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Tilt GAZETTE-TIMES. HEITNER. OREGON. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1922 r Subscribers Can Help Fifty Thousand Dollars For a Strawberry Plant r.r,i: idi'i: Poem by Improve Own Service 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 SIIIUIIIIIIillllllllllllllMlllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllUllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllS I A. M. EDWARDS I 1 WELL DRILLER, Box 14, Lexington, Ore. Up-to-date traction drilling outfit, equipped for all sizes of hole 5 5 and depths. Write for contract and terms. Can furnish you CHALLENGE SELF-OILING WINDMILL all steel. Light Running, Simple, Strong, Durable. 3 Siiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiimiiuii; Pioneer Employment Co. With Two Big Offices PENDLETON AND PORTLAND Is prepared to handle the business of Eastern Oregon better than ever before Our Specialties Farms, Mills, Camps, Hotels, Garages, Etc. WIRE RISH OHDERS AT OCR EXFE.1SE FartUai OSeo 14 H. tm It. Only Employment Office in Eastern The Byers (Formerly SCHEMPP'S MILL) STEAM ROLLED BARLEY AND WHEAT We handle Gasoline, Coal Oil and Lubricating Oil You Find Prompt and Satisfactory Service Here LOOKING 181 iill Thus, periods of prosperity are marked by increases in commercial as well as sav ings deposits. Periods of readjustment, with their accompanying problems of un employment, show themselves in a de cline of commercial deposits and a slight change of savings deposits. And as times become better and the future looms big with possibilities, bank deposits grow again and business comes to life. As we look ahead the best advice that this bank can give is: "GET YOUR FINANCES WELL IN HAND. BUILD UP YOUR CHECKING AC COUNT. PREPARE YOURSELF TO MEET OPPORTUNITY WITH A CASH RESERVE AND CREDIT POS SIBILITIES." FARMERS & STOCKGROWERS NATIONAL BANK Hcppncr FeadlrtM OlH 111 B. Wekk It. Oregeii with Connections in Portland Chop AHEAD NATION'S industrial situa tion shows itself, as a rule, in the statements issued by the banks of the country. Oregon 1 riity uiousana uoiiars ror a trawperry nam fry.-, V y&re fix ftTT itWl Frank E P.Mttv. of Three River. HockhilL of Connd, la., $50,000 tor an everbearing plant which has taken fourteen years to develop. The mes grown on this plant are gigantic Mr Beattyhas named it the Rockh.ll berry COOPERATIVE MAR- By R. A. WARD, President, Oregon Cooperative Council, in Ore gon Voter. A group of the nation's leading business men who have recently been lending their assistance to farmers' marketing activities in the South and Middle West have termed this form of marketing the greatest economic advance of a century. Cooperative marketing has made substantial progress in Oregon. It has its problems, the same as any other type of business but these pro blems are being met as they arise. For fear that your comment on coopera tive marketing in The Voter of Nov ember 11 may raise doubts and fears which are without foundation, we desire to set forth a few facts con cerning the marketing movement that may be helpful in a discussion of this important phase of agricultural en deavor. Unfortunately, but comparatively few of our business men are aware of the real progress that has been made or the fact that for the most part, the cooperatives are being conducted successfully along sound business lines. It is only fair to state that the state-wide commodity cooperatives now doing business in Oregon have, through the channels open to them, adopted distributing and accounting systems which fit their needs fairly well and which have been adopted from older cooperatives and private business with such improvements as the exigencies of the local situation required. There is an erroneous opin ion which should be corrected, to the effect that the state-wide farmers' cooperative organizations are not conducted along sound business lines. This has no doubt been gained from the fact that one of the Oregon co operatives did fail about a year ago, perhaps for this reason, but there is no more reason why this insinuation should be cast on cooperatives than that we should conclude the banking system in Oregon to be a failure be cause of the failure this past year of several banks, one in particular of long business experience. We know certain banks who are only too fami liar with the failure or near failure in very recent years of several large private concerns engaged in the cann ing, lumbering, wheat, wool, and live stock loan business. From a perusal of the record of business failures during the past twelve months, it ap pears that the mortality in the ranks of private businesses is larger than among cooperatives. On the whole, the Oregon cooperatives have had as