with Miss Crystal
Roberts at Ewing.
Ellsworth Rickett and friends of
Heppner were callers in Cecil on
Thursday.
C. A. Minor of Heppner made a
hurried trip to his Cecil ranches on
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Philips were
visiting at Butterby Flats on Sunday
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Aladdin summoned the genie of the lamp and
any wish was immediately gratified.
At your command there is the genie of the wires.
He will take your voice instantly without regard
to distance wherever you may desire to send it.
You are familiar with the conveniences local
telephone service, but have you ever thought of
the pleasure or profit available in the use of the
long distance lines?
The genie of the lamp was the servant of a single
individual. The genie of the wires will respond to
the call of every telephone user.
Every Bell telephone is a Long Distance station.
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HEPPNER, OREGON