THE G A ZKTTK-TI M KS. IIEITXER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1022,
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L. MONTERESTELLI
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
Lowden Family Home Again
The Byers Chop Mill
t Formerly SCHEMPP-S MILL)
STEAM ROLLED BARLEY AND WHEAT
After the 20th of September will handle Gasoline, Coal
Oil and Lubricating Oil
You Will Find Prompt and Satisfactory Service Here
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m Just as excitement over the naming of Goldstein b President
Harding is at its height, Frank A. Lowden, former Governor oi
Illinois, and his family get back to America, perhaps to figure in the
political news of the day. Picture shows the former Governor and his
son and Mrs. Lowden and their daughter. Miss Frances, snapped as
they were starting ashore when the ocean greyhound. Olympic reached
New York from the other side.
realized by those who loan money for
purposes of investment.
Today there is a serious specula
tive element in building within al
most all of the larger communities of
the country, and this affects the rates
at which money is loaned for build
ing purposes. Conditions must be es
tablished by which each of the groups
interested in the building industry
may receive fair treatment and by
which the public will also receive fair
treatment. Nobody is benefited by a
situation which leads to permanent
stagnation in the building industry,
and least of all those who are pecun
iarily interested in the building
trades. All groups pecuniarily inter
ested in these trades must make sac
rifices and all should be willing to
sacrifice for the public good. A real
partnership of endeavor to better the
building situation will lead to definite
and concrete results. The general
public, which .suffers most from the
present situation, is not easily arous
ed in many of the larger communi
ties of the country against profiteer
ing landlords. It will be aroused
against labor organizations, material
men and contractors, unless these
several interests set their own houses
in order. A constructive program
for better housing renders it nec
essary that all of these groups cease
their present improper practices.
Community Service
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Eastern Oregon better than ever before
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SERIOUS HANDICAP
All Other Prices Slowly But
Surely Dropping Back to
Normal Is Housing
Experts Claim
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WELL DRILLER
Lexington, Ore. 5
Box 14
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all sizes of hole and depths.
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Contends That Combinations
Exist Among Material
Men and in Labor
Union Circles
Editor's Note: Walter F. Dodd,
an attorney of Chicago, was selected
as general chairman of the Public
Committee of Five on Housing when
that organization was formed Novem
ber 30, 1921. The committee began
an extensive investigation into the
housing problem not only in Chicago
but throughout the United States. It
was from this investigation that Mr.
Dodd drew the conclusions he pre
sents herewith.
GRADUATIN' DAY
The graduatin' days have come,
the brightest of the year. Take off
yer hat, an' smile out loud, an" don't
forget to cheer. It s good to see em
graduate, jes' like their mother did
back there when Dad played hookey,
like a good-fer-nothin' kid. There's
nothin' else fer them to do they've
got to step down off the stage, to
make room fer the rest. There's
others comin' on the trail a-pushin
that away; it keeps the old world
rollin' round, in circles, as they say.
It allers makes me happy like to
watch 'em, as it were, an' see 'em get
diplomys never dreamin' what
they're fer. They'll plunge into the
sea of life, an grab at every straw,
an' lots of 'em will be surprised, the
During the war little building was
done. With the termination of the
war it was apparent that there was
great shortage of places in which
people could live. This shortage has
led to a continued high level of
rentals, and to an overcrowding of
people, to the detriment of life and
health.
Movements in New York, Massa
chusetts, Illinois and other states for
The Corner Stone
In every structure is a headstone from which
is determined its strength.
In the structure of savings it is tried and
proved which stands for all that is safest and
soundest.
A young artist unversed in financial matters
returned home from a business trip to find his
mother had invested her savings in a promotion
Hiterpme which offered a very tempting 9,
"It's no good," he said.
"But you don't know about it yet," said the
mother.
"I know that any 'outside' investment
wherein anyone with small capital can buy
stock and which offers more than 6 has an el
ement of risk in it which you can ill afford," he
replied.