low an operating expense for the commodities handled as in the case of private concerns. The Voter's comment on credit and finances being extended to coop atives by banks on very liberal terms with resultant loss to said banks I does not square with the facts as they exist among the cooperatives doing business in Oregon today. We are ac quainted with the financial career of three successful cooperatives do ing an annual business running into the millions of dollars, and we have been informed by leading Portland bankers that not a cent has been lost in extending these cooperatives cred it facilities. As to that phase of financing dealing with the issuance of commercial paper by cooperatives in a form that will meet with the standards required by banks from private concerns, it should be stated that the Portland Clearing House As sociation and its leading member banks have formulated plans for fin ancing which are being followed by these cooperatives. The War Finance Corporation and one of the leading Portland banks have perfected a form of financing for one of the coop erative associations that is consider ably better and of a higher stand- Wins Highest Scout Honor In impressive ceremonies, .V'm. Cannon, of Los Angeles, Calif., has been awarded hiEhest scout honors, the National medal of Honor. Des pite a terrific tide and high waves, he plunged into the sea at Honolulu last year, saving two women from drowning. Shown here, he i wear, ing bit medal Michiran. has Set a record Drice for ard than that required of many pri- I rate business institutions. Human nature and sentiment have played no part in financing the coop eratives as at present carried on. T'.ie collateral has been of the best, chiefiy warehouse receipts and in the case of one cooperative, U. S. licenced warehouse receipts. The amount loan ed against such certificates has been extremely conservative, leaving a very ample margin for protection and this amount has also been pro portionately less than in the case of private businesses. The foundation of cooperative mar keting in Oregon has been well laid. The cooperatives now in existence were not formed until a very careful and searching investigation of the most successful of existing coopera tives had been made. In this connec tion, advantage was taken of the ex pertnee of the foremost marketing experts both in and out of the U. S. Bureau of Markets, the various agri cultural colleges, and the coopera tives now functioning. The Oregon cooperatives adopted the famous California contract plan with those improvements which years of experi ence in California had indicated should be incorporated in new coop erative associations. In bringing this about, Aaron Sapiro, nationally rec ognized legal expert on cooperative marketing, the late Harris Weinstock, formerly state marketing director of California, as well as other authori ties were employed and gave largely of their time to inaugurating the movement in Oregon. Oregon cooperatives now in ex istence have developed themselves, and have paid their own way. They have not leaned on outside support, nor have they received any consider able amount of external aid. They have made use of the educational as sistance offered by the Extension Service of the Oregon Agricultural College and the U. S. Bureau of Markets, in much the same manner that private concerns can use. the same agencies, and are using the services extended by the Department of Commerce. There has been no special privilege extended to coop eratives. The Oregon laws as we in terpret them do not give cooperatives special privileges or advantages over private concerns. About all they pro vide is the right to organize and use enforcib'.e delivery contracts them selves. This is a fundamental nesess ity of farmers' non-profit organiza tions, and is not a special privilege. ' Leading business men and states men of the nation have seen fit to en dorse the Capper-Volstead Coopera tive Marketing Bill which was passed by the Congress of the United States and which provides substantially the same features as are contained in the Oregon Cooperative Law. Presi dent Harding saw fit to give the mat ter personal attention, and express ed his recommendation and approval of this form of marketing. I note that you infer in your open ing paragraph concerning the article by Director Maris which follows your "Comment" that the chief encourage ment desired is that which will make it easier for them (cooperatives) to obtain credit with banks. I must con fess that I do not draw this conclu sion from Mr. Maris' article, nor have I conversed with a single reader who arrived at such a conclusion. To me his article is an appeal for the sympathetic moral support of busi ness men to this important activity, and