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THE GAZETTE-TIMES. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1925.
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MORROW COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
TBI AMfclUCAN FKSs ASSOCIATION
The New Year.
WITH to-day begins the New
Year, 1925, and to the good
people of Heppner and Morrow
county, this paper extends its
heartiest good wihses, along with
its sincere thanks for the splen
did patronage and support it has
had during the year just closed.
The year 1924 was not all that
could have been desired by the
folks in this immediate neighbor
hood. Morrow county did not
have its share of prosperity that
was meted out to many more fa
vored sections; this being brought
about by the shortage in crops, so
from the material standpoint our
people have not done so well. Yet
we have heard little complaint. It
seems to be characteristic of the
majority of the inhabitants here
to take things as they come and
make the best of it; so they have
looked upon the crop shortage
and the consequent lack of rev
enue as one of those visitations
that come periodically to the best
of countries, and they have taken
a few hitches in heir belts, buck
led on their armor just a little
tighter and dug into their work
with a vim that means success
another year. We sincerely hope
that their efforts will not have
proved in vain, and that the year
1925 will be one that shall put
the most of the farmers, and the
business men as well, on the road
to permanent prosperity.
The general trend of business
is upward in all lines. The great
producing classes have the prom
ise of better prices for what they
raise, and so far as Morrow coun
ty is concerned it would only
seem necessary to have an abun
dant harvest to insure our people
their Just share of the prosperity
that seems on the way for the
entire country. A good crop works
wonders here, and we could make
no better wish for 1925 than that
every farmer in this county will
have an abundant harvest of good
grain to market in the fall, and
that he will have received the
very top price on the market as
compensation for his year's labor.
We wish one and all a happy
and prosperous New Year.
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Is It Too Much Law?
Dearborn Independent.
ONE of the causes of lawless
ness in this country is that
there are too many laws. The
more laws there are the more
chance there is of people break
ing them. But the trouble with
most laws seems to be that no
sooner are they on the statute
book than someone comes along
with another law calculated to sap
and undermine them and render
them innocuous or useless.
A gentleman of the name of
Bumble once declared in a mo
ment of irritation that the "law
was an ass" which was rather a
sweeping statement, as Bumble
included all law in his classifica
tion. But if Bumble was right it
only goes to show that law only
partakes of the assinitv of its ma-
found than that of enforcing it.
Every state, upon analysis of
its statutes, would find many en
actments that have become obso
lete or have proved impracticable.
A judicious reading up of the ac
cumulated legislation of thj last
hundred years or so . might do
much to clear the wav for a better
state of things What is good and
sound and workable may be re
tained, and all that makes for the
public good.
That there is an alarming slack
ness in the administration of the
law in this country cannot be de
nied. There are too manv sources
of defeating the ends of justice
which are get-at-able by those in
terested. Pressure is brought to
bear in quarters where it should
never be tolerated, and many a
crime goes unpunished. Better to
have a few laws that are effective
and properly enforced, than a
conglomeration of half-baked leg
islation that is worse than useless.
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Coming to our desk this week
is the annua! Christmas edition
of the Coos Bay Times, publish
ed at Marh field by Messrs. M.
C. and Dan E. Maloney. The ed
ition very thoroughly covers the
extensive resources of the Coos
Bay country and Southwestern
Oregon and gives one a compre
hensive idea of that splendid sec
tion of our state. The edition con
sists of 72 pages and is replete
with fine illustrations and de
scriptive matter pertaining to ev-
ery town and city in the two coun
ties of Coos and Curry. The pub
lishing of an annual Christmas
edition is a habit thoroughly es
tablished by the Times, and this
is by far their best effort and
speaks volumes for the enterprise
of the publishers.
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Sullivan on Taxation,
Oregon Voter.
TV It ARK SULLIVAN offers
1V1 some observations in th
Oregonian that provoke thought.
He shows that, due to Coolidge
and Mellon, the Federal govern
ment is paying off its debti thrift
ily and reducing taxes. In contrast
he sets out the attitude of states
and the local governments in in
creasing their current expendi
tures and their debts, thereby
making local taxes higher and
higher. He omits to say that the
federal expenditures were made
heavy mainly on account of the
war, but what he says has point
just the same. Our tax-levying
bodies in Oregon submit the tax
increase measures and the bond
ing measures to the people, who
vote most of them through. Mr.
