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PAGE FOUR HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1927. heppner THE HEPPNER GAZETTE, Established March SO, 1883, THE HEPPNER TIMES, Established Novmbeer 18, 1897, CONSOLIDATED FEBRUARY 16, 191J. Published every Thursday morning by VAWTER AND SPENCER CRAWFORD and entered at the Poet Office at Heppner, Oregon, ai aecond-clase matter. ADVERTISING RATES GIVEN ON APPLICATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year . 120 1.00 .76 .05 Three Honthi . Single Copies MORROW COUNTY'S OFFICIAL PAPER Foreign Advertising Representative THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION Criminal Egotists. Portland Telegram. THE confessions of Roy and Ray De Autremont will be welcomed, as removing all possi ble doubt that the younger broth er, Hugh, was justly convicted and punished. The guilt of all three was strongly indicated by the evi dence, but since this evidence was circumstantial in character, it left room for sentimentalists to build up a fictitious faith in their inno cence. It is well that the three are dis covered. It is well that they have confessed and that they are made to pay a penalty, but it is not well that their story of one of the most cowardly and dastardly crimes in Oregon's history is told with such glib audacity. Even yet, after the frightful experience of the crime itself, after months of hiding, of suspicion, distrust and fear, after Hugh has been sentenced to life imprisonment, the De Autremont boys are laboring under the delu sion that they are heroic fellows bold, bad men, to be sure but splendidly sinful and admirable. Was ever poorer bombast than this, of Hugh's: When the eternal potter mold ed the De Autremont boys he might have slipped a little, but he only poured in too much guts. Roy is the eternal optimist. Ray is the eternal pessimist. I am a combination of the two. It was "too much guts" that made it necessary for these brave boys to use dynamite as a weapon, to make a trap of a tunnel, and to shoot down a man who stood be fore them with upraised hands. It was "too much guts" that kept them dodging in underbrush and sneaking through woods, living under stolen names and running at the sight of their own pictures on a wall. If this is courage, we do not un derstand the meaning of the term. If the De Autremonts have any ground for their insufferable, monumental egotism, we fail to discern it. It is well that they are to be punished, but there is always danger that the sob sisters will come to their rescue; that these cold hearted murderers will be pardoned, or paroled, or that they may find means of escape and to levy another toll of human life. HIGHWAYS are changing busi ness conditions. The state ment that the small town was a thing of the past is partially true. It is a fact, however, that the method of doing business along the ancient lines is a thing of the past. Trade is going to the ad- Songs of Plain Folks James Jhvis Hays nLountainLovinyJoe Have you seen the glory Of the peaks at dawn? Heard the snow-stream's story As it dashes on? Have you? Then what is it Keeps you? Why so slow? . Come on up and visit "Mountain Lovin' Joe." When white water rushes Down its boulder bed, Or whfn evening's hush is On the lake o'erspread Low or gay, the voices Of this mountain home Soothe me and my choice is Nevermore to roam. Mountains, happy mountains, Bold and clean and high, Washed by glacier fountains, Intimate with sky, Circled with the flowers Girdled with the pine Kissed by crystal showers Such a home 13 mine 42 Wcturn Nettppr Union, lWjl7J BtFraak Crane Saysl PLAY THE AVERAGES AND BE SAFE A YOUNG man by the name of Orrell, who was cashier for a brokerage firm, has recently been arrested on a charge of swindling his employers out of some $244,000. He took the money a little at a time and always hoped to pay it back by making favorable plays in the stock market. He pinnd his hopes on the advance in prices of breakfsat foods and steam locomotive stocks. They didn't lead him to the hill of prosperity as he imagined they would, but they dumped him in the ditch. He now says to himself, according to the newspapers, that he is "just another sucker." There Irave doubtless been many great fortunes made by lucky chances and many people have struck oil wells or gold veins or diamond pockets. Others have had rich uncles die and leave them a lot of money. There is no discounting this and no attempt to prove that it is not so. Gambling does not always lead to misfortune. Some players at Monte Carlo come away with a pile. But the point is, the chances are all against them. For every one man who succeeds and who you hear about, there are thous ands who fail and whom are never noted. The shrewd man bases his acts of life upon averages. He recognizes that there is much luck in human affairs. But there are certain laws of averages and life is a balance of probabil ities. The difference between a clever man and a fool is that the former pins his hope upon general laws and the chances are in his favor, while the latter fatuously believes in the exception and usually gets stung. If life means anything to you, don't unnecessarily risk it. If you want fame and fortune, don't pit them on the turn of a card. Study to find out what the law of averages is and follow that law. The wicked sometimes prosper and unjust and tyrannical people are successful, but the average is against them, and in the end they usually suffer. The man who minds his own business and never takes chances unless he has to is running along with the laws of the universe. He is trustting to the cooperation of events and they do not fail him in the end. Being good is merely having confidence in the laws of average. vertised centers. Local business can