the suggestion that cooperative marketing be given a prominent place in a state development program. Two state-wide marketing associations have not used over fifty per cent of the lines of credit extended to them, and oi.e association has not been able to fulfil requests for commercial pa per made by banks in Western Oregon who have found cooperative associa tion notes secured by warehouse le- ceipts very satisfactory investments, U Ml TftOORERS vow WAWtJ s. oUJP SrrrW WERE Mil r TT v ttj wesaa ANO - M . MowABcnrr A Vmovsew om the teoNW IULLI ropfOVt I" - 1 Vw wene - Xiss? ' 2S25V-H - WfM I Okit shocks II r pssjiH tyj s, i I nu . K $'J seen-i cansft'e m,m'Mz& mm?mtff MXNwnwi1 V4- r JNIW - Ml WW WM ffill 77W MA 1 ACT L.Kf strawberry plants. He paid H.irry So after all, the business end of our state-wide commodity associations is not in bad shape, and why should it be? The personnel of the boards of directors of these associations is composed of men of high standing and equal in business caliber, resources, and native ability to the boards of some of our successful business cor porations. Besides being composed of the leading farmers of the com munity, a goodly number of country banks are represented by their offic ers and directors. Many of these men are graduates from our University and our Agricultural College. This statement concerntng our co operative associations as they now ex ist does not mean that the millenium has been approached or that there is not a great work still to be done. The movement is young, and is beset with many obstacles because of its youth. These obstacles take the shape of a decided lack of knowledge and information of cooperative principles amongst producers, members and non- members alike, and the opposition of country business interests who be lieve the cooperative association en croaches upon their field and who use their influence to create doubt and suspicion among association mem bers. It is in this sphere of work where the assistance of the Portland Chamber of Commerce is badly need' ed, and where there is the opportun ity for service which will bo of last ing benefit to tht state. The fict that Ex-Governor Lowden f Illinois sign- ed a nve-year contract with a coop erative association covering the de livery of cotton from nineteen thous and acres on one of his southern plantations, is significant of the in terest taken by our prominent men in this useful work. Cooperative mar keting in America is a wide-spread economic movement for marketing re form that is destined to more vitally affect the financial status of more people for the better than any other single factor that has.come to light in. the history of agriculture. Handkerchief Sale Dec. 15, Fed erated church parlors. THE CURSE OF GAMBLING Have you sometimes wondered at the spirit of extravagance which seems to have tiken possession of the people? It is one of the results of the gambling wave that has swept over this country. The desire to gamble seems to have entered every breast. The evil of gambling is seen every where. Its dirty fingers are on nearly every garment. It has invaded the church socials, and has stained the very robes and liveries of heaven. The fiends who gambled on the Sav iour's garments are still polluting the aisles of the church with their dirty feet and nimble fingers. Raffles, lot teries, games of chance have pollutted certain religious circles, have become tho social features of clubs, societies, and organizations. This gambling spirit has ruined the youth's ambitions, and has caused thousands of girls to sell their all. Homes have been sacrificed and mrVi US Many Ways in Which I'sera of Tele phone May Promote Its Efficiency. From the viewpoint of the persun desiring to talk, good tlephone service consists in being able to reach promptly and without confusion any person desired and to talk satisfact orily and without interruption. It is seldom appreciated how important a part the subscribers themselves play in the giving of telephone service. The person desired should answer a call promptly and courteously. He should have sufficient telephone facil ities ao that his lines will not be busy an undue portion of the time. If he has a private branch exchange, he should provide himself with compe tent operators, and if he does not answer the telephone himself he should make provision for someone else to answer it properly. The calling subscriber should know how to make his calls, he should give the call accurately and clearly to the operator, and he should pay attention to her repition. He should know how to use the transmitter and receiver so as to obtain the maximum efficiency from those instruments. He should know the significance of such signals as the audible ringing signal, and he