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JV;K TV,.) THE GAZETTE-TIMES, IIErPNER. OREGON, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 23, 1922. The Gazette -Times THE I'KTrSlH OAJimE, rti:ihed liana JO, IS? lliT ri,!'i'NiK TIVK.S. Established Norem I Consolidated February 15, 1S12 ber 18, 1SS2. I I oH!U' od every Tiir?, i,t Morring by VAWTER AND SILENCER CRAWFORD nd entered t the post of ce at Hpppner, Oregon as seeond-class matter. OFFICIAL PArER FOR MORROW COUNTY Tho Economic Grab Game By Richard Lloyd Jones CO.MPAKr tV,e finest Oregon apple vith a wild crab anJ you have a simple parallel of the un Hdnig reiincirients of political and economic institutions. We found the apple ild anj we tamed ft. We to k 'he sccJ of she best fruit and planted again. replanting only the best, protecting the trees from the insect foes, giving battle to the wrecking worm. e have through a generation of trees pro duced maielous fruit. This is not an illogical picture to present in the cphmJc a'ion of railroads. A lot of people think that e are going to the dogs. Ex-Senator Petti grew of S.uith Dakota, one of our brightest but niot pessimistic public men. has recently written a bock to tell us how topsy-turvy everything is and that e are headed for the bow-wows. We are not going to the bow-wows. The good Senator is wrong. He points to the danger of com binations in business. The very danger that he fears is bringing into life the perfected fruit of gov ernment control with ultimate government owner ship of the common carriers of the country. When we reach that good goal w e are going to create out of those common carriers a revenue which will greatly reduce our tax burden. It is a pruning process, a program of selection and development of that which brings promise of the better until we get the best. We used to be afraid 0 railroad mergers. We used to pass laws to prevent them. We thought it a terrible system for small railroads to get together and organize one large system. Now we think it fine. We're encouraging it. The trouble is, a lot of fellows who were progressives in 1S39 haven't yet got the progressive view of 1922. Four big railroads, the Northern Pacific, Great Northern, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and Chi cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul are today talking merger. This is not a terrible contemplation. We should hope for its consummation. It is just mak ing one fine, big apple out of four smaller ones. It's improving the fruit on our national economic and industrial tree. If you want to see a line of old railroad crabs just look at ny passing freight train. It's a kaleid oscopic picture of a monumental mix-up, a moving panorama of the inefficiency and waste of a lot of little crab roads. On that passing freight train you will see cars marked New York Central, Southern Pacific, Bos ton and Maine, Denver & Rio Grande, Southern, Great Northern, Lackawana, Illinois Central, Wa bash, Florida East Coast, Soo Line, Texas and Pa cifis and so on to the caboose. Every one of those cars has to be distributed back to the four corners of the continent until they get on their own little siding. Petty, little sour crabs, belonging to an ancient transportation tree. The United States mail pouch is a mail pouch anywhere from Maine to Arizona. Any railroad car should be the same. The more they merge the better and when we get one big merger of all railroads, the next step will be for the government to take them over, run them, acquire the profit and spend it in running the busi ness of the government, thereby reducing the tax burden upon the tax payer. Railroads, like apples, get better as they get big ger. It's a great and grand grafting game just like pruning up the trees for the finer product. We are going ahead, each day nearer to a more perfect product. The popl of that city have undertaken one of the (treat mechanical romance! of modern times. They will develop 550.000 horsepower from Skagit river. Ruby reservoir, 1600 feet above tea level, will be 25 miles long and its dam 40 feet high, and water will feed through a tunnel 34 miles to Ruby power house 800 feet lower down, developing 325.000 horsepower. Gor reservoir, still lower, will be four miles long, with a dam 600 feet long and 40 feet high, the water passing through two tunnels, each two miles long, to Gorge power house, where 225,000 horsepower will be developed. The great surge of industry from the Skagit river project will be turned into the industries and the homes of Seattle, to give it an electrified advantage over competitor cities. Why not put Portland on an electric parity with Che halis? Chehalis has a fine new city hall. But the taxpayers of Chehalis levied no tax to pay for it. They issued no bonds. They constructed the new building, which com bines municipal offices, the fire and police bureaus and the municipal court, from the profits of their municipal lighting system. Chehalis does not generate electric current, but buys it from