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PAGE TWO THE GAZETTE-TIMES. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1924. THE GAZETTE-T THR HtJFSUL GA7ETTR. KrtablUWd Mnvlvr Ik. IhV" COKSOUnA'J U r MiKI'AKY II. lilt VAWTrK 1M) PPKVCtH CKAWPOkD n4 v trr4 at tbr I'o-t ( at Hr( Or?, m voett4-elM4 matter. ADVE8TT8IVC 4Tffft GIVEN ON APPLK ATloN SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Or Yr hrt UotiL' f . 7r Month . 1 , .76 . .0 Wifci Cophw MORROW COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER TUK A ULRICAS PktSS ASSOCIATION ronGrr partisan politics in TAX ttl'ESTION PRESIDENT COOLIDGE, in hit Lin coin Day New Yvrk speech on tax reduction, Mid: If we had ft tax whereby on the ft rut working day the Government took 5 per cent of your wage, on the eccnd day 20 per cent, on the. fourth day SO per cent, on the fifth day 60 per cent, how many of you would con tinue to work on the last two days of the week? It is the same with cap ital. Surplus income will go into tax-exempt securities. It will refuse to take the risk incidental to embark ing in business. This will raise the rate which established business will hare to pay for new capital, and re sult in a marked increase in cost of living. "The high prices paid and low prices received on the farm are di rectly due to our unsound method of taxation. I shall illustrate by a simple example: A fanner ships a steer to Chicago, His tax, the tax on the railroad transporting the ani mal, and of the yards where the ani mal is sold, go into the price of the animal to the packer. The packer's tax goes into the price of the hide to the New England shoe manufacturer. The manufacturer's tax goes into the price to the wholesaler, and the wholesaler's tax goes into the price to the retailer, who in turn adds his tax to his price to his purchaser. So it may be s&id that if the farmer ultimately wears the shoes he pays everybody's taxes from the farm to his feet. "It is essential, therefore, for the good of the people as a whole that we pay not so much attention to the tax paid directly by a certain number of the taxpayers, but we must devote our efforts to relieving the tax paid indirectly by the whole people." The foregoing seems like good com mon sense whether proposed by a Republican or a Democratic presi dent. If the tax question could be considered as a business proposition affecting all the people equally and removed from the realm of selfish po litical activity, it would be a blessing to the American people. How much longer will we have to pay excessive taxes in order that this national subject may be used as a political football in Washington ? The Manufacturer. 5-S-5 W HERE WRECKERS WORK I ET US hope tht the movement to unify the divorce Uvi of the Uni ted States, so that men and women may no longer be made criminals in one state while they may lead lives of complete laxity in another state, immune even from the punishment of public censure, will find a responsive chord in the hearts of all Americans. The divorce evil does not start at the altar. It begins in the school. Too many of our children have only a bowing acquaintance with the ten commandments. Also, too many of our parents fail to disentangle the four factors that have formed the rock on which the American nation has been built the school, the church, the home, and the govern ment. Each has its part to play. We must start by restoring these high moral standards that marked the pilgrims, who built this land of ours. W'e must bring back a proper appre ciation of industry, respect, a deeper understanding of sanctity and a bet ter understanding of what the home ia, and what its preservation means to us. Grave danger exists in the trend toward so-called forward looking thought in relation to religion. Mar riage has come to bt an agreement, not a sacrament, and divorce, instead of being frowned upon, is made the subject of the vaudeville joke. Our fathers and mothers may well denounce those who would undermine the stability of our government, but let them remember there are more ways than one of wrecking a nation. s-h OUR PUBLIC LANDS POLICY RECENT disclosures of improper handling of public affairs have been a shock to the nation. How much of the procedure is purely for politi cal effect and how much of it is hard HOME WjRxn I " ' SWEET If . r? IJAlfT EstJ A BE right; tv V flviUL :32p TIKE RI6HT OR WROrfjl , f& I "TilI On, Wit Wranj to ' -Q K I I K.N0W . I KNOW ) 40 YOU'RE RI6HT j J "1 I Y0O THINK IfA V FOR. ONCE BY luXUG . fVUVfAY WRON& ADMITTING YOU'RE fjjQ& J VOOQ BO. IN 16 N? wTBONAEB THAN ITS tMteT THINK.' cold facta, the public has as yet been unable to ascertain. For many years the West was ham pered by a conservation policy which prevented development or utilisation of oil lands, wasting water powers and other public resources. A fight was waged in Congress for legislation which would permit the leasing of properties and their opera tion for the benefit of the people, title to remain with the