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THE GAZETTE-TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1924. PAGE THREE County Agent Horse ipent a day or two lit Pendleton the past week, where he was In consultation with Agent Bennion of that county re garding matters pertaining to the mutual interests of Morrow and Uma tilla. He also attended the meeting of the wheat growers and business men while there nnd listened to the discussion of he action of the Port land Chamber of Commerce in op posing the American wheat growers subsidy plan. Mr. Morse had also been working on a plan for poison ing the most of Morrow county's jack rabbits during the time that the snow was lying on, but the warm spell came a little too soon for him to get very far with the work. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Nels M. Johnson of Gwendolen spent Tuesday and Wed nesday in this city. Mr. Johnson, who waa located for many years on the Johnson ranch in the lower Gooseberry country, is now residing on the Henry Moore place on Rock ercek in Gilliam county. This ranch joins the lands of Mr. Johnson In Morrow county. Mr. Johnson reports that he ia engaged in the stock bus iness on a larger scale than former ly and ia giving less attention to wheat raising. He also states that he is now enjoying good health, hav ing fully recovered from the ailment that kept him a sufferer for more than two years. G. A. Bleakman, who is a persist ent booster for the Heppner-Spray cut-off, was in the city yesterday, tak ing out a load of freight for Hard man people. George states that he is not going to let up on this propo sition, and feels that there is yet a good chance to get something accom plished, providing the matter is taken hold of In the right way. Heppner should be glad that there is one citi ten of the county, at least, that is willing to "keep a boosting" for some thing that will be of great benefit to this town if it can be put over. Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Hopper are en joying a visit from Mrs. Hopper's mother, Mrs. James B. Cafoe, who arrived in Heppner last Thursday evening from her home in New Rock ford, N. D. Mrs. Dafoe expects to spend some time on the coast with friends and relatives before return ing to her home, in New Rockford. Claude Haney, who is quite ill, and who has been sick for a number of weeks at the Case hotel, was this feck removed to the W. G. Moore residence, where he and Mrs. Haney will live. The younug man has been ailing for months, and his condition is reported to be critical at this time. B. F. Swaggart, of the famous Eastern Oregon Jack Farm, northeast of Lexington, was here on Wednes day, His section is now to have ru ral delivery three times a week out from Lexington, the new route hav ing been established and now ready for operation. John Healy was in town from the Willie Howard ranch on Butter creek during the week-end, enjoying a visit with his family here. Mr. Healy is running his sheep on the Howard place and is giving them his personal attention during the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Eph Eskelson f Meadow Brook Farm, near Lexing ton, were visitors here yesterday. Mr. Eskelson says the winter weath er we are now getting is OK and ev erything is coming along fine on his little farm. Wm. Letrace, Jr., who has enlist ed in the navy, writes his folks at Heppner, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Letrace, that he is leaving Portrland for San Diego, Calif., where he will go onto his ship. Slat's Diary Ns. - 1 By ROSS FARQUHAR. CRIDAY Well me and a lady of a a fare sex had a hole lot of trubble today. The teacher aat me what 1 was a doing that I was so late to skool and I enformed her I was a tending to my own bia ness and she miss un derstood the way 1 ment it as 1 waa put ting sum money into the bank for a Crismus saveing club and ahe sed she had all ways thot I was a centelman and I replyed back and sed. Yes and I all ways had thot sh9 was a lady, and she wont and give me a slap on the Pro file and remarks at the same instance. Now try and forget that. I geas we was both mis taken. Saterday ,We got a paper telling all about the wedding of the neece of the aister of 1 of ma's old skool mates today and it went on to tell how the bride was drest up in white and I ast ma why was the brides all ways drest in white when they at tempted to get marryed and she sed white was to denote Joy and I ast her why was the groom drest in black then. I gess she diddent hear me. Sunday Well we got a nuther joak on Ant Emmy pa and me has. She never new till today but what a Spir itualist was a man witch made his own licker to drink. Monday I confided to Jane that I diddent think I wood ever get to be very good looking and she sed. 0 chrerup you no the Butterfly was a wirm at 1 time, as the poets use to say. Tuesday Ma brot home a new dress today and she ast pa how did he like it and he sed Not very well, and she sed. Well never mind