a private corporation. It buys for 4 cents a kilowatt and sells for 7 cents. Seven cents a kilowatt is a fraction of a cent less than the first rate paid in Portland by customers of the lighting companies. The race in the West is to be to the strong. The in dustrial future of any Western city is to be gauged by its utilisation of hydro-electric power opportunities. The growth of industry together with expansion of port, distributive and marketing facilities, will determine the future prosperity of any Western city. Washington cities are going ahead electrically. Cal ifornia communities are the most highly developed elec ally in the nation. Why not pnt Portland on an electric parity in ser vice and cost of service with her competitors? Portland has the opportunity to not merely at tain a parity with her competitors but to outdis tance all cities in the nation in the electric race. All the big proposed projects on the Columbia are with in the transmission radius of Portland. Up here we think the Umatilla rapids project should be first constructed because the cost would be compara tively low, the engineering task simple, and land to be irrigated is adjacent to the project. How ever, if a disinterested survey should show some other project as the favorite for early work we will be for it. What we want is development and from the standpoint of Oregon's influence Portland holds the key. If Portland will devote to Columbia river de velopment one half the energy that was wasted on the fair proposition we will secure results that will be far more lasting than could be obtained from any exposition. Pendleton fast Oregonian. Live Cecil News Items. Congratulations are extended to Mr. and Mrs. Joe White who were married at The Dalles on Tuesday November, 14. Mrs. White was Miss Mary Ellis of The Willows. Cards are issued by the happy couple for a re ception which will be held on Satur day evening at their new home near The Willows. Judge Robinson Ione'a leading at torney acrompained by Ed Bristow the genial General Dealer of lone and hi son Edmund were roaming round the Cecil hills early Sunday morning in search of geese, or what ever they could catch. Results at hand Master Harvey Smith of Four Mile visited his friend Noel Streeter at Cecil on Sunday. The young hunts men left in search of all kinds of game, but they never saw jack rabbit and landed horn disgusted with their days outing. Mr. and Mrs, C. W. McNamer, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Kinney and. John J. Kelly some of the leading citisens of Heppner made a short call in Cecil on their return journey from Port land where they took in the sights of the Stock show. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Ally of Forest Grove have been busy looking after their property near Cecil and visiting their old neighbors at tho same tine. We were pleased to see Mrs. Allyn so much improved after her recent serious operation. Ellis Minor made a short stay in Cecil on his return journey from Portland before leaving for hia ranch near lone. We were glad to hear from Ellis that his father is improving since he arrived in Portland. Mrs. J. H. Samuels and children of Athena arrived at Willow creek ranch the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Chand ler on Tuesday and will spend some time visiting before returning home. Peter Bauernfiend of Cecil is visit ing friends in lone and Heppner for a few days before leaving for Paso Robles Springs, California, when he will take treatments for a few months Miss Violet Hynd and Miss Haiel Anderson of Heppner and several Portland Holds the Key THE delegates to the open river conference are welcome guests in Pendleton. This place is not on the Columbia yet it has shown more in terest than any other community in the cause of river development. Our interests are three fold. As the capital of a wheat producing territory this city is interested in barge navigation on the Colum bia so as to reduce freight rates. We are interest ed in greater power development and it irrigation through pumping which may be brought about through harnessing the waters of the Columbia. It is now well recognized that to open the river we must develop its power resources. The swift water at various places in the stream prohibits barpe navigation. At present powerful boats may navigate the Columbia and Snake as far as Lewis ton but we have no real commercial navigatipn. We won't have until the river is further improved or a type of boat is produced that will revolutionize our method of water transportation " '" But the dirficulty that confronts us is blessing in disguise. We need power as badly as "we need cheaper transportation. . Most of the power' devel opment has been on a private basis and the. aim has naturally been minimum development and max-J imum rates. We pay high for-eiectncity tor ngni ing purposes. The rates are such as to make elec tricity prohibitive for heating purposes and almost prohibitive for industrial purposes. We, need cheaper electricity so that it may be more general lv used. Our railroads should be electrified and much of our arid land should be watered through pumping by electricity. ' - There is plenty of potential power available. Kcarly one third the prospective water 'power of ihe nation is in the Columbia basin. The total pos-s'bl- livdro-electric power of the region runs above 70 million horse power. 