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THE GAZETTE-TIMES, HEPPNER. OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2R. 1922.
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OFFICIAL PAPER FOR MORROW COUNTY
A ROUT ANTS, ELEPHANTS AND
US
By Richard Lloyd Jones
Zoologists, who, in simpler language, are the
bug-clogists, after microscopically observing the
habit? and conduct of ants for years, bring us the in
teresting information that these busy little workers
in the humbler world are by their own voluntary
action the most moral of all living creatures.
The ant, they tell us. is so intelligent that we are
justified in trying to describe its existence by a kind
of allegorical comparison with human life.
Busy as are these minute little creatures, their
females are scrupulously clean. Several times each
day they better their appearance with combs and
brushes. The mothers are the only ones that are
allowed to eat all they want. AH others, by their
established law, must abstain from over eating and
drinking.
Soldier ants protect both the young and those
who care for the young. The mother ant is treated
w ith all the deference of an empress.
The ants limit their s!eep to just that which is
their need of rest and they destroy the drone and all
those who would attempt to over-indulge in leisure
or luxury.
They have architects and engineers. They build
houses and bridges to conform with definite plans.
They have their agriculture and horticulture and
have been observed to domesticate as many as 5S4
different kinds of creatures.
Wonderful is the story of the ant. Some of our
scientists who are better zoologists than sociologists
quote the old Hebrew saving of thousands of years
ago, "Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her
way, and suggest that there is much in the ant the
man might well try to emulate.
Oher scientists tell us to consider the elephant.
The Hindoo tells us that he gets good work from
that giant creature only so long as he is good to it
Should he abuse or offend it, he would lose the ele
phant's willingness to work and he might lose his
life by incurring the elephant s ire. To appease the
elephant, the Hindoo always feeds it before he hiro
self partakes of food.
That gentlenesss and generosity do much to gain
good work, is the moral lesson the scientist hands to
us as a result of these observations.
But who wants to be either an elephant or an
ant? Who would want to emulate their ways, m
teresting and perhaps intellectual as they appear
to be?
The elephant has none of the generosity for
which the scientific observer pleads. The elephant
says, Feed me first or I am likely to get mad and
kick the daylights out of you." There is nothing
in that sort of spirit worth emulating.
The ant is good to its own but it wars on every
other creature that it cannot subdue and use. There
is nothing so very big and magnanimous about that.
What is more, outside of the grotesque trick ele
phants in the circus ring, no scientist has ever call
ed upon us to see or hear an animal symphony, nor
have they shown us an animal-made picture or
gracfully formed statue. Has any one ever yet
seen an elephant pause in rapture before a gor
geous sunset?
What eye at the miscroscope has ever seen an
ant lay down its work upon its hill to hark to the
song of the lark?
Whatever are man's imperfections he is not only
the research student, the truth seeker, but what is
finer, he is the great appreciator. To be able to
appreciate the wonders of the world that in itself
is living the higher life.
motor car owners, and in this regard was typical of
the Pierce type of legislation.
He was one of the most virulent champions of
legislation to involve the state-in litigation against
patents which had been uniformly sustained by the
highest federal courts. Thus by his agitation and
vote he helped fasten upon the state highway fund
ot Uregon an expense for litigation and royalty
awards which probably will run far in excess of
$250,000.
The trouble with Mr. Pierce as a legislator was
that his ideas were impractical. He introduced
more bills than any other senator in every legisla
ture of which he was a member. Some had merit
and were enacted into law, but most of his meas
ures were of that impractical type which if passed
would have occasioned wasteful expense aggregat
ing huge sums.
In spite of his steady and heavy contributions
towards increasing taxes he constantly .orated about
the hardships of the overburdened taxpayer. His
speeches were so frequent and eloquently tearful
that in spite of his record he gradually won the rep
utation of being the taxpayers' friend. Had the
devil one-half his skill in pathetic oratory he would
convince the Christian world that he was the cham
pion of religion. Unintentionally, but because of
his wild and freakish ideas, he has proven to be one
of the principal causes of increasing the tax burden
upon farmers and other owners of property.