Honey I wont wear it very long. And pa sed Well on 2nd thot I spose the longer you wear it the better I will like it. Wensday When ma cum home to- nite I ast her if she thot it wood make me sick if I wood eat a dot. Cookys and she sed it mite make me very dangerusly sick. But it haddent. How ever sum of the results was very pane full. When ma discovered that they was eat. Thlrsday When Ant Emmy cum home this evning ma was a balling and she sed she had fell down and broke one of her casseroles and Ant Emmy got skared and went & tele foned for a Dr. rite away. And sed bring your Cloroform along. Gilliam & Bisbee's j& Column j& prippe! It U a winter plague which claims thousands every season. Scott's Emulsion will strengthen you against Urippe, and u you have had it, Scott's will re store your strength faster than any other medicine. Scotfs is Just Blood-Food Scott ft Bowne, WontniVld. N J. A car of Poultry Sup plies just arrived. Any thing and everything for the Hen. Lots of mill feed and Dr. Hess' stock tonic for your live stock. Sheep dip and lice exter minator and other reme dies for livestock and poul try. Our spring stock of sin gle trees, lead bars, wag on tongues, plain beams, handles, clevises, etc., just arrived. Gilliam & Bisbee EVERYTHING IN Hardware - Implements We have it, will get it or it is not made. mi q urn mutts m 1 mm fin rShip OnickJ IF you have not shipped to "SHUBERT" yet this season try "SHUBERT"NOW get some REAL prices the highest of the seasoa We want every Muskrat Coyote Mink and all other furs you can trap or buy well make it PAY YOU WELL. Ship quick while our demand lasts. Take advantage of these better prices. SPECIAL FLAT tfUCES! OREOON f UN Mutkrat ' $ 1.10 to $ .80 Coyote ra. H.COfo 9.00 Mink 6.50 to 5.00 These prices for original collections of seasonable hirs, oonslftlnf of proper percentiles of all sifts and grades. Cut this ad out and enclose it with your furs. Try for one of our prliesl $50.00 FREE every day for the three best handled shipments of fun. LIST Or DAILY PRIZES I Drat PriiS) Second Prize) Third Prize $23 00 $18.00 1000 Shipment null consist of not Iota than six legally caught raw fur alelns. The way the furs are handled determines the winners. Qt some of this prise money! Ship in ell tho-furu yo-i have at once go get orno more and ahip Hliip ihlp quick! Our checks will make you happy. COME ON WITH YOUR FURS us Br BEV. SI. A. MATTHEWS. O. D.. L. U D. FIXING RESPONSIBILITY. I7HEN we begin to think about conditions we are compelled to ask WHY and WHO IS EESPONSI BLET If we ask the question, "Who is responsible for the deficiencies in government?" we are compelled to answer, "The good citizens are re- sponsible." If good citizens neglect tneir duty, bad citizens of course will carry on the government accord ing to their ideas. If good citizens condone the acts and doings of the bad, then the government drops to the level and designa and purposes of the vicious. In other words, gov ernment is no better than the best citizens desire to have it. Therefore, the responsibility for all deficiencies, and all the crookedness and all the objectionable features of government rest upon the best citizens. We are suffering today from the bad citizenship of good citizens. It is true that the vicious are making attacks upon the standards, but the moral people, the religioua people are responsible if the standards are broken. If, in the general religious sense, you ask, "Why are conditions as they are?" you are compelled to say that the Christian forces and the leaders of both the Roman and Protestant churches are responsible. If they were living better, if they were setting better ezamples, if they were preaching better, if they were holding up the real, fundamen tal doctrines of Christianity, the world would be better, conditions would be changed, and' the whole at mosphere would be different. In fact, the so-called Christian forces must carry the burden and the re sponsibility for the conditions of to day, because they are asleep at their post of duty, they have grown in different and lazy, and their efforts are the efforts of the inane. The re sponsibility rests upon the so-called Christian forces of the country. They should swake, and awake at once. Reduced Prices on STANDARD MAZDA LAMPS at Case Furniture Company Dairy, Fruit Problems Matters of Conference Eitesi of Profitable Prod act ioa and Requireaaeats for Steady Market to Be Studied. Waya to market the huge Oregon fruit auplua at a profit to the grow ers, and to take care of the growing surplus dairy products, are two mat ters of special interest Lane, Marion, Linn, Polk and Yamhill counties, which will be taken up at the Agri cultural Economic conference at Cor vallis Jan. 23-26. Surplus applea would care for the apple -needa of 4H million peraons outside of Oregon. Pears 6 million, small fruits 6tt million, and prunes prunes, more than 38 million. Notwithstanding this fact the nat ural advantages of this state for fruit