keep much of the trade with modern methods. And these mod ern methods mean some way of keeping the price of goods before the prospective buyer. Either the local merchant will do it or the Portland papers and the mail or der catalogue houses will. Local merchants have the advantage of advertising their goods in the local paper. If they don't take advan tage of it they will be out of bus iness just as sure as two and two makes four because new people will come into the county, and they will employ these modern methods. Canyon City Eagle. Schooled Farmers. EDUCATION pays particu larly for boys who intend to become fanners. This has been proved by a survey taken in twelve of our agricultural states to dis cover the relation that common school, high school and college training has upon the earning ca pacity of farmers. In Texas it was discovered that an uneducated farmer might earn $20,000 in forty years; while a farmer who spent twelve of the forty years in school might earn $40,000 in 40 years. That is to say, the farmer who spent twelve years in school will earn $20,000 more in forty years than the farmer who never went to school. In the twelve years the Texas lad will have spent w4m "ma . it mm ms-M i" 1 1 3g&xpstMm II II 2, 1 60 days in school. These 2, 1 60 days in school will net him $20,000 by the end of forty years, or an av erage of about $9.25 a day for every day spent in school. Not bad wages! In Georgia it was discovered that the annual net profit of the uneducated farmers is about $240, while the annual net profit of the farmer who has had a common school education is $565.50, the annual net profit of the farmer who has had a high school educa tion is $664.50, and the annual net profit of the farmer who has com pleted an agricultural college course is $1,254. In Missouri it was found that the scales tip consistently in favor of the better educated farmers They own four-fifths of the land they operate. They keep more livestock. They handl emore crops with each workman. They do about one-fifth more business. In Wisconsin it was found that the farmers with a high school ed ucation acquired the ownership of their farms in about seven years, while it took the farmers with only a common school education about ten years to acquire clean title to their land. In Indiana, in Illinois, in Iowa, and in Kansas the story runs true to form. In all these States, in both owner and tenant groups the better educated are earning better incomes. Farmer fathers with sons should consider these facts and give the boys a chance. Leaders Must Assume Responsibility. The Manufacturer. THE present high taxes in most states and the actual financial plight of the treasuries of many of them, is said to exist because "the people demand all the things done by the government." Is this a fact, or do the constant ly increasing number of boards, commissions, functions and offi cials that are foisted upon the tax payers by legislatures and the poli ticians who want jobs for their friends, pile up the debt burden slowly but surely? The average politician recog nizes no obligation to economize along the line of President Coo lidge's theory of government in federal affairs. When a public deficit is created, it is wisely referred to as "the grave financial dilemma of the state." The situation is at once seized upon as an excuse for pro posing new laws to raise more taxes and, incidentally, create more jobs which add to the per manent overhead expense of gov ernment. Budget-makers create deficits and legislatures appro priate money which is not in the treasury to spend. Is there no moral responsibility in public office? Do constitution al limitations on amount of taxes that can be levied and collected have any meaning to the lawmak- ers who create illegal deficits? Is there no obligation to so manage public affairs that the burdens of the taxpayer may be reduced? Cartoonists and would-be wits have poked fun at President Coo lidge's New England thrift, but he has worked with Congress to con stantly reduce taxes and reduce deficits by paring down appropria tions, and has toiled with his budget-making department to main tain a surplus in the national treas ury and constantly reduce taxes. State officials could employ a lit tle of his thrift to the great bene fit of local taxpayers. Just as it takes brains to have a private business show a profit, so does it take brains to operate a state on a solvent basis without constant and increasing assess ments on the taxpayers. Public officials blaming the people" for the taxation dilemma, is on a par with the otticers or an army blaming the soldiers for ill advised campaign tactics. Both the people and the soldiers follow their leaders. Not Son of Mars. PERHAPS any of us, if follow ing army life, would have the same time for speculation which has been going the rounds in Washington army circles as to why Colonel Lindbergh did not wear his uniform as a colonel of the Missouri National Guard when he walked off the cruiser Memphis to receive his ovations and decora tions. One sufficient explanation is that there is no reason why he should have worn it. Another, which is explanatory enough in his case, is that his innate modesty must have rebelled against any thing partaking of pomp or par ade. It was a plain American boy, unsupported in any way by the Government, who flew to Paris, and it is just as well that the hero who returned was the same boy, without any official tag. Of course he was not ashamed of his uni form, but there are times and places for uniforms like every thing else. His venture was not a military one. To have returned in the regalia of a son of Mars would have hinted at an inflation which was not his. He made no mistake appearing in America as the plain American boy who flew away. IF