The Voter has twice published Mr. Pierce's leg-
islative record. It will remind its readers again,
going into more detail especially on matters which
relate to taxation. If the farmers of Oregon really
knew one-half of Mr. Pierce's legislative record on
taxes his ardent claims to be the friend of the tax
payer would make him a laughing stock among
them. Oregon Voter.
WALTER PIERCE AND TAXES
For Walter Pierce to pose before farmer au
diences as a sincere champion of tax reduction pre
sents so comic a spectacle that his hearers would
hoot him from the fair grounds were they familiar
with his tax record as State Senator.
Mr. Pierce voted for all the measures that con
tributed most to increasing state taxes and intro
duced more of those same measures than any other
member of the legislature.
He also introduced many bills which failed to
pass, but if they had been enacted, taxes would be
far higher than they are today.
Many salary increases given by the legislature
to state and county officers were voted for by Mr.
Pierce, although he was absent when many such
measures came to a vote and thus avoided going
on record in numerous specific instances.
He voted for nearly every appropriation bill
passed during all the time that he was in the legis
lature, thus by his vote helping sanction practically
ever' necessary and unnecessary state expenditure.
His negative votes on appropriation bills were few
and for between ; he was absent on roll calls for a
few and thus avoided going on record on those.
He bitterly opposed legislation the result of which
has been to relieve taxpayers from stupendous bur
dens which they would have had to carry if he had
had his way. The most conspicuous instance of
mis has been his steady and determined opposition
to paying for state highways out of bond issues fi
nanced entirely from proceeds of automobile li
censes and gasoline taxes. His alternative was a
direct tax and he introduced measure after measure
for direct taxes to finance the state highway sys
tem. He finally succeeded in carrying one of his
direct road tax bills, the market road bill, which
not only imposed compulsory state tax of one mill
on each county regardless of is desire to build mar
ket roads by direct taxation, but in effect forces
each county to tax itself another mill as the only
means of sharing any part of the proceeds from
the levy of the first mill. This two-mill tax was en
tirely unnecessary as provision could have been
made for financing the market roads from a part of
the proceeds of the gasoline tax and automobile li
cense fees.
He was the author of numerous bills to establish
different varieties of costly regulation. If enacted
those bills would have created unnecessary boards
and commissions together with a steadily increas
ing expense for administration.
He voted against the two principal consolidation
bills, for merging commissions, that were evolved
by the 1919 legislature, and by his vote contributed
towards their defeat.
Although his vote could have carried the measure
repealing obsolete gasoline test law, repealed a
ycur Inter, lie voted against the measure, thus caus
ing approximately $500,000 extra and unnecessary
expense from purchasers or gasoline in Oregon dur
ing tli at year. While this was .not a tax measure,
the vote was a wasteful and unnecessary tax upon
Railroads Will Grant
Special Reduced Rates
Railroads running to Portland will
give a special rate of a fare and a
half for the round trip from all points
in Oreiton for the Oregon Health Ex
hibit which is to be held at the Mu
nicipal Auditorium in Portland Oc
tober 28 to November 4, inclusive.
The exposition hat developed into one
of wide scope, with a large number of
exhibitors, and varied daily and
nightly programs of direct appeal to
the general public.
It will open with a grand pageant in
which Hygeia goddess of health, will
be crowned and homag will be paid
to her by the varioui medical and
nursing societies, after which there
will be a grand procession to all sec
tions of the exhibition.
Each day special program features
will be given, and there, will be clin
ics and free information on matters
of health and hygiene Many organi
lations are to take active part, and
there will be unique displays and
features setting forth the message of
good health and cleanliness. The slo
gan of the exposition ia "Live a little
longer." and its general purpose is
educational in lines of eliminating
preventabe diseases and safeguarding
against accidents. It is under the
auspices of the state board of health
and the city health bureau of Port
land supported by practically all the
public, semi-public and private health
agencies in Oregon.
The need of repairs and grade re- J section between Pilot Hock and I i r P ii HI U U U 1 1 U 1 H IJ H U M U M 1 H U 11 U 11 U U 1 1 H ; 1 1 U IE 1 1 11 f U M H M 1 tl t M 1 11 M 1 1 H H 1 1 ) 1
iluctng in places has long been felt by 1 ner to the coast will be over it in-
residents particularly, and the travel
ing public generally, who will be
gratified to know of its completion.
