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OFFICIAL PAPER FOR MORROW COUNTY
Reduce Musical Temperature
By Richard Lloyd Jones ,
We recently referred to an American musician
who because of her splendid ability to play the
piano was warmly greeted by music lovers across
the seas. Her fin.jcrs were educated to tickle the
ivory but her head was so empty of musical intelli
gence that she thought America shared nothing of
the highest culture, that to find favor she must con
fine her performances to foreign composers. Europe
itself rebuked her. She had to go abroad to learn
America's worth. !
The American may be a boastful bird; he may
swagger and strut about his inventive genius, about
his bulk production, about his manufacturing enter
prise and commercial sagacity ail of which justi
fy his boast. But his boast may well go farther.
Nowhere in all the world is so good a lite'ature
being written as by American authors today. Ex
cepting only the immortal Shakespeare, no land
has produced finer or nobler-minded poets than
America. New York is as good an art center today
as Paris ever dreamed of being.
Most of our art producers, which includes our
poets and philosophers and novelists, our writers,
our architects, sculptors and painters, have arrived
at a full appreciation of this fact But the musi
cian has still much to learn. This is due to the
fact that too few of our musicians have a cultural
foundation.
That is why they speak in terms of "great mas
ters" and talk of appearing before "crowned
heads," dukes and lords, countesses and all of the
fol-de-rol of royal rubbish.
This simply means that such musicians, however,
well they may warble or vibrate the violin strings
have not touched the finest and highest of all art
which is appreciation of poetry and the understand
ing of philosophy. When tney do that they will
consider it as fine a compliment to be privileged to
appear before a cultural Chicago audience as to be
invited to the home of some no-account Count
The musician shows his illiteracy by having to
lift up appreciation of himself and covet appreci
tion by advertising "the great masters" he has come
in contact with and the crowns before whom he
has appeared.
The one thing that the musical-minded men and
women need most is a more liberal education with
which to grasp ideas, to reach understanding and
comprehension that they may go through life with
a temperature that is modified by rationalcommon
sense.
It was estimated by the large oil Companies in
1921 mat the average jourist in Oregon uses 100
gallons of gasoline. Over 100,000 cars visited Ore
gon in 1922. The average car travels 15 miles to
the gallon of gas, so that the average tourist in
Oregon travelled 1500 miles in various directions,
proving that the tourist "sees" the state. ' ,
In this connection it should be pointed out that
with a two cent tax on gas, Oregon benefitted to
the amount of $200,000 from this source alone, a
considerable item, considering that the state's in
vestment in the development of tourist travel in
1922 was less than $35,000. The appropriation was
for $50,000, but the Pacific Northwest Tourist As
sociation spent only $22,500 (approximately) and
the Oregon Tourist and Information Bureau ap
proximately $11,200.
It is estimated that the average tourist remains
in the state ten days (some say fourteen days) and
that tourists spent in Oregon mis year over $10,
000,000 which was widely distributed throughout
the state, every man, woman and child in the state
receiving direct or indirect benefit from the expen
diture of this NEW money. The loss of even one
quarter of this income to the state would be a ca
lamity. Tourists are state builders. A careful survey in
dicates that forty per cent of the tourists who come
to the Pacific coast are looking for new locations,
on the land or in the cities or towns. California
has been builded upon tourist money, money that
has largely been expended in various lines of en
deavor. The tourist dollar in California has been
converted into an industrial dollar.
Oregon has only come to the front as a tourist
mecca within the past few years. Oregon's in
vestment in her tourist bureau and state exhibit
is the best she has ever made. The facts are in
controvertible. Let's Have Fair Play
A private letter received by a local man from a
friend in New York inquired into conditions in Ore
gon and asked if this state had become a "political
mad house." He had evidently formed such an
impression from reading Governor Olcott's vehem
ent speeches and from reading extracts from cer
tain newspapers that supported Mr. Olcott during
the recent campaign.
