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Marble and Granite
Works
PENDLETON, OREGON
Fine Monument and Cemetery Work
All parties interested in getting work in my line
should get my prices and estimates before
placing their orders
All Work Guaranteed
WORLD'S PRETTIEST? WHAT DO YOU SAY?
Catherine Mac Donald, winner of
thirty beauty priies, is now sciecti-J
in New York as the prettiest woman
in the world Former President W il
son thinks so, every leading authority
of the screen thinks so, foreisn artists
say so. Do the readers of this news
paper think so? Miss MacDona'.d is
photographed here in her latest 19
up-to-date riding outfit
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With Two Big Offices
PENDLETON AND PORTLAND
Is prepared to handle the business of
Eastern Oregon better than ever before
Our Specialties
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WELL DRILLER
Lexington, Ore.
Box 14
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-BIG ENOUGH TO PROTECT YOU"
Banking in a community the size of Heppner
has its satisfactions. It permits closer business
friendships than are ever possible in big indus
trial and banking centers.
F'rinstance, this institution is not too big to
know personally everyone of its customers. Still
it is big enough to give them the same protection
offered by the biggest bank in the land.
The same personal friendship and financial
protection is here for you, if you will avail your
self of it. We would like to have you a satisfied
customer.
An efficient commercial banking service such
as we offer means much more than a mere place
to deposit money. We are always ready to ad
vise and assist our customers in the many spe
cial ways this business has to offer.
' Come in. Let's get acquainted,
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KEEP YOUR EYE ON
BACK
TAXES
Local Burden, State, City and
County Greater than Govern
ment's Demand for Aid
Watching Your Community
Expenditures More Profit
able Than Finding Fault
With Nation
By Robert D. Carey,
Governor of Wyoming.
Editor's Note: Robert D. Carey,
Governor of Wyoming, gives you
food for thought in the following. It
is the popular thing just now to find
fault with national taxes and to mut
ter dark threats about what one will
do "next election." The governor
points out that the national demand
for tax pennies is not nearly as im
portant to your pocket book as the
state, city and county's demand for
tax dollars.
On account of large expenditures
incident to the recent war and the
increase in cost of State and local
government, taxes have been greatly
increased and people in all sections
of the country are objecting more and
more to paying taxes. The average
taxpayer has little idea of govern
mental expenditures and is inclined
to blame the State Government for
any increase which may be levied
against his property. The fact is,
that outside of Federal taxes, those
that are the largest are to a certain
extent local taxes which the people
themselves could regulate in many
instances if they would but make the
.'effort.
Generally speaking, the greater
portion of money raised by taxation
is for the support of schools and for
municipal government. In this state
each $100.00 paid by the taxpayer in
our two largest cities is distributed as
follows: City Government $39.93,
schools $29.40, County Government
$17.57 and State overnment $13.10.
It will be seen from the above that
the cost of State Administration is
comparatively small which is also
true of the county, while the cost of
maintaining a city is far out of
proportion to that of either the State
or County. It appears that the small
er the subdivision of government, the
greater the cost of the same.
Schools Need More.
As to schools, there is little chance
of reducing expenses as we are de
manding and expecting better schools
and, in fact, it would be a very poor
policy to fail to provide funds that
they mey be properly financed and
improved. While the cost of sup
porting them is great, no right think
ing person should object to paying
his share, and no expenditure of pub
lic money will in the end bring great
er returns.
Necessarily the cost of government
has increased in proportion to the in
creased cost of living and everything
costs more than it did a few years
ago. Consequently both officials and
mployes must be paid higher salaries
or wages, supplies are .costing more
and it is much more expensive to
care for an inmate of a penal or char
itable institution. Further, new and
increased demands are constantly be
ing made upon the State, and the
State today is engaging in many act
ivities that it did not formerly. Per
haps the greatest burden that the
States have assumed is the building
of highways. The Federal Highway
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AVTOCSTER,
How the sins of the fathers fall
heavy on the innocents is indicated
by the above sign. Little Helen
Hicks, Zyt years old, of Guthrie,
Okja., was born after her father had
been sent to Atlanta prison for a
political offense. She is one of the
yreat number of appellants led by
Eugene Debs, who went to Wash
ington to plead for the release of
their relatives from the Federal
prison
SOME FRIENDS ARE
LIKE SHADOWS -AROUND
OMIY WHEN
THE SUN SHINES.
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Acts have caused every State to or
ganize Highway Commissions which
are necessarily large and expensive
organizations and which are spending
vast sums of money. This to a large
extent transfers to the State an ex
pense which was formerly borne by
the County or local community and
while it necessarily increases the
State expenditures, there is no ques
tion but that it is bringing about bet
ter highways and is saving large
sums of money formerly wasted upon
poorly located and ill constructed
highways.
Selfish Demands.
Unfortunately, at each session of a
legislature each community and in
terest demands from the legislature
appropriations for its particular ben
efit. Few members of a legislature
have a general knowledge of the
State or its institutions, and frequent
ly have to take it for granted that an
appropriation is necessary and
through lack of knowledge money is
sometimes voted unnecessarily. As
a usual thing, during the first session
of legislature, after a Governor has
U. S. HAS HER OWN
"SIAMESE TWINS"
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Two little American girls, Vtolct
and Daisy Hilton, 16 years old, of
San Antonio, Texas, are successors
of Rosa and losefa Blaszek, world
famous as the "Siamese Twins."
They play and move with ease and
rapidity.
assumed office he has had little or
no time to investigate the needs of
the different State institutions and on
this account is not able to advise the
legislature as is possible after he has
been in office for some time. There
have been instances in this State
when money was voted for unneces
sary improvements for State institu
tions and recently the State has aban
doned an expensive light and water
plant which was provided for one of
the institutions for the reason that it
was much more expensive to operate
it than to obtain light and water from
an adjacent city. This is an example
or a member of the legislature get
ting through an apropriation simply
because he wanted something and
this was about all he could think of
at the time.
