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PAGE FOUR HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 9, 1926, THB HEPPNER GAZETTE, Established March 10. 188. THE HEPPNER TIMES, bUblUM November 18. 1897: CONSOLIDATED FEBRUARY IS. MIL Pnblbbed rrwrj Thanday morulas by TAWTER AND SPENCER CRAWFORD and entered at the Poet Office at Heppner, Oregon, as eeeondUM matter. ADVERTISING RATES GIVEN ON APPLICATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Tear Six Monthi Three Month .. Single Copies MM 1.00 .06 MORROW COUNTY'S OFFICIAL PAPER Foreign Adwtklns Representative THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION The Best Rodeo riHE Rodeo committee is con- fident that this year's three day celebration will be far super ior to that of any previuos year. And from the array of entertain ment and talent they have lined up, we believe their confidence is justified. Quality has been the first consideration on every hand, and from the band and amuse ment carnival to the big show it self, this qualification is preemin ent. This good work of the Rodeo committee has caused greater en thusiasm to creep into the blood of Heppner business men, and a bigger and better Rodeo is being voiced on every hand. Saturday night the opening gun dance takes place at the open air pavilion. On this occasion cowboy regalia will be brought out to be flaunted in the breeze until the last reveler hits the hay the final night of the round-up. The pride shown by the com mittee in its successful work should be reflected by the entire1, community. Unsightly rubbish heaps, weed growths and piles, and every blemish on our city's beauty, possible to remove, should be done away with, and the city , be made to shine on this occasion. Whole-hearted cooperation on the part of everyone expressing the sentiment of the occasion should be the order during this Rodeo season. This not only for greater .enjoyment locally, but to give visitors the best time possible, making them feel the hospitality which our city holds for them. A hand of welcome and a prom ise of the best time ever is ex tended to the outside world by Heppner, and we add our invita tion to all those who love the sports of the range and a regal holiday to make our town their mecca on September 23-24-25. Jupiter Pluvius has once again cleared the atmosphere and left the brightening touch to nature that only his showers can give. Hay fever sufferers are especially thankful for the relief, and the satisfied smile is general. It re- Dr.Frank Crane Says CITIES NEED PURE WATER "T CANNOT play upon any stringed instrument; but I can tell 1 you how of a little village to make a great and glorious city," said the old Greek Themistocles. One of the most important elements in making a small town a great and glorious city is the assuring of an ample supply of pure water. As cities have grown larger the problem has become more difficult. The extent to which municipal governments have gone to in sure sufficient uncontaminated water for their citizens is shown in the case of Los Angeles, California, a few facts about whose water system should be of value to all interested in city planning. The municipal Water Bureau, with its supply and distribution system, represents an investment of more than $70,000,000. The main source of supply is a giant aqueduct nearly 250 miles in length. It is known as the Owens River Aqueduct and is laid across the Mojave desert and up the east side of the Sierras to tap the melting snows near their summits. It took five years to complete and is capable of meeting the water needs of two million people. This aqueduct is said to be the largest in the world bringing water to a city. Fifteen reservoirs are used for the storage of the water. They have a total capacity of 120,000 acre feet or about 39,000,000, 000 gallons. This is enough to meet the city's domestic water requirements for an entire year without being refilled. The network of water mains carrying' the water to consumers totals almost the number of miles across the continent. Surveying and other preliminary work has been done for a second aqueduct about 260 miles long which will be built in the future. It will increase the capacity until seven million inhabi tants can be taken care of. The water brought from the melting snows is pure at the source and comes through the aqueduct uncontaminated. The problem of keeping it pure in the reservoir is met by an elab orate system of tests and sterilizations. Instead of the old method of throwing in powder, chlorine gas is mixed with water in a way similar to the charging of carbon ated water, and this is run into the tanks. It is a significant fact that the health department reports that since 1902 not a single case of water-borne disease has been re ported in the city. This one example of the extent to which enterprising cities will go in their struggle to insure pure water is indicative of its importance in urban life. "NEWS and PROGRESS" No. ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE AND SERVICE OF THE AMERICAN NEWSPAPER AND NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING From latest volume in Manhattan library of Popular Economics, republished in serial form through courtesy of Bank of the Manhattan Company, New York. THE MODERN MARKET PLACE HEN a carrier leaves a paper on a doorstep, it may not occur to him that he is playing a part in the economic life of his town, but so it is, for to each individual subscriber he is really deliver ing the marketplace of the community. How many mrriers. how many readers even, would recog nize their familiar newspaper under such a title? Yet such it literally is. Perhaps few people have stopped to think how completely the news paper has become the market place of the community, bringing to all a knowledge of available goods and services. In fair and stormy weather this market place comes to the buyer in the form of news news of what to buy and why, where to buy and when, and how much to pay. Follow a newspaper into any home. Here are gathered the members of the family circle father, mother and children. Within a few hours each will read it and for each there must be that which he is most interested in reading. , Every editor knows this; every successful editor makes provision for it. To address each little audience with its special tastes he sets forth an extensive hill of fare. In it are political and financial news, foreign cables, a woman's page, news of sports, society items', literary and amusement reviews, science, comedy and what-not besides. To this wealth of information each member of the family will re spond and each in his peculiar way. Only to one part of the newspaper will there De any degree ui ujiuiitua icanat u.uai. vi j., universal appeal. Yet curiously enough it is the one part which was not directed by the editor, prepared by any of his writers, or received in any ot ms news reports. That part is the advertising col umns. In these, could the editor view the reception of the paper, he would find that others the advertisers were supple menting his labors by providing for tastes and needs outside his province. It really is not fanciful to say that tn these advertisers the paper has acquired a number of new department editors. Each one presents the subject he best under rnnda the offerinKS of his own business. Such "editors" have the largest possible motive to make their announcements in-tei-psrinn. for their own monev is at stake in each issue. But even more than this, their reputation as well as that of the paper itself, is at stake. When an advertiser resorts to misrepre sentation of his goods or services he re flects not only upon the integrity of the paper which contains his advertising but shakes the confidence of the public in the announcements of his fellow-advertisers. It is for this reason that responsible pub lishers and advertisers alike are today found marching together at the head of that great public movement which has tor its watchword: "Truth in Advertising." Regarded from an economic standpointlpa-vrs save even a little time of these minds us once again that our good old Eastern Oregon climate hasn't a peer in the world not even in Southern California or Florida. But they can have their booms. The Basis of Our National Prosperity. AS A national election ap proaches there are many the ories advanced as to the probabil ity of financial depression. Some argue on the line of over-speculation and too much expansion of credits. Others argue that the people are buying too many mo tor cars. Out of 20,000,000 auto mobiles in use in the world, 17, 000,000 are said to be owned in this country. Then there is talk, mainly for political effect, that while there has been a general 3 alone the importance of this movement may be better understood when it is real ized that nearly a billion and a quarter dollars are now expended annually in America for various forms of advertising, including about three-quarters of a billion in newspaper advertising, and that any material loss or public conhdence m its reliability would destroy much of its value. There is another important aspect of the newspaper as the market place ot the jcommunity which is often overlooked; that is, the saving ot time. Instead oil trudging from store to store in search of Iclothing, shoes or any ot the numerous1 other articles of modern commerce, the consumer turns instinctively to the adver tising columns of the newspaper for infor mation to guide him by the most direct route to the desired product. Thus was;ed time is eliminated. It is not possible to estimate accurately how much of the time of American buyers is saved by consulting! the advertising columns ot newspapers, but there are 14,000,000 homes in the United States and each home represents at least one buyer. For each of these mil lions, the buying guide is the local news paper. It the advertising columns ot the improvement in farm and market conditions, a great many farmers are still on the verge of bankrupt cy. As a matter of fact there has never been a time wnen tnere were not some weak places in the financial, industrial or agricultur al structure of a great nation, which could be magnified out of all proportion in creating cam paign issues. Let us consider five of the pri mary sources of new wealth, na tionally speaking, of this great country of ours, that are constant ly offsetting any possible collapse in the soundness and stability of national business affairs. The first source of new wealth is farm crops, soil products; every thing included in the term agri culture. Indications are that this year will surpass all other years in sum total of the golden stream that agriculture pours forth. The second great national as set of new creative wealth is min ing, mineral and metal products, including the oil industry. Re ports show that they are on a pros perous basis of production. The third source of wealth is manufacturing in the first stage from raw materials the factory output for 1926 will surpass al! previous years. A fourth great primary wealth creator is lumbering, logging, pa per mill products, and all asso ciated industries connected with products of the