'Three projects on the r. .-, the Bonneville, Celilo and Umatilla rapids pri'vets, mav be made to produce over 2,000,000 horse newer.' The task is to get the river harnessed. Pendleton has no more interest than other towns a securing development of the river. Our selfish i.-.i.v : k in the matter are not as great as those of rvrtund. Many in Portland have not yet awakened Ic Hie fact but the real destiny of. our metropolis is t& v.p with this subject and forever, will be. A line on what Columbia power development Pnnfand was rettentlv given by the Ore- rv, . Journal in the following editorial, which is wor-J uy of reproduction: . .. Wl y not put Port!e4 on an electric parity with la- S'he avemg. householder in tnai cuy w . ... .t.i -i-.ii, . m nsl unnraximatlng i. . - nv -i-.., ji, . cost aDorvximating n im,nth He Is able to buy current for house heatingfrom hi. municipal plant at ete kilowatt boor. H. Is able to electrify his borne tomplttely at a rost of about 'vVhy Jofimt Tortland on 0 Vr 6f- attleT Prison Helps the Farmer WHETHER the officials of the International Harvester Company have been more inter ested in marriages than in machinery may not be decided, but figures given out by the census bureau would indicate that the trust had better pay closer attention to business if it hopes to keep up the exploitation of men who till the soil. The census department shows that in 1921 there has been a decrease of 41 per cent in the total val ue of farm machinery products sold as compared with the year before. The largest percentages of decrease appear in horse-drawn vehicles and in tractors and traction engines. This is a tremendous falling off, but while it has been in progress price reductions on farm machin ery manufactured at the Minnesota State prison, granted in response to a request by the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation, have saved farmers 'Of that state $150,000 in a year. A report from this prison shows that 7,108 farm machines have been sold in the last twelve months, including particularly binders, mowers and rakes, This represents an increase of 139 per cent in the use of binders, 38 per cent in the sale of mowers, and 10 per cent increase in the consumption of rakes. The manufacture of farm machinery in the State prison comes as a result of farm bureau activity and should prove an inspiration to other states, for seemingly a way has been found to get at least the thin edge of the wedge into the iron ring the Har vester trust has held around the throat of the farm er for years. It has been contended that putting on the market the products of prison labor would unhorse busi ness, but if the Harvester trust be unhorsed, no body will grieve very much. . The farmers pay their share for the support of the restricted criminals, so it is not a bad idea for them to get something out of the labor of their wards. f I School to Save Human Life 1-LAT dwellerein New York are now to be H blessed in the erection of a bacteriology build ing in which the public will be shown how to prevent disease. .. A museum with models will demonstrate how to eradicate rats and flies, and how to ditch to do away with malarial mosquitoes, and how to indulge in home pasteurizing of milk. Also the sanitary hand ling of food and the proper kind of plumbing that should be installed in the public safety will be shown.' Truly New York is a wonder city. Medically there is nothing like it in the world. Your million aire ravs $10,000 for an operation from skilled hands that perform the same operation on the needy free of charge. For the poor the city is a medical and surgical paradise. Forward looking men of course have now come to see that prevention is becoming more and more necessary in the practice of medicine. In the old days doctors were taught how to cure disease. Now they are being taught how to prevent it. It is high time the national and state govern ments recognized the necessity of following New York's lead. , The elections are over. Our new government officials will soon be in harness. What a relief it would be if they would spend some of the public money for the preservation of the public health. . New York has the advantage of a great concen tration of medical skill that does not exist in the country, but the principles of health consrevation apply alike in all districts. Why cannot the national and state health depart ments' educate the people to health preservation through officially advertised instructions and talks to the people signed by the proper authorities. The newspaper is the vehicle to spread this knowldge. We have said this before, but sometimes