Sullivan comments on the fact
that Oregon's state debt is as
large as Pennsylvania's. He om
its to note that Oregon's state
debt is practically all self-financing
that is, is it not a tax burden
on property but is paid as to in
terest and principal out of the pro
ceeds of the activities. financed by
bond issues. For instance, the
highway bonds are taken care of
out of tile proceeds of motor ve
hicle fees and gasoline taxes
which are paid cheerfully for the
sake of getting the highways. But
our local bond issues, in contrast
with the state bond issues, are
direct burden upon property, and
must be paid from the proceeds
of property taxation
For Mr. Sullivan's information
we will state that Oregon has held
state and local taxes somewhat
under the 1920 level for four
years now. But no heavy cuts
have been made, and the prospect
is not favorable for any substan
tial reduction. The demand for
better schools is mainly responsi
ble for the increase in local taxes
r
that demand is not satisfied in
full. The demand for better
schools must be met by local tax
ation, and is a steady demand,
springing from the aspirations of
the people. War expenditure is
an emergency expenditure. Fed
eral tax-payers rightfully may ex
pect heavy reductions in taxes as
the huge cost of the war gradually
is paid off. Local tax-payers can
not expect heavy reductions so
long as the demand for better
schools is as insistent as it is.
What can be avoided, both by
the federal and local govern
ments, is taking on new activities
of government. W e can avoid get
ting into the hazardous water
power business by public bond is
sues, which sooner or later will
mean public taxation to meet the
deficits. We can avoid govern
ment ownership of railroads and
utilities. We can keep our state
out of the flour milling business
and out of the packing business.
We can forego some of the lux-
unes of trying to regulate every
me of business endeavor in ev
ery petty detail, whereby we not
only run up huge expense for
regulation but by the regulation
we strangle the enterprise that
creates new taxable wealth to
help carry the burdens of educa
tion and other necessary govern
mental activities
Mr. Sullivan makes us think.
His articles evince the power of a
gifted mind as well as a rare fac
ulty of expression. We are glad
he is calling attention to the gen
eral trend of local government to
wards high expenditure and trust
he will give us the benefit of fur
ther attention to the subject.
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A Needless Expense.
N connection with the general
trend of cutting down expert
ses and doing away with unneces
sary burdens of taxation, there is
the so-called voters pamphlets
mailed out from the office of the
secretary of state at each election.
This is one item that can be dis
pensed with; and in discussing
this question the Oregon City
Courier says :
"Included in these costs is that
of the primary elections, which is
borne by the counties. The coun
ties also participate in the ex
pense incidental to the issuing of
the so-called Voters' Pamphlets,
the aggregate biennial cost of
which is in excess of $250,000
This includes printing, postage.
the upkeep of the mailing list, in
which all counties participate, and
all other expenses incident to the
maintenance of these pamphlets.
Returns indicate that not more
than 40 per cent of these pamph
lets are taken home by citizens.
The loss is those misdirected due
to change of residence and to
those who refuse to carry the doc
uments from the postoffice. This
means that at least 60 per cent
of the people now rely upon the
newspapers for their exposition of
the measures.
"There is also what is known
as the candidates' pamphlet, in
which is inserted the claims of
candidates for office at a price
that covers but a small portion of
the cost.
"This part of the Oregon sys
tem will certainly be under fire
at the coming session of the legis
lature, and if it is to be retained
there must be a concentrated ef
fort in favor of the practice of
spending such a large amount of
money to get the desired informa
tion before the people."
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Here Happiness Is.
HOW You Gonna Keep 'Em
on the Farm; queries a re
cent "popular song, which in
words, sentiment and music is
about on a par with the average
"popular" song. This, painting
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the delights of Broadway, and
considering the farm ss a cold
storage plant for all joy, is pop
ular in the crowded centers.
The truth is that farmers' chil
dren generally have more reason
to be happy, and are, than any
city child. Childhood loves the
outdoors; it loves growing things,
and animals, and going barefoot,
and fishing with a bent pin, and
shooting rabbits and mothering
kittens instead of dolls.