government and proper return or compensation to be made for the lease. Public officials and business men in the West fought hard for this measure in order that stagnation policies carried on in the name of "conservation, might be re moved from a dosen states and nat ural resources be utilized for the benefit of the present, as well aa fu ture generations. Great development has taken place as the result of the leasing bill which was eventually passed. So far as the publie has been ad vised, no one yet knows whether the leases made by Secretary Fall were not in the best interest of the govern ment or whether the present scandal regarding oil is due solely to the fact that money was paid a publie servant of the government by private inter ests to secure leases. Dishonest or incompetent adminis tration does not change the principle involved in the leasing of public lands. It simply proves the apparent frailty of human nature in some in stances when a money consideration can eause one to forget his duty in administering a public trust. It is to be hoped that years of hard work in evolving and adopting a leas ing policy of public lands and re sources in this nation will not, for political effect, be nullified. Let this national policy be continued under honest and efficient administration which will protect the government in terest and at the same time permit much needed development. s-s-s CONDON is beginning to be alarm ed about the proposal of Grant and Wheeler counties to join in build ing a highway down the John Day river to connect with the Columbia highway near Biggs, the new road joining the John Day highway at the mouth of Service creek. The Globe- V hy Uncle Jahnl Of the several problems of mighty import you bet the Editor knows! Be it fun-in' re lations, or mighty world-court, you 11 find that the Editor knows. His verdict is righteous an" right off the bat, the pro cess is easier 'n skinnin' a cat, and hell show a fool president right where he's at for you bet the Editor knows 1 In wide-world diplomacy he is a peach, yon see, the Editor knows; he plugs every chasm and sews up the breach, it's plain that the Editor knows. . . . He lands with a biff on the powers that be, no geezer so apt or Impulsive as he, and he stops when the enemy takes to a tree, Gol-darn it, the Editor knows! As a moulder of sentiment he is supreme and this the com munity knows, and the flight of his fancy is sometimes a scream, it's proof that the Editor knows! He wallops the welkin In front of the mob. . . . To bring home the bacon is part of his job, and his life is a lurid, perennial throb, Lord bless him, the Editor knows! 21 ii V) Timet at Condon fears that the delay in completing the John Day highway will result in the building of this new road, which will be a water grade and make travel easy into the coun ties of W heeler and Grant Condon and Arlington would thus be shut off from a lot of trade that they have been counting on because of the John Day highway. s-s-i ! WHAT IS A FARM DAY? I UTHE FARMER must be able to1 earn a living by working reason-1 able hours, like any other business man or wage earner," essays a city ! editor in a recent enlightening edi-1 tonal. i Enlightening, because it serves to : show how durn much ignorance still persists in urban sanctums as to all things rural. The farmer will not soon, probably not ever, enjoy an eight, ten or twelve hour day EVERY day of his year. On the average farm, worked by one family, and that farm will feed this country for the most part, the sixteen and eighteen and twenty-hour day for somebody on the farm will be the rule at certain seasons. Until a federal injunction will re strain the storm clouds from giving the new mown hay a bath, and until weeds quit growing when the clock strikes 6 p. m., and until husky heads of the herd quit breaking the pasture fences, and until horses quit going lame in the midst of plowing, and un til blight, and drought, and mildew, and aphis, weevil, and grub, and bug, and worm, and mould, and rot declare for a six-hour day, the farmer will fight for the life of his crops. The Department of Agriculture tells us the farmers' revenue has grown $960,000,000 in a year and the money bags of the East shout from the housetops, "Look at that!" We have not yet been told how many millions of added expenditure has been piled on the back of the man who tills the soil. s-s-s Farmers Using Horses Are Better Risks. Mr. H. S. Stevens, special agent for the Federal Land Bank, St. Paul, Minn., a believer in the horse, recent ly wrote the Horse Association of America, as follows: From personal observation and long experience, I am a fanner as well as a banker, I am convinced that more horses and fewer tractors are in use in territory tributary to the Twin Cities than was the case five years go. In my judgment, and that of other officers of this bank, farmers v-ho hold fast to good draft mares as the primary source of power in all field work, are very much better risks than those