should know how to signal the opera tor. Subscribers on party lines should refrain from interference with other persons on their lines who may be talking. If there is failure in any of these ways, the subscriber cannot re ceive satisfactory service although the telephone company does everything in its power. The functions of the telephone com pany in giving service which are most commonly recognised are the provi sion of adequate plant carefully plan ned by competent telephone engineers and properly maintained; the work of the traffic department which op erates the plant to connect one sub scriber with another and the import ant work of the commercial depart ment which handles the business rela tions with subscribers and which aids them in providing themselves with proper facilities to handle their tele phone business. It must also provide adequate directories so that the sub scriber may know with whom he can talk. HOMEY PHILOSOPHY for 1922 Here's the housing problem. Nothin' but high rents, high taxes an' cares but why kick? Let's get back to the ways of our sturdy ancestors and live in caves. Still, we've got to face all this marital discontent. Everybody getting married, gettin divorced, get tin' married, again, gettin' divorced again, an' the whole trouble could be stopped by nobody gettin' married at all. Then we've got the trouble with children nothin' but care an' sacrifice well, let the people decide not to have any children. Really, there isn't a confounded thing right with the whole world, so why not stop it? Can't be done? Boy, we're in a fix. Maybe we'd better not waste time grouching. Then we'd have time to fix things up. by IvMA. MATTHEWS D.D. LLD. beautiful parlors have been turned into dens of vice at the suggestion of the avaricious beast the gambler. There was never a greater curse sweeping a land than the gambling spirit. It has turned cigar stand, restaurant, club table, and places of amusement into a gambling center. Men disregard city, state, and na tional statutes to ply their game, to throw their dice, and to gratify their desire to get something for nothing. Thousands of young men are in the penitentiary today at the dictation of this awfui curse. Is there no way to stop It? Can't the business men call their girls into their offices and talk to them about honesty and frugality? Is it not possible for the ministers of the country to preach against this evil; the Sunday School to teach the danger of such a practice; the courts to enforce rigid penalties, and thereby bring America to see this awful men ace? The gambling curse is costing this nation hundreds of thousands of dol lars every year. CRITICS I wonder if man's alive, that's got a perfect score, in pleasin' all the critics that his life is fiasnea oeiorer in true our dear Redeemer lived a short though perfect span. ... But critics pierced his lovin' heart, as brutal hu mans can. . . . ThiB land of our'n has shed its blood, that peoples might be free. We seised our swords an' bayonets, an' sed. "It's cot to bel" We sent our dashing boys abroad, an' crushed the monster s might, and now, we near J. 0. Turner and wife of Swaggart Buttes, spent Thanksgiving with the folks in Heppner. They were in town again on Saturday, also to attend the farmers meeting, and were accom pained by Harvey Miller. Big Cut In Overland Cars WILLYS-KNIGHT $1455 We have taken the Morrow County Ag ency for the OVERLAND and WILLYS KNIGHT cars.- Let us give you a demon stration. RAY M. 0VIATT - DICK JOHNS At Universal Garage Heppner, Oregon 'Jlillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll 1 ARLINGTON-HEPPNER STAGE LINE I WE MEET TRAINS NOS. I, 2 AND 18 1 I NEW SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1st I TO HEPPNER TO ARLINGTON A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. Arlington ... Lv 9:00 2:00 Heppner ... 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McMURRAY, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon fncle folut the critics howl, "They never done it right!" Facts is a lot of Dervishes, in ed itorial guise, that spends their time promotin' all the politicians lies. . . They occupy a velvet seat, an' shake their loaded dice they'd criticize the angels, if the devil had the price! Dr. C. C. Chick returned from a trip to Pendleton on Sunday. He was accompainrd by Mrs. Chick, who re cently underwent an operation at the hospital in Pendleton, and is slowly recovering from Its effects. OVERLAND $666 WHERE the sun shines most of ''the time. Out-of-door life all the time. Thousands of miles of paved high ways through picturesque semi tropic settings make motoring won derfully exhilarating. Most attractive ocean beaches on the Pacific Coast. 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