Any boy would rather have a
dog than go to a movie.
Any girl would prefer a pet
lamb to a kewpie doll.
Farm children live the natural
life of childhood.
The farm boy who has his own
saddle horse, and his own little
drove of pigs, and his own herd of
heifers, has more to keep him
happy than any city child can
have, and the farmer who is a
wise father will see to it that his
children become partners with
him at an early age. City
minded juveniles who must feel
asphalt through their tight shoes
and who must have a movie mel-
lerdramar" a day will be of no
value on the farm, nor anywhere
else, until they have learned the
art of living rationally, simply
and, therefore, happily.
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Maybe In a Million
Years.
N excited dispatch from Ber
lin tells you that American
Bankers are supplying funds for
experiments that would obtain
gold from baser metals. They
hope that gold can be produced
as cheaply as tin or copper. Hope
is beautiful, considerably more
beautiful than the gold that gulli
ble American gentlemen will get
for their latest attempt at trans
mutation of metals. When a sci
entist looks into an atom of pure
gold, counts the electrons that re
volve around the nucleus and re
alizes dimly the unutterable pow
er, knowledge and precision in
volved in a single atom of any
of the elements', he knows that
no little human being is going to
manufacture such atoms for him
self offhand. Perhaps in a mill
ion years, but not now. Wise Na
ture won't permit man to decide
in advance the sex of one unborn
child. To do so would produce
too many boys, too few girls. And
Nature won't allow men to change
the elements that he really needs,
iron or hydrogen, into gold that
he does not need. Don't invest
your money in any scheme to
manufacture gold'.
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We have missing from our private
library several books of value that
have been borrowed by friends dur
ing the past year. As we are leaving
Heppner shortly we are asking that
these books be returned to us. One
or two of them we prize very highly.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Gillilan.
After a visit of ten days with their
relatives in this city, Mr. and Mrs. L.
A. Darland departed on Tuesday
morning for their home at Home
stead. Oregon.
property mortgaged to secure the
payment of said. Bums be told to sat
isfy said judgment:
1 will on January 10, 1925, at (he
hour of 2:30 o'clock P. M., in th af
ternoon of said day, at the front door
of the Court House in Heppner, Mor
row County, Oregon, offer for sale
and sell to the highest bidder - for
cash, at public auction, all of ihe
following described real property in
Morrow County, State of Oregon, ro
wit: One undivided one seventh interest
in and to the North half of Section
23, and the North half of the South
half of Section 23, all in Township
3 South, Range 23, E. W. M., the
same being the real property mort
gaged by the said defendants to se
cure the payment of said judgment
and ordered Bold by the Court for
that purpose.
Date of first publication, Dec. 11,
1924. '
Date of last publication, Jan. 8,
1925.
GEORGE McDUFFEE,
Sheriff of Morrow County,
Oregon.-
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned executor of the laBt will
and testament of Jerry Brosnan, de
ceased, has filed in the County Court
of the State of Oregon for Morrow
County, his final account of his ad
ministration of the estate of said de
ceased, and the 12th day of January,
1925, at the hour of 10 a. m. of said
day, and the County Court room at
the Court House at Heppner, Ore
gon, has been fixed as the time and
place for the hearing objections to,
and the settlement of said final ac
count and all persons having objec
tions thereto are required to hie the
same with the Clerk of said Court
on or before the time set for the
hearing of objections to said final
account.
Dated this 11th day of December,
1924.
, JOHN BROSNAN, Executor.
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS'
MEETING.
Notice is hereby given that there
wilt be a meeting of the stockholders
of the First National Bank of Hepp
ner, Oregon, on the second Tuesday
in January, 1925, (January 13th,
1925), between the hours of 10 a.
and 4 p. m., of said date for the pur
pose of electing directors and for the
transaction of such business as may
legally come before the meeting.
W. E. MOORE, Cashier.
Dated this 9th day of December,
1924.
nary, 1925, at 10 Vclock A. II, at th
front door of th bounty uourt nous
in Heppner, Morrow County, Oregon,
sell at public auction (subject to re
demption), to th highest bidder for
cash in hand, all th right, title and
interest which th wifim named J.