who use tractors. I am so fully convinced of this that I have refined to rent my own farm to a man who proposed to use a tractor for part of his field work. Our surveys show that, on the av erage, farmers who use horses exclu sively for their farm operations, pre pare their land more thoroughly, till it better, and raise larger crops at less expense than those using trac tors, and are better off financially. $uch tractors as have been bought in our territory in the last two years are mainly small ones, purchased for belt power; and while they can be used in field wok, very little use has been made of them for that purpose. Prices for good draft or wagon horses are stronger. Big pairs, well broken, in good flesh, pairs that will weight 3400 pounds, or over, have brought from $400 to $500 in farm sales, while tractors offered in the same sales have brought little or nothing. There is no surplus of horses in cur territory, on the con trary, there are thousands of com munities where there are not enough good horses to supply local needs. I am advising all farmers with whom I come in contact to keep away from tractors, to do their work with good-useful draft mares, to rear en ough colts for replacement needs, to work the colts from the time they are three until they are seven, and to sell them by that time so that all their work animals are from three to six years old, appreciating in value while they are working. Men who follow this plan are usually level-headed in other respects, for we find them de cidedly better off financially and much more desirable as risks. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS PAID ADVERTISING For County Commissioner To the Republican Voters of Morrow County: I hereby announce myself as a can didate for the office of County Com missioner for Morrow county, Oregon, at the Republican primary nominat ing election to be held on May 16. J KM NOT BE RIGHT BUT I KNOW VOUfee RON6 1924. If nominated and elected I pledge to give my best and careful at tention in the future as in the past. to the business of this office. L. P. DAVIDSON. (Incumbent) For County Judge, . To the Republican Voters of Morrow County: hereby announce myself aa a can didate for nomination to the office of County Judge in the primaries. May 16, 1924. M. R. MORGAN. For County Judge. To the Republican Votera of Morrow County: I hereby announce that I will be a candidate for the nomination for County Judge, at the primary election to be held May 16, 1924. During my present term, my policy has been to obtain efficiency in public service. with economy and fairness. If nominated and elected I pledge the same in the future. WM. T. CAMPBELL. (Incumbent.) For County Clerk. To the Democratic Voters of Morrow County, Oregon: I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of County Clerk of Morrow County, subject to the will of the Democratic voters of the county as expressed in the pri maries May 16, 1924. W. A. RICHARDSON. For County Judge. To the Voters of Morrow County: I hereby announce myself a can didate for the office of County Judge on the democratic ticket, at the pri mary nominating election, Friday, May 16, 1924. R. L, BENGE, For County Sheriff. To the Republican Voters of Mor row County, Oregon: I hereby announce myself a candi date for the office of Sheriff, subject to the will of the Republican voters. at the Primary Election to be held in May, 1924. GEO. McDUFFEE. For County Judge. To the Republicans of Morrow County: I hereby announce myself a candi date for the nomination at your hands for the office of County Judge at the primary election in May, 1924. My expreience of many years as county commissioner makes me conversant with the duties of the office I seek, and I shall greatly appreciate your support in the primary; and for all past favors, I thank you kindly. G. A. BLEAKMAN, Hardman. For County Clerk. To the Republican Voters of Morrow County: I hereby announce that I will be a candidate for the nomination of County Clerk at the Primary Election to be held May 16, 1924. GAY M. ANDERSON. (Incumbent) Thoroughbred Barred Rock Cocker els Famous Holterman and Klein smith strain, at a bargain. Gerald A. White, Lexington, Ore. tf. LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior. U. S. LAND OFFICE at La Grande, Oregon, March 8, 1924. NOTICE is hereby given that John P. French, of Gurdane, Oregon, who, on March 8, 1920, made Homestead Entry, Act 12-29-16, No. 019582, for NWVi Section 24, SW4SW, Sec tion 13, SEHSE14, Section 14, NEK NEK, SV4NV4, NHSV4, SEKSE14, Section 23, Township 3 South, Range 29 East, Willamette Meridian, haa filed notice of intention to make three-year Proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before United States Commissioner, at Hepp ner, Oregon, on the 30th day of April, 1924. Claimant names as witnesses: P. A. Mollahan, John Brosnan and Vera F. Pearson, of Lena, Oregon, and Chas. McDevitt, of Gurdane, Oregon. CARL G. HELM, Register. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior. U. S. LAND OFFICE at LaGrande, Oregon, March 15, 1924. NOTICE is hereby given that Pat rick McLaughlin, of Lena, Oregon, who, on November 4, 1919, made Homestead Entry, Act 2-19-09, No. 020114, lor NifrNIS, SE14NE14, EV SE4, Section 33, SWKNWW, NWK SW14, Section 34, Township 1 South. Range 29 East, W. M., and Lot 1, Sec tion 4, Township 2 South, Range 29 East W. M., and on December 22, 1919, made Aditional Homestead En try, Act 12-29-16, No. 020115, for swttNc;, wuhkh. Section SWVISWK, NW54NWH, Section 84, SWttSWtt, Section 27, Township 1 South, Range 29 East, W. M., and Lot 2, Section 4, Township 2 South, Range 29 East, W. M., and on Febru ary 1, 1921, made Additional Home stead Entry, Act 12-29-16 and 9 29-19 No. 020228, for NWKNE14. Section 34, Township 1 South, Range 29 East, Willamette Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make three-year proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before Clerk of Circuit Court, at Heppner, Oregon, on the 6th day or May, 1924. Claimant names as witnesses: Frank McCabe, Phil Hirl. Marsh Courtney, Michael Maguire, all of Lena, Oregon. CARL G. HELM, Register. NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY ON EXECUTION. Notice is hereby given that under and by virtue of an execution in fore closure duly issued out of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Mor row, County, by the Clerk of said Court on the 12th day of March, 1924, pursuant to a Judgment and decree entered and rendered in said Court on the 8th day of March, 1924, in s suit In said Court wherein W. P. Prophet, was plaintiff and Richard H. Steers, and Pearl L. Steers, his wife, were defendants, and in which suit said plaintiff recovered Judgment against said defendants for the sum of f.iaO.OO, with Interest thereon from the 11th day of July, 1021, at the rate of eight per cent per annum, for the sum of f6.00, attorney's fees and the cost and disbursements of said suit in the sum of $16.80, I will on Sat urday, the 12th day of April, 1924, at the hour'of 10 o'clock in the fore noon of said day at the front door of the Court house at Heppner, Mor row County, Oregon, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the following described real property, situated ia Morrow County, Oregon, to-wit: The West half of the Southwest quarter of Section thirty-five (36) in Township five (5) South of Range twenty-five (251 East of Willamette Meridian, and that part of the East half of the Southeast quarter of Section thirty-four (34) in Township Ave (6) South of Range twenty flve (25) East of Willamette Mer idian, including a atrip nine rods wide at the South end and twenty-three rods wide at the North end, containing 96 acres, more or less. The above described real property ia levied upon and sold as the prop erty of the defendants, and being the property ordered sold in said suit, and the same will be sold subject to confirmation by the Court. Dated this 13th day of March, 124. GEO. McDUFFEE, Sheriff of Morrow County, Oregon. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior. U. S. LAND OFFICE at La Grande, Oregon, March 8, 1924. NOTICE is hereby given that James S. Carter, of Heppner, Oregon, who, on May 20, 1919, made Additional Homestead Entry, Act 12-29-16, No. 019764, for SEKNW14, SW14NEK'. NWUSWK, NW14SE14, Section 29, SEUNE14, NE14SE14, Section 31, Township 4 South, Range 27 East, W. M., Lots S, 4, SEUNWK, NE14SWK, Section 5, Township I South, Range 27 East, Willamette Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make final proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before United States Commissioner at Heppner, Oregon, on the 30th day of April, 1924. Claimant names as witnesses: R. W. Owen, Clarence Reid, W. P. Cox, Loren Hale, all of Heppner, Ore gon. CARL G. HELM, Register. NO. 131 GUARDIAN'S NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF MULTNOMAH, PRO BATE DEPARTMENT. IN THE MATTER OF THE GUARD IANSHIP of WILFRED WARD, a minor. Notice is hereby given that by vir- tue of an Order of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for the County of Multnomah, Department of Pro bate, duly made and entered of re. RADIO Concerts On Your Farm Free of Charge Our demonstration car goes anywhere within forty miles of Heppner and will give you and your neigh bors a fine evening's entertainment. All Leading Makes Handled MAURICEA.FRYE Everything Electrical Phone 472 HOUSING EXPERTS HEAD MOVEMENT FOR BETTER HOMES IN AMERICA; EDUCATIONAL DRIVE UNDER WAY -' iff J issaWli"" i" yj I I L innnnncz: n Xijdrtffinrx vm i DC. James Ford The reorganized Better Homes In America movement, now entering Its third year, is under the active management of Dr. James Kord, executive director, pictured above. Dr. Ford is a nationally known housing specialist, and has been granted a year's leave by Harvard University In order to take charge of this educational work. Dr. John M. Orles, pictured with Dr. Ford, is one of the members of the board of directors of Bettor Homes In America. He is at the head of the Division of Building and Housing of the Department of Commerce, As reorganized, Better Homes In America Is entirely educational and non-commeroial, being supported by publio gift. Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commeroe, Is again president of the organization, and President Coolldgs, for the second time, warmly endorsed the move ment In his letter to Secretary Hoover accepting; the chairman ship of the Advisory Council, During tli first fear of the cord on the 29th day of February, 19Z4, the undersigned, guardian of tho person and property of Wilfred Ward, a minor, will at three o'clock P. M. on and after Saturday April 12th, 1924, on the premises at the old Charles H. Ward residence in the Town of Hardman, Morrow County, Oregon, offer for aalo at private sale to the beat bidder for cash, all the right, title and interest of the aald minor ward, Wilfred Ward, in and to the following mentioned and describ ed real property, to-wit: - An undivided one-half interest in Lots One (1), Two (2) and Three (3) in Block lettered "B" in the Town of Hardman, former ly Dairyville. Also an undivided one-half interest in the following described land: Commencing at a point Nine and Six Hundredths (9.06) chains East and Thirty (30) feet South of the Northwest corner of Gov ernment Lot numbered One (1), also known aa the Northeast quarter (NEU) of the Northeast quarter (NE"4), of Section num bered Three (3) in Township Five (6) South Range Twenty five (26) East of the Willamette Meridian, running thence South Four (4) chains, thence East two and eight tenths (2.8) chains, thence North Four (4) chains, thence West Two and eight tenths (2.8) chains, to the point of be ginning, containing one and one eighth acres more or less. All in the County of Morrow and State of Oregon. The terms of said sale are as fol lows: The sale of said property will be for cash. Said sale to be made on the prem ises and subject to the approval and confirmation of the above entitled Court. Date of first publication March 13, 1924. Date of last publication April 10, 1924. LAURA A. WARD, Guardian of the person and prop erty of Wilfred Ward, a minor. JAMES J. CROSSLEY, Attorney for Guardian, 1030 Chamber of Commerce Bldg., Portland, Oregon. Professional Cards DR. A. H. JOHNSTON Physician and Surgeon Calls answered Night or Day L O. O. F. Building Phones: Office, Main 933: Res., 12 HEPPNER, OREGON A. M. EDWARDS I DRILL WELLS I also handle Casing, Windmills and Supplies, do fishing and clean out old wells, BOX 14, LEXINGTON, ORE. DR. F. E. FARRIOR DENTIST L O. O. F. Building Heppner, Oresroo A. D. McMURDO, M. D. PHYSICIAN SURGEON Office in Masonic Building Trained Nurse Assistant Heppner, Oregon C. C. CHICK, M. D. PHYSICIAN A SURGEON First National Bank Bldg. THE DALLES, OREGON WOODSON & SWEEK ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Offices in First National Bank Building Heppner, Oregon - D(2.JOhkj M. GRies movement, some five hundred communities demonstrated Bettor Homes. The next year this num ber was about doubled, and there Is assurance this year that the 1921 figure will be considerably sur passed in the number of commun ities demonstrating Better Homes, during the week set aside aa "Better Homes Week" May 11 to 18. Particular stress Is being laid this year on homos for Ameriran families of moderate means, and local committees have been asked to demonstrate homes which, com pletely furnished, would corns within the reach of such families. Andthcr particular aim of the campaign this year is to extend the movement to rural parts of the country as far as possible. Better Homes In America la seeking to convey to every American family that beauty and comfort In the home need not be strangers to economy. Headquarters are at 166! Pen nsylvania Avenue, Washington. S. E. NOTSON ATTORN EY-AT-LAW Office la Court Bouse Orasea F. H. ROBINSON LAWYER ION OREGON Heppner Sanitarium Pkrsielee-U-Ckarte Treatment oi all diseases. Isolated wards for contagious diseases. FIRE INSURANCE Waters & Anderson Hoppnar, Orcfoit Golden Wesl: Ginghams Zephyrs In Beautiful Plaids and Popular Colorings Priced Sam Hughes Co. 1 COFFEE NEWS f The impression that Coffee is injurious has been exploded Prof. Prescott, of Mass. Institute of jj Technology, after three year.-? research, J H says: j "Coffee, if properly prepared, has a re- H H markably stimulating and fatigue-reliev- f J ing effect. It promotes heart action mild- j H Iy, increasing the power to do muscular 1 work and increases the power of mental J effort, therefore is an aid to sustained jj brain work. It has no depressive after H effects and is not habit-forming. ( SURE A CLEAN BILL FOR COFFEE Get your Coffee here and enjoy good health I Phelps Grocery Company I PHONE 5? llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllljl E. J. STARKEY ' ELECTRICIAN HOUSE WIRING A SPECIALTY Beppaer, Oresoe) i IT! L. 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