It is unfortunate that Oregon has received such
advertising but simple fairness requires the state
ment that the damage is being caused by the anti
klan forces rather than by the klan itself. Ben
Olcott has probably done more to discredit Oregon
than any other man in the state. His proclamation
issued during the primary campaign caused much
ill feeling on the religious subject. His eastern
speeches have been misleading to the general pub
lic. Oregon is alright and is not going to the bow
wows. It is a splendid state and has a highly in
telligent citizenship that thinks for itself. The po
litical campaign 13 over and people generally are
forgetting the prejudices aroused thereby. The
problems ahead of us require cooperation and this
may be had if people on both sides of the religious
controversy act with simple fairness and courtesy
towards each other. What some people don't un
derstand is that the klansman as well as anyone
else is entitled to his views and is entitled to or
ganize for what he believes is a good cause. They
are law abiding citizens as are their opponents and
aim to stand for good Americanism. This a by
stander's opinion. Let's have fair play all around
and there will be Bp trouble, Pendleton East Or
egonian. Here is hoping that the mild weather we are
having will last for many weeks to come; it will
prove a blessing to our stockmen, and the coal bills
wilt be lighter, something that the people in gen
eral can appreciate.
Timber Costs and Slacker Acres Our
Forest Problem Says Greeley.
Every year makes the forest problem of the Uni
ted States more clear, says Colonel William B.
Greeley in the annual report of the Forest Service,
United States Department of Agriculture, issued
recently.
The problem, continues Colonel Greelev's state
ment, has two main features. Tiie first feature is
the rising cost of timber products, which is due
primarily to heavier transportation charges from
more and more distant sources of surolv. The cut
of lumber is decreasing in all the Eastern States;
in practically every state west of the Great Plains
it is increasing. The large sawmills of the coun
try are in full migration westward to the last great
virgin timber supply of the Pacific Coast. During
the past 30 years the pineries of the South have
been the mainstay of the densly populated Central
ana tastern states tor the softwood lumber used
in building, in general construction, and in many
manufactures. Their cut is dwindling. Every
year scores of-sawmills are dismantled.
The rapid increase in lumber shipments through
the Panama Canal foreshadows the time, in the
near future, when the principal source of softwood
lumber for the entire Nation will have shifted to
the west coast and the average freight cost paid by
the home builder or manufacturer will have ad
vanced to a new and higher level.
When the coniferous virgin timber of the far
West is exhausted m its turn, if the principal source
of supply shifts to Siberia or South America the
transportation conditions which control the present
lumber market will become different only in de
gree. Further, as the sources of supply become
more resincicu nu more aisiant trom the pnnci
pal centers of consumption, opportunities for com
petition are lessened; and temporary shortaees due
to bad seasons, labor troubles, or congestion of
transportation lacumes are more probable ani
more severe.
Thus the conditions of the trade become more
favorable to monopolistic control, to violent mar
ket fluctuations, and to high prices. And we are
dealing with a basic raw material, as widely used
anu as netcsajuy iu nauuiim existence as coal.
The second feature of our forest problem is the
unproductive condition of immense areas of land
which are not adapted to agriculture.
The amount of unproductive land left in the wake
of the sawmills or abandoned by the farmer has as
sumed enormous proportions, our merchantable
timber is being cut at the rate of four or five mill
ion acres annually ,and enormous areas of logged-of
land have accumulated which are not fit for culti
vation but on which little or no new timber is being
grown. The extent to which these millions of acres
of ide land have been swelled by the ebbing tide of
cultivation in many states is not generily gealized
In 18 of the tastern and Central btates the improv
ed farm land shrang at the rate of 800,000 acres a
year.
There can be no question as to the steady shrink
age in the cultivated area of a considerable number
of the oldest and most populous states and the con
sequent lapse of large areas of land into partial or
complete idleness. What to do with unused and un
productive land is one of the most fundamental ec
onomic and social problems of the United States.
Including burned and cut-over areas and aband
oned fields which once grew timber, one third of the
soil of the union is forest land. And three-fourths
of it lies in the Mississippi Valley and eastward to
the Atlantic coast, in the very states having the
densest population and the largest consumption of
timber products. Over 40 per cent of New York
and Pennsylvania is forest land. From 45 to 70
per cent of the area of each of the South Atlantic
and Gulf States is forest land.
