THE IONE INDEPENDENT
Published I very Friday by
7. V. HEAD. Kiiitat-Puhliiber
SUBSCRIPTION!
On year... ....1.60
His monthi .......76
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uiri at icconJ class matter at the
pottofflc at Ion. Oregon, under act
ot Maivu J. 1878
Friday, Mir. 27 1925
We tokt these truth tc A self
di-nt, that all men are ereattM fiw
and eqtml ; that thoy are endowed
by their creator with certain in
alienable rights; Hint among these
re life, liberty ami the pursuit of
happiness.
Declaration of Jndeiiendenc.
The Power of Song
Columns uplifted high.
Or llTlng bronxe.
Or stone carved skillfully ,
Fame' clarions
Never to men can give
Their deathless mead.
Like son that mate to live
Each noble deed.
If poets had not come
To grace their name,
Virtue herself were dumb
And tongueless Fame,
A nd dead the memory
Of Hector's worth.
But winged with song they fly
Throughout the earth.
Pierre de Konsard. Transited
by Curtis Hidden Page.
PREPAREDNESS
The old id age, In time of peace
prepare for war.assuming war to
be inevitaole, a state of which
the recurrence may always be an
ticpated, is the expression of a
fundamental axiom. But gran tin a
the truth of both the premise and
the conclusion, we hav still to ask
ourselves the question. What is
preparation?
To some minds this question
admits but one possible answer.
To them.praration means armies
and navies. They think only of
certain material instruments of
warfare to be used on Ian or sea.
in the depths of water or in the
heights of air.So they vote mill
ions in money and are ready to
devote millions of youth to train
ingin the art of destruction .they
are ready to break the backs of
the taxpayers of today with the
burden of preparation for the
battles of tomorrow.
But these people fail to grasp
the idea that the progress of time
and the course of human events
are fast relegating the approved
machinery of war to the junk
piles of antiquity.The day is close
at hand when the batleship and
the siege gun will be as obsolete
as the trireme and the crossbow,
Of instruments of defense and
aggression there remain but men
and money, the fudamenta! bases
of peace and war.
' That government makes the
best prepararation for war which
devotes its energies to the task
of promoting the contentment of
its people and the payment of its
debtl.The best provision for the
war to come is not tp be found in
battleship construction but inbond
redemption; not in maintaining
armies but in raisig men who have
reason to love their country .
We need not fear so much that
the dread alarm of war shall find
as without the immediate imple
of war as that it shall find us bur
dened with a load of debt incurr
ed in past wars.
The National debt now totals
twenty one billion dollars. The U.
S. Treasury has arranged for the
payment of five hundred million
dollars annually on the principal
of this debt. If this policy is car
ried out, in twenty years from
or in 1945, the U.S. will still have
outstanding bonds to the amount
of (10,000,000.000.00 with an an
nual interest charge of above $400
000,000.00; the annual interest is
now $940.000,000.00;or $8.39 for
very man, woman and child in the
country.
; Nearly one billion dollarsof this
load of debt is a legacy entailed
upon us by the Civil War,
Statesmen are not inclined to
FLOUR SHIPMENTS
SMSMSSWBHSMBSBSBI
Intercoastal shipments of flour
during the firt twelve days of
March amounted to 1,500 tons
compared with 1,870 tons during
the entire month of March, 1921.
This means greater shipments to
almost all of the intercoastal
cities and particularly is this
true to ports in the South At
lantic. An instance of this is
shown in Charleston to which
port last year there were shipped
280 tons of flour. So far during
the month of March shipments
have amounted to 294 tons or
more than for the entire year of
1924. Besides this however,
shipments of 192 tons were made
in February and 527 tons in Jan
uary. This makes four times as
much flour as was shipped during
last year. Another example of
this is to Mobile. During 1924
shipments amounted to 1,728
tons and during February one
shipment to this city was made
amounting to 933 tons and in
January shipments amounted to
343 tons making nearly as much
during these two months as for
the entire previous year. This
is made possible by the regular
and frequent service between
Portland and the various Atlan
tic ports.Port of Portland.