production are ao great that con ference leaders think it possible to And profitable ssaaeta for most of the surplus if it is economically grown and properly standardized and packed. Hence efficient marketing will receive special consideration at the confer ence. The dairy products surplus is not so large but is fast getting larger. The quality of the butter with which we have to compete ia improving ao fast that it ia either produce a better Oregon article or fail to find a prof itable market. In what form and quality the excess production can best be disposed of will be given keen con sideration by specialists, producers and nnancial Interesta. Other Oregon farm surpluses are wheat, beef, wool, eggs, and potatoes every major commodity but pork, of which there is a deficit. Business men and financial interests aa well as the press are helping to get the facta before the growers, who will then be in a better position to determine the program of production and marketing that will be most profitable to them. I jllllB s i Ti:3 Rarnnfftf That Has Passed The Test if It hai been More the public for mora than fifty year It b KdcntifieaQ oompoandad preteripeicsD It faae healee tfaoat- It I of pedal Tahx ia tSieaaca of oatarrhal Catasra tnftatma Hoa of tfss man sis hw mi Hawee. Is aieia fests itself m the nose, the throat, the stomach, the bowels and scaar parts of the body. PE-RU-NA win prove helpful ever there ia catarrhal Sold 1 TaUeta or Llqatf Choose Your Bank Wisely, It Is Important to You 0UR present need for bank service may not be great. However small your deposits nowadays, consider what may come. You may sometime need exceptional bank service, important help or com petent advice. Here, you can depend upon us to perform all services well and unusual services willingly. What our present customers like in our service, you will like. Fir& National Bank HEPPNER, OREGON THE UNIVERSAL CAR LooMimg AUneatil LAST Spring a total of 350,000 people were disappointed in not being able to obtain deliveries of Ford Cars and Trucks, as orders were placed faster than cars could be produced. The demand for Ford Cars and Trucks this Spring will, accord ing to all indications, be far greater than last Spring. Winter buying has been increasing at a greater rate than ever before. Actual retail deliveries the past 60 days totaled 308,170 Ford Cars and Trucks, an increase of 1,961 a day over a year ago. Over 200,000 people have already ordered Ford products on our purchase plan, the majority of whom will take delivery in th Spring. The above facts are given with the suggestion that you list your crder promptly with a Ford dealer if you contemplate the pur chase of a Ford Car or Truck for use this Spring or Summer and wish to avoid delay in delivery. -V Detroit, Michigan & Yon nerd not pay caH lor tour car. You can arrange to nuke tmall deposit down, taking aire ol the hubnee in easy payment. Or, you can buy on tht Ford Weekly i'lircVwe Finn. Thia putt you on the preferred cdT Hni nnd inur delivery of your ear al a time to be determined by yourweli See the Nearest Authorized Ford Dealer Tha ataU's road money ia limited. We will be fortunate indeed, if tha highway eommiaaton puta tha O.-W. highway on ita construction program for 1124, Still, let'a have hope. K'umors of building- acttvitiee Heppner nert Spring' are earrent. ELKHORN RESTAURANT Come in and look over our new location in the Odd Fellows Building, where you will find one of the best equipped dining rooms in Eastern Ore gon. And when you have inspected the front, come back and take a look at our sanitary kitchen. You will be able to get quick service at our lunch counter. GOOD MEALS AND SERVICE AT POPULAR RATES ED. CHINN, Prop. Rare beauties and distinctions in lines, finish and upholstery and the great mechanical luxury of an engine that actually improves with use I The wonderful Willys Knight sleeve -valve engine is the same type of engine used in the finest cars of Europe. See the Willys-Knight go for a good ride! COHN AUTO CO. Heppner, Oregon WILLYS KNIGHT Big Sale on Coats 1-4 Off OREGON CITY WOOLEN MILL, ALL WOOL MEN'S OVERCOATS 1-4 Off PALMER COATS IN LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S 1-4 Off Thomson Brothers avis;-- I iiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiuiiiiiiiuiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiniiiiiiiiiniu lIllMllimniMIIIIIIIIIIIIIf llllMllllllliniMIIMIIIIIlininilllf MIIIMIIIttMinMIIMIIIIIIIHHIIIIIIc: ii 11 1 1924 I m t. 1 IS HERE iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii To make it more prosperous than 1923 should be the aim of every one : business man, professional man, farmer and stock man. Printer's ink is the greatest business builder known, when intelligently used. Our specialty is the intelligent use of printer's ink. Give us a chance to prove it. Our phone number is 882 and a call will bring our job man at once to talk it over. 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