The use of these vast areas of nontillable land
for growing succesive crops of timber would kill two
birds with one stone. It would insure ultimately a
supply of forest products adequate for all national
requirements; and it would go far toward maintain
ing a virile rural population and stable rural com
munities in the region of inferior soil and limited
agriculture.
The working out of a vast economic problem of
this character will necessarily require a long time
and can be only partially accomplished or influenc
ed by public action.
Heppner merchants report a much better Christ
mas trade this season than a year ago, tho people
were not spending quite so freely for toys and use
less articles. As we think of it, times are quite a
bit better than they were at the beginning of 1922,
and the prospects for the New Year appear to be
encouraging for business along all lines.
Give Him Free Rein
The Weston Leader, an upstate newspaper of ex
cellent repute among democrats (and others, too),
solemnly warns Governor-elect Pierce against
practice of the "sordid doctrine" of spoilsmanship
in his administration. The Leader also says:
Mr. Pierce was elected on th etaxation issue, and not
with the idea on the part of the voters that he ought to
remove republican office holders in order to make room
for democrats, however jeeerving. Incompetents should
be weeded out, if any there are; but capable republican
officials should not be and we believe will not be dis
charged for purely partisan reasons. There are hun
dreds of applicants for the few state jobs at the new
governor! disposal. He will have to disappoint most of
them, and may as well disappoint them all.
Since more republicans (actual and nominal)
voted for Mr. Pierce than democrats it is difficult
to see how he is to distribute the loaves and fishes
without due consideration of the sources of his vic
tory. On that basis there are fewer deserving dem
ocrats than deserving republicans.
But we venture on our own account a word of
advice to the governor-elect. If he can find a dem
ocrat more competent (we eliminate the "deserv
ing") than a republican incumbent, give him the
job. The public service deserves first considera
tion ; the fortunes of party are second.
We exclude from merited application of the ex
ecutive ax the rank and file of stae employees;
and refer only to the heads of bureaus and depart
ments. If the governor knows of any outsiders
who can and will do better work for his adminis
tration than the insiders, he should call them to
the public service. They are needed. Oregonian.
bi scow storm of a couple of weoks
tt.ro fultnl most of tt:e ronds with big
drifts and it was no easy matter get
ting to town, even Ihottph the Chin
ook had arrived in the meantime
and taken the snow all off the hills,
the road down from Butter creek and
out to Echo was opened immediately
after the storm and there was no dif
ficulty in getting out that way.
Miss Elizabeth Fhelps arrived
home from Eugene Saturday. She is
a student of the University of Ore
gon, this being her second year at
that institution. Miss Phelps was
accompanied by Mrs. Lilah Bradford,
of Portland, who is a guest this week
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Phelps
Mrs. Bradford was formerly Miss
Lilah Clark, and for two years was
the principal of Heppner schools.
Mrs. Opal Countryman and baby
daughter arrived at Heppner on Sun
day for a holiday visit at the home
of Mrs. Countryman's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Nick Hall. Mr. and Mrs.
Countryman now reside at Nam pa,
Idaho.
Irving Mather, principal of Heppner
high school, departed for Portland
on Friday, expecting to spend the
holidays in that city, and possibly
going to Seattle for a short visit
with his parents who reside there.
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Think of having a daily expense
of $300 or more and no prospect of
nn incame for several months. That
is the condition of Urge sheep op
erators. The expense to the small
operators is in proportion. "A Sheep"
exclaimed a woolgrower yesterday,
"eats about three pounds a day. A
band of sheep say 2000 headcon
sumes three tons of hay a day, and
hay, in the stack, is (10. There are
many men who have 20,000 sheep,
which means, that they will feed
$300 worth of hay daily. In addition
it costs 11.50 ton to cut the hay
and about another dollar ton to
feed it. This represents approximate
ly $12.50 a ton, or $375 a day. Now
consider that the sheep hav to be fed
according to the season, anywhere
from 90 to 120 days, meaning from
$30,000 to $45,000. A sheep man can
not carry himself, so he has to have
credit 2nd lots of it. The country
banks, even the large ones, cannot
provide the accommodation, so the
sheep men must do the business with
the big banks of the cities or with
loan companies." Oregonian.