With the completion of this highway,
much of the motor travel from the
lead of via Pendleton. It will be the
logical highway for them. It will aUo
reduce time between here and Ukiah. ii
to which place there is much travel j
the year 'round. Piolot Rook Record, i
I Central Market I
The nine and seven-tenths miles of
highway leading south and west from
Pilot Rock up through Jack canyon,
toward Heppner, is about completed.
This is a unit of a highway penetrat
ing a fine section of country to the
south and west of Piolot Rock, con
necting at Heppner with the highway
leading to the coast.
On September 3 Walter M. Pierce declared him
self in favor of the compulsory school bill, and stat
ed that he would vote for it; on October 18, at Pen
dleton, his brother Charles informed the protestant
ministers of thai city that Walter does not support
the measure. That he was forced into espousing
it. Better "stay put" somewhere, Mr. Pierce, for
the voter on Tuesday, Nov. 7, may conclude that
you are lacking in conviction. In this case, the
very best thing to do is to vote for Ben Olcott; there
is no question as to where he stands.
ELOQUENT TALK AND SANE PER
FORMANCE The appearance on the stump of Governor Olcott
has brought confusion and dismay to our journal
istic Democratic friends who pose as nonpartisans.
For a long time they have been joyfully whispering
that Governor Olcott was "afraid to talk;" "lacked
the courage to meet the peerless Pierce in debate,"
and "wouldn't get out and meet the people and give
them an accunt of his stewardship." And now the
governor has stalked boldly into the arena; has
shown that not only is he not afraid to get out and
talk, but that he can speak to some purpose ; that he
lias conclusive and convincing arguments to offer
against the glittering generalities and unpersua
sive platitudes of the bryanesque Pierce; and that
the account of his stewardship is highly creditable
to him and has the full approval of the people.
From what our journalistic Democratic friends who
pose as nonpartisans have to say of the governer
and his clear and forcible statment, The Spectator
would have been better satisfied had he maintained
the silence of which they whisperingly spoke as a
sign of his weakness.
As The Spectator had something to do with the
appearance of Governor Olcott on the stump, it
naturally rejoices to note the good impression he
has made on the people. We may appear heartless,
but cannot refrain from remarking that this joy
quite smothers any feeling of regret we might feel
at the distress caused our journalistic Democratic
friends who pose as nonpartisans by the speeches
the governor has made and the enthusiastic wel
come he has received. Governor Olcott has never
sought, and probably could not achieve, reputation
as a spellbinder. He is no orator, as the bryanesque
Pierce is; great orators are rarely good executives.
If this were an ordinary campaign, the oratorical
Mr. Pierce, who can make the welkin ring with the
reverberations of his fiery eloquence, might be
thought to have an advantage over Governor Ol
cott. The lofty Rights of the rhetorical Mr. Pierce's
spread-eagleism are borne on the sky-scraping pin
ions of an untrammelled imagination; the Demo
cratic candidate permits no finical facts to impede
his eloquential volitation, and the only statistics he
carries on these excursions into the oratorical em
pyrean are the most volatile figures of speech.
But this is no ordinary campaign, as far as the
governorship is concerned, and, therefore, the elo
quent and promising Mr. Pierce has no advantage
over business-like and performing Governor Ol
cott. What Mr. Pierce might do as governor, we
do. not know, save what we may guess from his
record as a legislator. That proves him to have
been as wasteful in expending the public money
when, as legislator, it was in his power to do so as
he, as candidate for governor, is reckless in his
promises to reduce taxes over which, if elected, he
would have no control whatever.
Governor Olcott, who has been too busy looking
after the public's interests to study the arts and
wiles of oratory, has administered the state's affairs
in a wise, economical, and, as far as is possible,
business-like way. In his speech at Ontario on
Monday, the governor said some things that may
be quoted here, as they form the platform on which
he stands:
The people know that there never has been a time in
history when the state's institutions were in better con
dition than now; that executive appointments have
all been made within the four walls of the govern
or's office without listening to the clamor and cry of
clique or factions; that these appointments were based
entirely upon the qualifications of the appointees for the
place and that practically every appointment that has
been made to an elective office has been justified by the
people re-electing my appointee.
t ask yon to go back over the record of the adminis
tration and point, if yon may, where a breath of scandal
has been uttered against the governor's office. In all the
extravagant and misleading statements made where are
then any charges that the state's business is conducted
on anything but solid, safe, and conservative business
linear
There is an epitome of the record on which Gov
ernor Olcott seeks re-election. It can't be refuted.