forest. Heaped upon this great moun tain of new wealth created annu ally, we must not overlook the salt and fresh water fisheries. The hundreds of millions taken out of that element are next to meats and grains the greatest item of food value. If the hundreds of millions and billions of dollars of new wealth brought into existence annually and added to the existing wealth could be stacked up before the people, together with the increas ing accumulations in all banks, the question of the future finan cial stability of our country would be better understood. We would realize that the prosperity of this nation rests on the rock foundation- of primary industries which create new wealth annually by supplying the wants of mankind with essential products necessary to maintain life. Our country has the greatest real basis of security, stability, and continuous prosper ity of all the countries in the civ ilized world. The statistics supplied by the Federal Bureau of Labor show un usual prosperity of wage earners for the past three years. The years 1923, 1924, and 1925 have been comparatively quiet and free from strikes and indus trial struggles over wages. During 1922 there were 1,612,- 4 Rink ot the Manhattan Co., M. Y. The newspaper has become the market place of the community 'shoppers." the total volume ani value of such saving mounts to enormous fig ures. But that is not all. As the market place of the community the newspaper not only saves the time of the buying public, but, paradoxical as it may seem it makes it possible for the merchant to lower the sell ing price of his goods and at the same time increase his own profits. As was demon strated during the newspaper strike in New York, when the newspaper market place fails, the volume of buying rapidly decreases. But the merchant's expenses for overhead, such as rent, interest, salaries and other fixed charges continues whether the volume of sales is large or small. In the latter event, what is known as the "turn over" is slowed up, which means that the merchant s stock of goods is sold more slowly. The inevitable result is either loss of profits for the merchant or increased prices for the customer. Who, then, pays for the advertising? In a sense, nobody, for advertising pays for itself. It should not be measured in terms of costs, but in terms of time saved and of new wealth created through increased production. In this its magic consists. Next article, "Selling Service and Ideals") 562 employes engaged in strikes. For the following three years the record was: 1923 had 1,199 labor disputes with 756,084 employes involved; 1924 had 898 strikes with 654,641 employes involved; in 1925 only 428,218 persons par ticipated in labor disputes. Since 1923 there have been more wage increases than de creases positive proof that the period since 1922 has been uni formly prosperous and that means a broader distribution of wealth and a greater prosperity for a larger number. It is essential that every citizen in our country should understand some of the primary sources of wealth which make possible the steady employment, good wages, and short hours in this nation. Any political party, political group or individual, instrumental in disturbing or crippling produc tive enterprise destroys employ ment and steady wages. If the people understand these simple facts the way of the agita tor in this country will be more difficult and the road to steady em ployment and good wages will be come constantly smoother. The future is in our own hands. Irresponsibility THE unrestrained power asked by the housewives' amend ment, providing state-owned hydro-electric and irrigation, is in vivid contrast with present laws which safeguard the rights of the public in so far as hydro electric development is concerned. It is conceded that irrigation is a de batable subject, and only under national supervision does it appeal to some minds as a feasible or pos sible enterprise. One thing is sure: the state of Oregon is not warranted in committing itself to a policy of irrigaiton development with state funds at this time. Protection of the federal power act and the existence of an elec tive public service commission in Oregon safeguard the interest of taxpayers and the welfare of the public. Under the housewives' plan as presented for decision of voters November 2nd, there is no responsibility for the expenditure of moneys other than the recall, which may be invoked. Conditions under a possible future adminis tration by a board of five mem bers, responsible neither to the governor nor to the public serv ice commission, would not result in benefits for the state. It means the difference between financial safety and unsoundness. It will increase taxes: we shall have a political machine in con trol of large properties owned by the state, in which the public will have no voice or influence as to oneration. management or loca tion of plants. Service would not be extended to farms as rapidly as private interests are now giving it. Instead of bringing industries to the state it will repel them. It in volves the expenditure of at least $53,000,000, with privilege of fur ther bond issues and the added right to mortgage plants after con struction. Vote 337 X No on the house wives' constitutional amendment. Why Abolish Inheritance Tax? A FTER showing in cold figures just how much Oregon would lose to the federal government by abolition of the state inheri tance tax, a nominal sum under the new federal ruling compared with the excessive state rates, the Oregon Voter has this to say in its issue of August 28 : "If the people are