Two years later events forced the mother to
sdl and after all the "special clauses" had
been observed, the interest she received on her
money was less than IVi'Jd. .
WE PAY 4 PER CENT ON SAVINGS.
FARMERS & STOCKGROWERS
NATIONAL BANK
HER BEAUTY BEST
IN PROFILE
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Mile. Hugette Morny, just 20, is
said to have the most beautiful pro
file in the world. She is known as
the Queen of the French Movies.
What does Will Hays say?
the regulation of the rental of dwell
ing premises have to some extent
met a temporary emergency situation,
and restricted profiteering upon the
part of landlords who have enjoyed
a temporary monopoly.
Kental legislation has, however,
been a mere makeshift. The only
permanent solution for the housing
situation is the construction of more
houses. A permanent high cost of
dwelling construction and a perma
nent domination of the situation by
dishonest labor men and dishonest
material men must be met in order
that a new period of dwelling con
struction may begin.
The cost of living is gradually ad
justing itself with respect to other
items of expense, but the reduction
as to other items is still in many
communities more than offset by the
high rates of rental. In the city of
Chicago and in many other larger
urban communities it now appears
that rents are likely to go higher,
rather than be reduced in the near
future.
The Bic Handicap
The building situation in all of the
larger communities of the country is
now handicapped by combinations of
material men which maintain the
price of building material; by leader
ship in the unions of the building
trades of corrupt and incompetent
leaders; and by restrictive agree
ments among material men, labor or
ganizations and contractors, which
increase the pnee of building con
struction. The Lockwood Commis
sion in New York and the Dailey
Commission in Illinois , have done
something to expose conditions in
the building industry in the cities of
New York and Chicago. However,
recent developments appear to indi
cate that it is impossible to convict
corrupt labor leaders in the city of
Chicago.
The Landis award issued in Sep
tember, 1921, stands not merely for
a lower wage scale in the city of Chi
cago, but is more important as rep
resenting an effort to get away from
restrictive practices which are sup
ported not merely by labor organi
zations but by material men and con
tractors as well. The Landis award
has, however, as yet not led to ma
terial improvement in the city of
Chicago, tecause neither labor or
ganizations nor material organiza
tions have supported it with honesty,
A Real Partnership.
The time has come for the recogni
tion that something drastic must be
done in order that persons of moder
ate means may be enabled to build
homes for themselves. In order to
accomplish this result it must be rec
ognized that all elements in the com
munity have a partnership interest
in the construction of proper dwell
ings for the housing of their people
This partnership is one which musl
be realized in a definite and concrete
way by material men, labor organiza
tions and contractors. It must be
Homey Philosophy for 1922
Wouldn't it be a great thing if ev
ery one of us was his own Chiro
practor not worryin' so much about
our spines, except to straighten the
corkscrew spine brigade but gener
ally goin in for adjustment. Here
we've got this great an' glorious
world handed over to us an we re
makin' a whole lot of rumpus be
cause we haven t got the furniture
in the right place an the house
upset. . Instead of settin' to work to
straighten up, we sit down in the con
fusion an' despair. When the good
wife empties the dust pan into the
yard she puts the little particles of
dirt where they belong. Every gram
of sand fits in. It's dirt only when
it's put where it doesn't belong.
Lets get down to try in a littje ad
justment. There's lots of crooks that
would be geniuses if they were in
their proper places.
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Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Beeson of Can-
by who have been visiting with Mr,
and Mrs. Geo. Henriksen of Straw
berry ranch, returned home Wednes
day, accompanied by Mrs. Geo. Hen'
riksen and Miss Annie Hynd of But
terby Flats.
George White of The Willows was
a caller at Cecil on Saturday.
Chas. Blackert, who has been vis
iting in Idaho for the past few
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worst you ever saw ! ooa Diess tnese
noble boys an gals I say it from
my heart they're startin' out with
smiles an' tears, each one to do his
part. There ain't no better cargo to
load on the Ship of State, man a
band of these here children on the
day they graduate. The Sea of Life
is deep and wide it's miles an'
miles to land; it ain't the same as
"Jurdan's Banks," where us old fel
lers stand. They've got to pierce the
clouds of Fate, an' breast the murky
wave. Lord, stick around an' watch
'em close, an' see that they behave.
months, returned to the home of A. caller in Cecil on Friday.