Against that record of wise and economical per
formance we have a world of eloquent promises
that are impossible of accomplishment. Why trade
Governor Olcott for Mr. Pierce? The Spectator.
Practical Horseshoer
has taken entire charge
of the Scrviner Black
smith Shop.
GENERAL
BLACKSMITHING
Lame and interfering
horses carefully
attended.
Phone 512, Heppner
Shell Fisli!
DO YOU ENJOY SHELL
FISHT
Oysters
Clams
Crab
Served in any style to
your order.
Our Sunday dinner should
also attract you on these
warm summer days.
Bring the !fe and have
dinner with us.
Elkhorn Restaurant
" Heppner
Gilliam & Bisbee's
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Come in and get the County
Agent's machine for the dry treat
ment of your wheat Copper Car
bonate. The work is perfectly
done and economically. Get your
order in early as it takes some
time to make one.
We have sold all kinds of grain
drills and have decided that the
Kentucky double-run feed is the
best suited for this territory.
Come in and look them over for
yourself.
The Revolving weeder is the
one that gets the weeds.
If your are going to use the dry
treatment for your seed wheat,
you can not afford to pass up the
Calkins machine.
ANNOUNCEMENT
I have bought out the business of Mr.
Roy Whiteis and sdlicit the continued pat
ronage of his customers, in return for which
I guarantee first-class service.
L VAN MARTER.
Fire, Auto and Life Insurance
REAL ESTATE
Patrick Hotel Bldg. Heppner, Ore.
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WILL you have
, your old suit
I fixed up, or buy a
I new one? Either
f way, see
1 Lloyd Hutchinson
Where LEAN
Thev LUltlb.S
I FRESH AND CURED MEATS I
Fish In Season
1 Take home a bucket of our lard. It 1
is a Heppner product and is as
good as the best.
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Announcement
I have secured the STUDEBAKER Agency
for this territory and will be able to
supply this popular car.
The LIGHT SIX at . $1,190.00
The SPECIAL SIX at $1,525.00
The BIG SIX at ... $1,950.00
The Light Six at this price is the best car bar
gain for this country. These prices
are for delivery here.
KARL L BEACH, Le xington, Oregon
The Brunswick
- Phonograph
We have just received a large shipment, consisting of
several styles and including the "COLONIAL,"
which is one of the new Consul models.
The BRUNSWICK Plays All Records
Come In For Demonstration
Brunswick October Records Now On Sale
You want to hear "Rock Me in My Swanee Cradle"
Brunswick No. 2296 ,
Jack Mulligan
Sherman-Clay & Co.'s Representative, at
Harwood's Jewelry
Store
Odd Fellows Bldg., Heppner
Sheet Music Phonographs Records
BLANKETS
OREGON CITY WOOL
. EN MILLS
"HUDSON BAY"-Virgin Wool, and no bet
ter blanket made. For a cheaper blanket
we also carry the "FRESNO" a standard
brand.
PENDLETON INDIAN ROBES AND
SHAWLS
Fine Showing in Artistic Patterns
and Colorings.
Sam Hughes Co. 1
Phone Main 962
Two Incomes
w:
rHEN John D. Rockefller was a strug
riine vounff bookkeener in Cleveland
he laid the foundation for his now great for
tune by putting into operation a very old
but positive law of success.
He wasn't satisfied with a $9 per week sal
ary. He naturally wanted more but he
had only one pair of hands and one head.
So he saved AND PUT MONEY TO WORK
for him his savings. Then he had TWO
incomes instead of one.
Two incomes are better than one. Your
wage, salary or crop profit may be fine but
when money comes to you in the form of in-,
terest as well as the other then you are
on the road to a comfortable old age.
TODAY is never too late to start a saving
account. It will pay you 4 percent here.
Fir National Bank
HEPPNER, OREGON