L. Sturglll had on th 80th day of
August, 1923, th date of th decree
or sine that dat had in and to th
abov described property or ny part
thereof, to satisfy said execution,
judgment order and decree. Interest,
cost and accruing costs.
GEO. McDUFFE,
Sheriff cf Morrow County, Oregon.
By ELBERT L. COX.
Dated this 2nd day of December,
124.
First issue December 4, 1924.
Last issue January 1, 1925.
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS'
MEETING.
Notice is hereby given that there
will be a meeting of the stockholders
of the Farmers 4 Stockgrowers Na
tional Bank of Heppner, Oregon, on
the second Tuesday in January, 1925,
(January 13th, 1926) between the
hours of 9 a. m. and 4 p. m., of said
day, for the purpose of electing di
rectors and for the transaction of
such other business as may legally
come before the meeting.
EARL HALLOCK,
Assistant Cashier.
Dated this 10th day of December,
1924.
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS
MEETING.
Notice is hereby given that the reg
ular annual stockhilders' meeting of
the Lexington Stat Bank will be held
at its banking room, in th Town of
Lexington, Stat of Oregon, at th
hour of four o'clock F. M., on Thurs
day, January 8, 1925.
The purpose for which this meet
ing is called is to elect a Board of
Directors for th ensuing year and
for the transaction of any other bus
iness that may be properly presented.
W. O. HILL, Cashier.
Dated at Lexington, Oregon, De
cember 8, 1924.
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LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE UN
DER FORECLOSURE.
Notice is hereby given that by vir
tue of an execution and order of sale,
issued out of the Circuit Court of
the State of Oregon for Morrow
County, dated December 29, 1924, to
me directed, in a certain suit in said
Court wherein Laura Adams as plain
tiff recovers a judgment against T.
H. Williams and Corda Williams, de
fendants, for the Bum of Nine Hun
dred Dollars, with interest thereon
at the rate of 8 per cent per cent per
annum from September 24, 1922; the
further sum of One hundred Thirty
five Dollars on account of taxes, pen
alty, and interest; the further sum of
One hundred Twenty-five Dollars
attorney's fees and costs and dis
bursements taxed and allowed at
J20.00, and an order that the real
property mortgaged to secure the
payment of aid sums be sold to sat
isfy said judgment;
I will on Saturday, the 31st day of
January, 1925, at the hour of 10 o'
clock in the forenoon of said day, at
the front door of the Court House in
Heppner, Morrow County, Oregon, of
fer for sale and sell to the highest
bidder for cash, at public auction, all
the following described real proper
ty, situated in Morrow County, State
of Oregon, to-wit:
Lots One (1) and Two (2) and 100
feet off of the East end of Lot Five
(5) in Block Four (4) in Adam's Addi
tion to Dairyville, Morrow County,
Oregon, the same being the real prop
erty mortgaged by said defendants to
secure the payment of said judgment
and ordered to be sold by the Court
for that purpose,
GEORGE McDUFFEE, Sheriff,
of Morrow County, Oregon.
Date of first publication, January
I, 1926.
Date of last publication, January
29, 1925.
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE UN
DER FORECLOSURE.
Notice is hereby given that by vir
tue of an execution and order of sale,
issued out of th Circuit Court of
the Stat of Oregon for Morrow
County, dated December 10, 1924, to
me directed, in a certain suit in said
Court wherein the A. H. Averill Ma
chinery Company, a Corporation, as
plaintiff, recovered a judgment
against A. W. Lundell, and A. W.