INFLUENZA
While we do not think there is
cause for serious alarm, there is
no question that influeuza is more
prevalent than it has been for
some tims in Oregon .Reports
from other parts of the United
States show that there are many
cases of the disease.Not withstand
ing the great amount of study
that has been devoted to influen
za, we are still unable to prescribe
measures for its complete control
It is impossible to classify this
disease properly untl more studies
have been made by the clinical
bacteriologist
That Million Dollar Motor
Mr. Long, one o(, the travel
ing salesmen of the Durant
Motor Co. called at the Indepen
dent office Monday, and took the
devil out for a little trip over the
hills. Incidentally he gave
demonstration of the 'power of
the million dollar motor by climb
ing one of the rqughest and
steepest roads he could find, in
high and at a speed of fifteen
miles per hour.
Ckan-up at Arlington
Let's everybody do some one
thing this spring to make our
yard, or our place of business
more attractive to those who
stay with us this summer.
Plant a tree., some flowers, a
garden, paint, cleanup and make
some added improvement if you
can. And remember when you
plan these improvements, than
your own home town merchants
can supply your needs. Arling
ton Bulletin.
Clean up Day at Wasco
Wasco will soon have a Clean
up Day .Pursuant to action tak
en by the city council, Mayor J. P.
Yates has issued an official proc-
lamatiQi.settmg aside Thursday.
April 2, as the date upon which
the citirens of the community are
to rest from their usual pursuits
and work togeher to beautify this
city.
Wasco News-Enterprise
THE DRUNKEN DRIVER
The Drunken driver is a dis
tinct menace to every body, him
self included. He has been fined
long enough. Itdoesn.t work
Send him to jail where he be
longs, if convicted after a fair
trial in which his defence hiJ
been heard.-Condon Globe
Times.
It is easier to keep clean than
to clean up.
When wheat drops so racidlv
in the Chicago pit regardless of
indications that the world crop
win not be big there is every
reason, to suspect an organized
raid is underway. Within a few
months the farmers will have
some wheat to sell and the bears
are preparing for the occasion.
East Oregonian '
Considering the caliber of
some congressmen, that $10,000
salary bill should be listed as
pension measure.-Indianapolis
Star.
Early Ohio and Irish Cobbler
seed potatoes 4 cents per pound,
cash.
BERT MASON
the payment of debts when pist
ponement is possible and if the
people do not forca the issue, the
year 1975 will find the people of
these United States still paying
interest on the cost of the war
with the Imperial German Gov
ernment in 1917
THANK YOU
I take this means of acknow
ledging the return of the mirror
advertised in a recent issue of
the Independent.
Mrs. Anna Ross.
Lodge Directory
IOXE LODrtE No. 120. A.F. 4 A..M
Mivu every first and third Werim-
ofeiicb month.. W. M. . U. Waller
L. E.- Dirk.
LOCUST QI1APTKK No. II!). O. K.
Meets the second and fourth T uc-
dny of each month. W.M. Mrs. Myr-
tie Walker; Hoc. Mrs. Nliia Blddle.
IONE LODGE No. 135. I. O. O. F.
Meet every Hiitunluj eveuiug. N
(., Frank Young; V. U. He rgen Le
better; Sec. Earle A. UroVu; Tread
E. J. Brlstow.
BUNcnGItASS KEBEKAH No. 81.
I. O. O. F. Meets the first and third
Thursday of each month. N.U. Ituby
Engelmun; V. (). Arvlllo Swausou;
Sec. Vcrda Itltclile: Treas. Etta Brls
tow.
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ENGELMAN HARDWARE
- IONE, OREGON
Everything in the line of
hardware. If we havn't
got it we can get it
quick.
ENGELMAN HARDWARE
IONE, OREGON
Church News
Notes of Interest to Ail
Local Denominations.