more inter ested in capturing revenue for government than they are in their own prosperity, the resolution will fail of ratification. If the people are more interested in attracting investments, so our state may be developed and so those who now live here may enjoy the prosper ity that comes from active invest ment and development, they will vote the guarantees set forth in the Dennis Resolution. "With the attraction to Oregon of any appreciable amount of cap-' ital, enough taxable values would be created to more than make up for the small loss in inheritance tax. or income tax. Once Oregon obtains the confidence of the in vestment world, at a state in which both capital and profit are consti tutionally protected from special taxation, and where all property within the same class is taxed alike in proportion to its value, it is as certain as anything in the future can be certain that millions and hundreds of millions will be invested to develop .our resources. With these millions will come the men who know how to make their investments profitable. That means activity active demand for labor, our services and our products. Oregon will be alive with universal prosperity, shared by all our people. If this prospect is not an incentive to make guar antees of security from special taxation, what incentive is there for enterprising people to want to come to our state with their money?" WOMEN Their Homes and the World Outside By Kitty Barry Crawford HAYSEED like I am who prefers New York and Chicago in sum mer rather than in winter, will be Interested In the controversy rag ing over the novelties offered by the Philharmonic orchestra this summer. Will we have novelties next season? Here is all about it: YF the twenty or more nqvelties of V7 fered during the current 8-week summer season of the Philharmonic Orchestra of New York in its open air concerts at the Stadium, ccveral drew fire of censure from patrons and critics alike. A hot controversy raged about the advisability of offering nov. cities of the character presented this year. WE HEN Adolph Lewisohn, patron n-chief, and the conductors, Messrs. van Hoogstraten, Sokoioff and Hadley, tot up the total of summer comment, they will find a heavy senti mcnt against the giving of sucn com' positions as Stravinsky'r, "L.i Socre du Printemps" or "The Rite of Spring." That amusing epithet, ca cophony, was hurled down on the head of this luckless composition re peatedly. IF THE program makers heed this a we hayseeds may not havo the privilege next summer of listening to the latest wildness of the moderns. Wo can't come back and remark to our home-townera: "You know that erot ic symphony hooted out of the Paris music halls last season? Well, I heard it in New York. It wasn't so bad. I found a lot in itl" Such re marks are valuable assets to an air of sophistication. DUT "The Rite of Spring" was good 'fun to those who hoard its Initial American performance by tho Phil harmonic. It was fun to watch faces, inose who wanted to laugh were afraid to do so. Those who did laugh seemed ashamed of their mirth. And the esthetes, Bitting wtih fixed i pressions of radiant enjoyment were most comical of ail. As sawmill screeches of fiddles, blares of brass nnd' booms of drums assaulted the cars, they sat enrapt and joyous. De terminedly so. No wild breaking of the musical laws of harmony and re strained neauty marred tneir serene acceptance of this work. Boos and protests from others, however, were fairly frequent throughout the per formance. BILLED as a "series of pictures of pagan Russia," the "Rite of Spring," said Lawrence Gilman, "is a presentation conceived in terms of the dance, a prehistoric religious festi vai. It is devoted to a mystical ador ation of Spring as the sign of for tility, and culminates in a propitiary sacrifice. The work is in two parts. J ne subject of the first part is the adoration of the earth. That of the second is concerned with the sacri fice." STRAVINSKY'S dissonances," said one of the critics, "did not sound so nerve wrecking under the cold stars as in the concert hall. To cer tcin ears they carried the imagin ation back to the infancy of the race, when rythm was everything and tune fulness a matter of no consequence." Another declared the judgment of the program makers far afield In offer ing such a work. ROY HARRIS, a young Oklahoman, received recognition on Stadium program thiB summer through the performance by the Philharmonic of the Andante from his symphony. ALLAN LINCOLN LANGLEY, an other young American, was hon ored by the orchestra . when his waltx, "Mountain Vista," received a place in the Stadium programs. Mr. Langley is a member of the Philhar monic viola section. R. MEREDITH WILLSON, Ameri can flutist with the Philharmon ic this season, will supply favorable material for those looking for argu ments in favor of American musi cians. He is in his early twenties, out has already achieved distinction in his field. One of his confreres in the flute section in another Ameri can, F. M. Foster. All correstpendence addressed to Kitty Barry Crawford, care of this paper, will be answered. (American Home Syndicate) FOR SALE. Italian prunes in suit cases, 40c, Add 35c for delivery, or can send C, O, D. Petite prunes 60c. Some ap ples and pears. W. R. Woodworth, Heights Berry Farm, Estacada, Ore, Seed Wheat For Sale A limited amount of Soft Federation. $1.30 per bushel if taken at once. At Hepp ner Farmers Elevator Co. 24-27 LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned has been duly appointed by the County Court of the State of Oregon for Morrow County, executor of the estate of Mary D. McHaicy, deceased, and all persons having claims against the said estate of said deceased, are hereby required to pre sent the same with proper vouchers to said executor at the office of Jos, J. Nys, his attorney, at Heppner, Ore gon, on or before six months from the date hereof. Dated thiB 2nd day of September, 1926. D. E. GILMAN, Executor. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Office at The Dalles, Oregon, August 16, 1926. NOTICE is hereby given that Har riet M. Brown, formerly Harriet M. Stephens, of Heppner, Oregon, who, on Dec. 11, 1922, made Homestead Entry under Act Dec. 29, 1916, No. 018654, for SWSWVl, See. 27, T. 3 S., R. 25 E., WHSEK, NE14SWtt, Section 8, Township 4 South, Range 26 East, Willamette Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make final three year Proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before Gay M. An derson, United States Commissioner, at Heppner, Oregon, on the 4th day of October, 1926. Claimant names as witnesses: E. E. Rugg, Iva Hiatt, Guy Fuller, A. J. Knoblock, all of Heppner, Ore gon. J. W. DONNELLY, Register. NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on the second Monday in September (Monday, September 13th, 1926) the Board of Equalization of Morrow County, Oregon, will attend at the Court House in Heppner, Oregon, and publicly examine the assessment rolls of said county for the year 1926, and will correct errors in valuation, description or quality of land, lots or other property assessed by the Asses sor of Morrow County, Oregon, for the year 1926. All persons interested or having any cmplaint against their assessment for the year 1926, should appear at that time. Petitions for reduction in assessment must be presented in writing, verified by oath of applicant or his attorney and must be filed with the board the first week it is in ses sion and any petition or application not so made, verified and filed shall l.ot be considered or acted upon by the board. Dated at Heppner, Oregon, August 16th, 1926. - JESSE J. WELLS, Assessor, Morrow County, Oregon. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice Is hereby given that the un dersigned has filed his final account as administrator of the estate of Charles W. Caldwell, deceased, and that the County Court of the State of Oregon for Morrow County has ap pointed Tuesday, the 7th day of Sep tember, 1926, at the hour of 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said day, as the time, and the County Court Room in the Court House at Heppner, Oregon, as the place, of hearing and settle ment of said final account. Objec tions to said final account must bs filed on or before said date. M. F. CALDWELL, Administrator. IN THE JUSTICE'S COURT FOR THE SIXTH DISTRICT OF MOR ROW COUNTY, STATE OF ORE GON. Mora Hughes, Plaintiff,) vs. ) SUMMONS R. J. Vaughan, Defendant,) To R. J. vaughan, 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 ac tion on or before six weeks from the date of the first publication of this Summons, if served by publication, and if personally served outside the State of Oregon, within six weekn from the date of such service, and for want thereof the plaintiff will apply to the Court for a judgment against you for the sum of $76,00 with Interest at the rate of 6 per annum from April 1, 1921, her costs and dis bursements Incurred In the aotlon, and for a further order of the Court directing that the attached property be disposed of and the proceeds ap plied to the payment of plaintiff's judgment. The plaintiff has caused to be at tached in said action a check for $103.00 belonging to the defendant. This Summons is published by vir tue of an order of Alex Cornett, Jus tice of the Peace for the Sixth Dis trict of Morrow County, State of Ore gon, made and entered on the 29th day of July, 1926. The date of first publication is July 29, 1926. C. L. SWEEK, Heppner, Oregon. Attorney for Plaintiff. E. H. BUHN Expert Watchmaker and Jewelry Repairer Heppner, Ore. DR. A. HZ JOHNSTON Physician and Surgeon Graduate Nurse Assistant L O. O. F. Building Phones: Office, Main 933; Res. 492 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 X-Ray Diagnosis L O. O. F. Building Heppner, Oregon Frank A. McMenamin LAWYER Phone ATwater 6515 1014 Northwestern Bank Bldg. PORTLAND, OREGON Res. GArfield 1949 A. D. McMURDO, M. D. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Trained Nurse Assistant Office in Masonic Building Heppner, Oregon C. L. SWEEK AT TORNEY-AT-LA W Offices in First National Bank Building Heppner, Oregon MORROW GENERAL HOSPITAL Surgical, Medical, Maternity Case Wards, and private rooms. Rates Reasonable. Mrs. Zena Westfall, Graduate Nurse, Superintendent. A. H. Johnston, M. D. Physi-cian-in-Charge. Phone Main 822 Heppner, Ore. S. E. NOTSON ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Office in Court ouse Heppner, Oregon MATERNITY HOME MRS. G. C. AIKEN Private Rooms. Special Care. Same Price to All. Phone 975 Heppner, Or. AUCTIONEER Farm and Personal Property Sales a Specialty. "The Man Who Talk to Beat the Band" G. L. BENNETT, Lexington, Ore. J DR. C. C. CHICK PHYSICIAN and SURGEON Office In Brosius Block Hood Rivt. Oregon C. J. WALKER LAWYER and Notary Public Odd Fellows Building Heppner Oregon Maternity Hospital . Ward and Private Room. Rate Reasonable. Mrs. Zena Westfall, Graduate Nurs Phone Main 822 Heppner, Ore. C. A. MINOR FIRE, AUTO AND LIFE - INSURANCE Old Line Companies. Real Estate. Heppner, Oregon JOS. J. NYS ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Robert Building, Willow Street Heppner, Oregon