Lundell, as administrator of the Es
tate of Ninna N. Lundell, deceased,
defendants, for th sum of Six Hun
dred Forty, and no-100 Dollars, with
Interest at the rate of ten per cent
per annum from July 27, 1910, leas
the sum of $131.68; th further Bum
of Two Hundred Seventeen and no
100 Dollars, with In'-erest thereon at
the rate of ten per cent per annum
from July 27, 1910, less the um of
$46.27; the further sum of One Hun
dred Seventy Five and no-100 Dol
lars attorneys' feci and coiti and
disbursements taxed and allowed at
128.25, and an order that th real
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Notice ia hereby given that the un
dersigned has been appointed by th
County Court of the State of Ore
gon for Morrow County, administrat
or of th Estate of Lewis Henry Car
penter, deceased; and that all per
sons having claims against the Baid
estate must present the same, duly
verified according to law, to me at
Boardman, Oregon, within six months
from the date of the first publication
of this notice, which date of nrst
publication is December 4, 1924.
GLEN E. CARPENTER,
Administrator.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
STATE OF OREGON FOR MOR
ROW COUNTY.
J. F. Lucaa, Plaintiff )
vs. )SUMMONS
A. B.- Strait, Defendant. )
To A. B. Strait, defendant:
IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF
OREGON: You are hereby required
to appear and answer the complaint
filed against you in the above entitled
action on or before the 17th day of
January, 1925, if served by publica
tion or if personally served outside
the State of Oregon, within bIx weeks
from the date of such service and if
you fail to so appear and answer, for
want thereof, the plaintiff will take
judgment against you for the sum of
$833.80, with interest at the rate of
8 per cent per annum from November
12, 1921, the further sum of $100.00
attorney's fees and for plaintiff's
costs and disbursements in this ac
tion, and
YOU ARE FURTHER HEREBY
NOTIFIED that the plaintiff has
caused a writ of attachment to issue
in this action out of the above en
itled Court and has caused to be at
tached the sum of $200.00 in cash be
longing to you and which is now held
by th sheriff of Morrow County,
State of Oregon, under said attach
ment and th plaintiff will apply to
the Court for an order to apply said
money to the satisfaction of any
judgment which the plaintiff may ob
tain. This summon! Is published by vir
tue of an order of Honorable W, T.
Campbell, County Judge of Morrow
County, State of Oregon, mfde and
entered on the 2nd day of December,
1924, which order specified that this
summons should be published in The
Gazette-Times, a weekly newspaper
of general circulation, published In
Heppner, Oregon, once euch week for
the period of six weeks and the date
of first publication hereof is Decem
ber 4th, 1924, and the date of last
publication Is January 15, 1926.
WOODSON t SWEEK,
Attorneys for the Plaintiff,
Address, Heppner, Oregon.
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NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE.
In th Circuit Court of th Stat of
Oregon for Morrow County.
Lee Arnett, Plaintiff,
vs.
1. L. Sturglll, Defendant.
By virtue ef an execution, judg
ment order, decree and order of sal
Issued out of the above entitled Court
in the above entitled cause, to me di
rected and dated th 3rd day of No
vember, 1924, upon a judgment ren
dered and entered in said Court on
th 80th day of August, 1923, in
fav of Lee Amett, Plaintiff,
and against J. L, Sturglll, de
fendant, for the sum of $18,000.00
with Interest at th rate of 8 per
cent per annum from th 81st
day of December, 1921, and th fur
ther sum of $200 with Interest at th
rate of 8 per cent per annum from
th 80th day of August, 1923, and th
further in of $11.75 with Interest
at th rate of 8 per cent per annum
from th 80th day of August, 1923, for
th further sum of $40.00 taxes and
costs and disbursements in th turn
of $46.80 and tha coiti of and upon
this writ commanding me to make
sal of th following described real
proparty, to-wit:
Th Southwest quarter of th
northeast quarter and th west half
of th southeast quarter of Section
82, township 1, south range 28, east
of th Willamette Meridian, being
120 acre and also lots 2 and 8 of
Section 6, township 2, louth of rang
28, each of th Willamette Meridian,
In th County of Morrow, Stat of
Oregon.
Now Therefor, by virtu of laid
xecution, judgment order, decree
and order of sal and in compliance
with the commands of said writ, I
will, on Saturday, th 3rd day of Jan-1
Eat mora sea foods... They
are highly reconunneded by all
leading physicians as being
necessary to proper food bal
ance. FRESH OYSTERS, CLAMS and
CRABS arriving now twice
each week.
Why not a big oyster stew,
creamy, rich and appetising?
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HEPPNER, OREGON
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