Henriksen on Wednesday, declaring;
that sunny Cecil is hard to beat. I
Dick Logan, lone high school stu
dent, spent the week-end at his home. Qn prj(jay
He had come down to see how his j
A. Henriksen spent a few days
in fcndlcton this week.
Grover Curtiss was a Cecil caller
CHARLIE ROBERTSON
IN A HERO ROLE
father's crops were progressing.
A number of Cecilifes took in the
hnrd times dance in lone on Satur
day. All report having the time of
their lives.
Mrs. Geo. Krebs of The Last Camp
returned home Saturday after spend
ing a few days in neppner witn
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Hardesty and E.
B. Gorton of Morgan visited with
Mr. Henry Streeter on Friday.
Miss Edyth Swick of Rhea Siding
was the week-end guest of Miss
Grace Palmateer of Four Mile.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Thomson and
sons of Heppner were looking up
their Cecil friends Saturday.
Mrs. F. Tollesoa and children of
Heppner visited with Mrs. Jack Hynd
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Hershal Coy of lone and A. C.
Hynd of Cecil took in the ball game
at Arlington on Sunday.
Doris Logan spent a few days in
Heppner this week looking up her
friends.
Miss Violet Hynd spent a few days
at her home in sunny Cecil this
week.
Homer Nash of The Dalles was
looking up his Cecil friends on Fri
day.
Jack Hynd made a hurried trip to
the county seat on Saturday.
Mis Ruby Corrigall of Heppner
wa- a O-cil caller on Friday.
Crystal Roberts was a business
HEMSTITCHING.
I have installed a hemstitching
machine at my apartment in the Gil
man building fcnd will give all orders
for work in that line my best atten
tion. Your patronago is solicited.
a6-tf. Mrs. C. C. Patterson.
FOR SALE One 1918 model used
Dodge car; also Oakland used car.
See Cohn Auto Co., Heppner. tf.
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Octogenarian But a High Flier
Adolph Mullen, 85 years old. a retired farmer, saw an aeroplane for
the first time a week ago, and decided to fly from Queens Aerodrome,
Long Island, to his old farm near Albany. He says he enjoyed the thrill
of his young life. Photo shows the aged flier waving good-bye as plane
left the ground.
When he pitched a no-hit, no-run
game without a man reaching first,
this pet of the White Sox didn't
realize he would get writer's cramp
from autographing baseballs for
pretty girl baseball fans, but that is
just what happened. The girls kept
Charlie busier than his player opponents.
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Rev. MA. MATTHEWS
D.D..LL. D.
THE CRIME WAVE
Crime is on the increase regard
less of the statements of heretical
pulpit parasites who say the world'
is getting better. There are un
mistakable reasons for the in
crease. First: Your children are not
taught the Bible. Less than twenty-five
per cent of the children of
the country can recite the Ten
Commandments correctly. Ignor
ance of the Bible increases crime.
Second: You have preached
that damnable crime producing
lie, namely, "jhere is no sin," un
til its effect is now felt in the
wave of theft, arson, and murder.
Third: You have yielded to the
infamous, demon-possessed-feminine-maudlin
sentiment which looks
upon the criminal as a hero and
the jails as rest resorts until you
have destroyed the idea of pun
ishment. Consequently crime in
creases. Fourth: Your lax, criminally
lax, enforcement of law has in
creased crime. Your juries are
cowards and your judges are with
out judicial conscience or a penal
backbone. Their sentences are a
curse to law anfl an encourage
ment to the criminal.
The time has come to demand
that all people, and especially the
courts and their officers, shall re
spect law and enforce its stern de
mands upon criminals regardless
of political fear or favor.
Heppner
Oregon