"There was a warm wind when I
left Heppner," reports H. A. Duncan,
who arrived at the Imperial from
Morrow County yesterday. "The
sheep are on the hills and everyone
feels good. We had thirteen and a
half inches of snow recently but it was
accompanied by a wind and much of
the snow melted into the ground.
The streams are not swollen. Willow
Creek, which runs through Heppner,
is gradually being deepened. Along
in July and August, when there is
only a couple of feet of water, the
center of the creek bed is plowed and
thus the creek is being deepened and
straightened." Mr. Duncan is a mer
chant. He said that there has been a
good holiday business in Heppner
and, in fact, business has been very
satisfactory for many months past
Oregonian.
Albert Williamson, who works on
FRIENDS.
the big sheep ranch of Earl Wigles-
worth on Butter creek, came to town
on Saturday to spend the holiday
week in the city. He reports that the
Gilliam & Bisbee's
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A full car load of Poul
try supplies just arrived.
Anything and every
thing for the chicken in
stock.
A flash light on a dark
night is a necessity. None
better than the Winches
ter. We have all styles and
sizes.
Who said the roosters
were crowing and the
hens cackling over the
Poultry Supplies to be had
at Gilliam & Bisbee.
Water turns the wheel.
Money turns the business.
We have the business it
don't turn. Creditors
please take notice.
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Gilliam & Bisbee
Income Tax Assurance
When your Income Tax Return is signed and sent in, you
should have reasonable assurance that it is correct.
The preparation of Income Tax Returns is primarily the work
of an Accountant. Why? For the reason that the determination
of profits requires a knowledge of accountancy. Your accountant
is familiar with gross sales, inventories at the beginning and end of
the year, purchases, allowable expenses, depreciation and other
factors entering into the determination of profits.
In addition to this, your accountant if he is a live one, knows
thoroughly the Income Tax Law and Regulations He knows how
to account for the profit from the sale of property on a special pro
vision in the present law on this point which differs entirely from
past laws. Inasmuch as your accountant is thoroughly familiar
with Income Tax law and principles of accounting, it naturally fol
lows that to have your Income Tax return made by an accountant
is to assure yourself of having a return properly made.
We install accounting systems. We keep books for farmers.
We make audits of your past returns and advise you if you have
refunds and make claims therefor.
We will have a representative in Heppner at the first of the
year. Have your figuring done early so that every attention may
be given it without confusion. '
Cosper Accounting Co.
206 Farmers Bank Bldg. Walla Walla, Washington
City.
Announcement of the arrival of a
baby daughter at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Clifford Sims in Salem, Ore
gon, on Saturday, December 23rd.
was received by relatives and friends
in this city early this week.
Everrett Pattison. a student of
Behnke- Walker business college
Portland, is home this week to spend
the vacation period with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Pattison.
Prof. E. H. Hedrick, superintend
ent of Heppner schools is in Portland
this week, vacationing, and also en
joying a meeting of the educators
of the state in session there.
Miss Ada Kast, teacher in the grade
of Heppner schools left on Friday
afternoon, her destination being
Eugene, where she will spend the
vacation season with friends.
Miss Margaret Woodson, freshman
at the University of Oregon, arrived
home on Saturday to spend the holi
days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. E. Woodson of this city.
Miss Frasier, Miss Chambers tnd
Miss Fleet, high school teachers, de
parted Friday afternoon by stage for
Portland, where they are spending the
Christmas holidays.
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A HAPPY AND PROS-1
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MY CUSTOMERS AND I
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To our many
Friends and Customers
We are positive you
have had a
Merry Chrislmas
and wish you all a
Prosperous and
Happy New Year
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