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Anotner cause ror tne increase in
taxes, is the voting of bonds which
has become most popular and which
are very often voted on with little
consideration of the needs for which
the money is to be raised and as a
rule little interest is taken in bond
elections. Not long ago a bond issue
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GOOD ROADS.
With machinery constructed fer
carryin' heavy loads, it springs the
proposition of securin' better roads.
. . .Where once we folbred by-ways,
as we driv the frisky shote, or pok
ed along the highways that would
stall a mountain goat we now en
counter road-hogs in their mighty
souper-eight, or run acrost the flivver
with its precious human frieght.
In these strenuous days of "Git
there" we have got to have the track,
when half the people's goin' out,
and half a-comin' back, When
Granny and the children gets the
taste fer higher speed, I reckon that
a better road's the everlastin' need.
. . . So, the Legislatur' socks a big
ger license on yer boat while the
tight-wad uses language that I would
n't keer to quote. . . .
Then resurrect yer shovel an'
yer scraper, an' yer hoe, and don't
be pessimistic when you're partin'
with yer dough, Remember, we are
livin' through a mighty restless hour,
when rapid transportation is the center-pole
of power There's no excuse
fer terrapins, or lazy-minded toads,
when Progress blows her whistle, in
the call fer better roads. . . .
Bold Hold Up By Cameramen
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Arrow indicates Premier Lloyd George amid the foliage of St
Georgio's Palace, Genoa, facing a battery of enthusiastic cameramen
who, in their desire to get the first and best picture, have "struck up
number of poses ranging from the dramatic to the humorous.
of $350,000 was submitted to the
people of a school district and at the
election 350 voted; one person for
each $1,000 of bonds to be issued. It
seems that many fail to realize that
bonds must be paid and that to retire
them and pay the interest the money
must be raised by some form of tax
ation.
Budget Benefits.
There is no question but that the
adoption of the budget system in
many of the States means the saving
of large sums of money that were
formerly voted without regard to the
necessities of the State government;
in fact without a budget system ap
propriations are made haphazard
while with the budget a careful sur
vey is made of all proposed expendi
tures. Further, the provision in
many budget laws that no appropria
tion can be made by a legislature
until after the passage of a budget
bill does much to discourage the in
troduction of appropriation bills.
As to the cost of City government.
the people themselves by taking more
interest in municipal affairs, could
bring about more efficient and more
economical City Government and if
Cities would employ qualified per
sons to superintend their expendi
tures a great deal of waste could be
eliminated. If more careful consid
eration was given to the matter of
voting bonds, no doubt, in many in
stances, they would not be voted, but
as long as the people are demanding
more and more reduction in expense
cannot be expected, and only when
the time comes that the people and
their duly elected representatives
make up for that which is absolutely
necessary can they expect a reduc
tion in State, City, or Municipal
taxes.
Homey Philosophy for 1922
When the six cylinder's only hittin'
on four and we're good an' sore. Up
goes the hood and the old wrench
and pliers are dragged out. Soon
she's buzzing along again an' we set
tle back happy. If the old wagon
happens to be an eight of a twin
six, we'd throw a fit if every cylinder
didn't fire. How many of our own
cylinders are missing every day?
Even the slowest of us, the low-geared
boys, have quite a few not firing
and they're trying to get the old boat
up the hill under all sorts of handi
caps when a little examination an"
overhaulin' would shoot us up on
high.
Shoe Repair Work E. N. Gonty
Shoe store is now prepared to take
care of all shoe repair work. There
is a good man on the job. Bring
your shoe troubles to Gonty. Adv.
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Rev. MA. MATTHEWS
D.D..LL. D.
The Unbalanced Woman
If she is unbalanced or unseat
ed or out of her place, what is the
cause? Who is to blame? Who
brought about this change? There
is but one answer. Her God-de
creed protector is to blame. Man
is wholly responsible. The fed
eral head of the family is guilty.
Woman's place is home. Her
throne is the domestic circle. She
didn't leave it of her own volition.
She didn't sacrifice her Dlace vol
untarily. Man is wholly responsi-
Die tor the unbalanced condition
of woman. He is the federal head
of the family. It is his business
to provide and protect. And it
is his business to exercise the
righteous discipline necessary to
a perfect home and a good gov
ernment. He has utterly failed in
these last two duties. He has fail
ed through indulgence, because of
a lack of courage, a sense of re
sponsibility, and a willingness to
face his plain duty. He has prac
ticed indulgence until he has made
the woman extremely extravagant.
The average girl hates work,
despises domestic responsibility,
and is criminally conspiring to
avoid those high duties.
The man has neglected to build
the home, to make it attractive
and magnetic. Consequently, the
woman has gone out into the
world. Many of them because of
necessity have been forced into
the trades to live. Many of them
have gone out into the world be
cause the head of the family did
not perform his duty, did not make
the home happy, did not regulate
it. Women have been thrown into
the nerve-wracking conditions of
the outer world. The strain is too
great, her nerves are unsettled;
she is unbalanced. Her unbal
anced condition has oroduced a
state of extravagance, female reck
lessness, wnicn is jeopardizing the
whole domestic life of America.
The man is wholly to blame for
these wretched conditions.
If fathers do not bo back rn
their homes, and husbands do not
perform their duties as federal
heads of their families, the dom
estic life of America will suffer
irreparably. The suilt of the men
has unbalanced the women and
has produced social conditions
which brine the blush to evprv
cheek.
Heppner
Oregon
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