it takes a surgical operation to get an idea into the head of the government. ' ; Shell Fish! DO YOU ENJOY SHELL FISH! Oysters Clams Crab Served in any style to your order. Our Sunday dinners are an attraction and should appeal to you. Save the wife extra work Sundays by taking din ner with us just bring the whole family along. Elkhorn Restaurant Heppner Gilliam & Bisbee's j& Column j& Come in and get the County Agent's machine for the dry treat mept 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. gentlemen friends were the guests of "The Mayor" after taking in the dance at Cecil on Saturday. Our sympthies are extended to Mrs. Geo. A. Miller and family of High view ranch. Mrs. Miller's father pass ed away on Novemter, 11, at Battle ground, Washington. Mrs. Karl Farnsworth who has been visiting friends in Heppner re turned to her home at Rhea Siding on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Ashur Montague and children of Eight Mile and friends from Free water were calling in Cecil on Sunday. Miss Annie C. Hynd of Butterby Flats left on Monday for Heppner where she will visit for some time, Mr. Kellogg manager of tho Tum-a-Lum Co. of lone waa doing business on Willow creek druing tho week. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. McEnUre and children of Killarney were doing busi ness in Arlington on Thursday. Mr. Sydney White of Portland was looking up bis friends in tho Cecil vicinity on Saturday. Everrett Logan of Heppner spent Wednesday and Thursday in Cecil. H. J. Streeter was a business man i in lone on Tuesday. Mrs. C. C. Chick, wife of Pr. Chick of Heppner is a patient at the local hospital following an operation which was preformed upon her yesterday morning. Pendleton Tribune. Miss Neva Hayes is leaving this morning for a two weeks vacati which she will spend with relatives at Eugene and Portland. Pendleton Tribune. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Office at La Grande, Oregon, November 18. 1932. Notice is hereby given that William Cunningham, of Lena, Oregon, who, on August U, 1920, made Additional Homestead En try. No. 017877, for WKSW. SE4 SW14, Section -20, NfcNWfc, SE14 NW14NW14, Section 29, NEKNE14, Section SO, Township S South, Range 29 East, Willamette Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make Fi nal three-year Proof, to establish claim to tho land above described, be- for United States Commissioner, at Heppner, Oregon, on the 12th day of January, 1923. Claimant names as witnesses: Paul Hisler, of Heppner, Oregon; Percy Cox, of Heppner, Oregon; Frank T. Peery, of Lena, Oregon; L. L. Hiatt, of Lena, Oregon. CARL G. HELM, Register. lllllllllllUlumillllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliiillllllilllllU: ll!!lllllll!ll!!!!il!ll!ill!l!i!i!illl!!lllllliin IT'S TOASTED one extra process which gives a delioious flavor I t WILL you have your old suit fixed up, or buy a new one? Either way, see Lloyd Hutchinson Where i They LEAN LOTHES LEAN 0 1 MM 1 ?iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiir Gilliam & Bisbee 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, Lexington, Oregon IS Lets Play It Over Again That's what you both will say when you hear the latest Brunswick hits fresh from Broadway. They're catchy and tuneful and the dances are so jaizy you can't keep your feet still. Come in and hear the wonderful Brunswick Super-Feature records today. If yon haven't a Brunswick Phonograph this wiU be a good time to learn how It excels in tone, the utter absence of vibra , tion or metallic suggestion. Models are beautiful, the range of prices suits every pocket book; payment can be arranged in accordance with our con venient monthly plan. - Say to Father "I want a Brunswick" 1 Then explain how comfortably he can gat It for you and bring him to our shop to hear it He will enjoy a Brunswick Just as much as you and your friends. Everyone who appre ciates the best muaie should own a Brunswick the favorite of musicians.' 2311 "Tricks" ' 2317 "Panorama Bay" "Dancing Fool" "Thru the Night" . 2328 "Tomorrow" "I Wish I Knew" 2318 "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise" "Eleanor" ' 2335 Why Should I Cry Over You." ' "Gee, But 1 Hate to Go Home Alone" . Jack Mulligan ShermanClay" &. Co.'s Representative, at Harwood's Jewelry Store Odd Fellows Bldg., Heppner ,V Sheet Music Phonographs Records Music Rolls Cc:p Painted Vccdwcrk CLEAN Uean wooaen noons, imuieum, tile, marble, concrete, with SAFOLIO Makes all house- cleaning easy. Large cake No waste gca Hkiu'i Seas Ca. New Tent, U.S. A. BLANKETS OREGON CITY WOOL- p 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 I SHAWLS Fine Showing in Artistic Patterns and Colorings. Sam Hughes Co. j Phone Main 962 Good Printing Is Our Hobby The Gazette-Times HOUSE CLEANING TIME Calls, among other things, for a good Broom We have just received a large shipment of excellent brooms, at remarkably low prices quality considered. - A white enamel broom holder free with each Phelps Grocery Company PHONE 53