Mrs. W. O. Livingstone, ac
companied ly Miss Downey, one
of the field workers of the
Misnionary work of the Dis
ciples church was a passenger on
the down train, Wednesday
morning.
Miss Downey has her head
quarters at Atlanta Georgia.
Mrs. Livingstone ' reports the
work at Hood River prospering.
The Union C. E. meeting next
Sunday evet ing will be held at
the Baptist church.
TheJnniur Endeavor meeting
will be held as usual. Ellen
Ritchie lead?.
Saturday, April fourth the
Dorcas SocUty of the Congre
gational chu.ch will hold their
annual pre-l!aster sale.
New vullty tin was ' plnced in
the roof of the Congregational
church this week. The work
was done by Chas. Allinger and
Paul Balsiger.
Don't forget the food" sale of
the laiiies of the Disciples church
next Saturd ty.
Mrs W.O. Livingstone and
Miss Downey of Atlanta, Ga.,
conducted a meeting at the Dis
ciples church here last Monday
evening in the interest of Missions.
Spring
seeding time will soon be here
A VAN BRUNT
will serve you well.
We have a good stock of drills on
hand and our prices $re right.
, Hoping the New Year brings
you health wealth and prosperity..
Bristow & Johnson
IONE HARNESS SHOP
C. A. BECK, Proprietor
CHURCH DIRECTORY
CONGREGATIONAL CHUHCIl
Rev. W. W. HEAD, Pastor
Services
11:00 A. M. and 8:00 P. M.
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Sunday School 10:00 A. M.
Prayer Meeting Thurs. Evening
Services
10:00 A. M. and 8:00 P. M.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
; Drop In nd looh over my
Lin of Worh Shoes.
1 I have a good Moch of Cloves and
I ' Harness Supplies.
1 Repairing at Reasonable Prices. .
Ibne Market
CEO. W. RITCHIE, Prop.
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
FRESH and CURED MEATS
Your Patronage Solicited.
Sunday School at 10.00 A.M
Junior Endeavor st5.30 P.M.
Prayer meeting Thurs. 7.30 P.M
Hall's Catarrh Medicine
Thna Itha bim 1st at M.. 4-t m.
tUm will notr that Catarrh bothara tham
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F. J. Chanay Co.. Tolado. Ohta.
HEPPNER TAILORING CO,
TAILORS
Suits Made To Measure
PRICE
$29.50 And Up
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Heppner, Ore.
A. D. HCHURDO, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Office in Masonic Building
Trained Nurse Assistant
Heppner : Oregon
WOODSON & SWEEK
Attorneys At Law
First National Bank Building
Heppner - Oregon
When You Visit Heppner
Eat at the
Elkhorn Restaurant
Cood Meals Best of Service
Lunch Counter
Dr. A. H. Johnston
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Phone-Office
Residence
HEPPNER .
Main)33
Main 492
ORECON
Under New Management
IONE HOTEL
lone. . Ore.
Refurnished and Strictly Up to Date. Commer
cial Table First Class. A home away from
home, with best meals In Central Oregon.
SAM GANGER, Proprietor.
Nice Rooms. . Good Service.
: :
: Farm Implements
VULCAN and OLIVER PLOWS, SUPERIOR
S DRILLS, FAIRBANKS MORSE ENGINES,
MYERS PUMPS, STAR and AERMOTOR a
WIND MILLS. WINONA WAGONS.
PAUL G. BALSIGER . 1
! ' lone, Oregon
SEE ME BEFORE THE FIRE rxrAei p TXr . -
H. C. WOOD QydeR-WaIker'M D-
REAL ESTATE & ' Ph'3klan and Surgeon
INSURNCE Office In Drug Store.
IONE, . OREGON IONE, . . ORECON
t
F.H.Robinson Dr. F. E. Farrior
Attorney and Counselor at Law DENTIST
Will practice in all the Courtn. 0rtjce: Odd Fellows Building
IONE, OREGON ' HcPPner V Oregon '
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