THE YOUNG BABY'S MOTHER- OBJEOTS TO KISSING THEN K.ISS THE BABY Group Conviction. District Attorney "What possible excuse did you fellows have for ac quitting that murderer?" Juryman "Insanity." District Attorney "What! The whole twelve of you " There's a Reason. I know a girl An awful gawk. She'd love to ride Dut has to walk.. Obliging. Manager "Why did you strike this young lady?" Waiter "Well, she asked me to fetch her a wrap. And all done wuz to fetch her a good one over the right eye." Confident Miss. "Did you ever go home from an automobile ride with a college boy' "Yes, I'm no snob." A Natural. "And how do you like school?" asked the kind old lady. "Closed," answered the little lad. Frosh "Do you notice any im nrovement. Professor, since last week?" Professor "Yes, now that you call my attention to it, I think your hair is parted." Fifty-Fifty Grandpop. Old Gent. "When I was a lad I didn't think anything of chopping woodshed full of logs." Youngster "Well, I don't think so much about it, either." At the Box Office. "Well, I finally got Into the movies." "You really did! And how?" "Oh, I paid the usual fifty cents." Take Your Pick. New Steno "I've added up these columns ten times, sir." Boss "Good for you." "And here are the ten answers." A Clean Record. "A woman will go through a lot for a man when she marries him," "Yes, the one I married went through my trousers, my bank ac count, and a divorce suit." Or Oklahoma's Bad Man I - V"'' s v s ? IAuTpaTCHJ "Matt" Kimes, 22 year old bank robber who stirred 'em up by his boldness. He stole an automobile in which a baby was sleeping but returned it when discovered. Then he took the Chief of Police of Jennings, Okla., at point or a gun on a wild night ride, tied him to a tree and escaped. Couldn't Go There. "Did you take her home after the show?" "No, my folks were home." Soul of Honesty "I beg your pardon, sir, but I am soliciting donations for our rummage sale. What do you do with your old clothes?" "Why, I brush them carefully at night and put them on again the next morning. A Thought When better air castles are built, everybody will build them. LEGAL NOTICES IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON, For the County of Morrow. H. A. Cohn, and P. M.) Gemmell, partners doing) business under the as-) sumed name and style of) Cohn Automobile Com-) pany, Plaintiffs ) vs. )SUMMONS. Robert E. Perlick, ) Defendant.) To Robert E. Perlick, Defendant: IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF OREGON, you are hereby required to appear and answer plaintiff s com plaint filed against you in the above entitled caurt and cause on or before six weeks from the date of the first publication of this summons upon you and if you fail to so appear or ans wer the plaintiffs will take judgment against you for the sum of $265.00, with interest thereon from the 8th day of September, 1924, at the rate of eight per cent per annum, less the sum of (5.00, paid thereon April 6th 1927, for the further sum of $50.00, attorney's fees and the cost and dis bursements incurred herein. And your property attached in this action. to-wit: Half interest in and to one Harris Combine, and header attach ment, one 27 horse hitch, one header truck, one wagon and feed rack, and four 50 gallon gas drums, sold under execution to satisfy said judgment. This summons is published upon you in the Gazette Times, once a week for six successive weeks pur suant to an order of Hon. D. it. Par ker, Judge of the above entitled court, which order is dated Ju.ie 15th, 1927 and the date of the firs: publication of this summons is June 16th, 1927 JOS. J. NYS, Attorney for Plaintiffs, Residence and postoffice address, Heppner, Oregon. BIDS WANTED. Notice is hereby given that saeled bids will be received at the office of Vawter Crawford, Clerk of School District No. 1, Heppner, Oregon, up until 10:00 o'clock A. M., Monday, July 11, 1927, for the furnishitig of fuel to said District, as follows: For 90 tons of Utah Lump Coal, de livered on the school grounds. For ten cords of fine slab wood four feet in length, to be delivered on the school grounds. All of said fuel to be so delivered not later than September 1st, 1B27. The School Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. VAWTER CRAWFORD, Clerk, School District No. 1. NOTICE TO BIDDERS. General and separate bids will be received at the office of Vawter Craw ford, Clerk of School District No. 1 Heppner, Oregon, until 8:00 o'clock P. M Wednesday, July 6th, 1927, for theconstuction and completion of the Gymnasium building as set out in the plans and specifications on file in the office of the Clerk of the District. Separate proposals will be received in the following branches: (A) General construction, which includes excavation, masonry, carpen- try, etc., and all branches except those indicated below, with all work kindred thereto. (B) Plumbing and heatnig, with all work kindred thereto. (C) Electric wiring, and all work kindred thereto. Before submitting his proposal, each bidder shall examine all of the drawing relating to the work and shall become fully informed as to the char acter of the work required and its relation to the other works in th building. No consideration will be granted for any alleged misunder standing of the materials to be fur nished of the work to be done, it be ing understood that the tender of a bid carries with it the agreement to all the terms and conditions referred to in the specifications or Indicated by the drawings, necessary to th completion of the building. Special Notice to Bidders. The Contractor MUST SUBMIT A BID COVERING EVERY ITEM THAT IS SPECIFIED, and should he wish to suggest ANY SUBSTITUTE that he considers equal in value and efficiency with the one specified, he shall STATE WHAT THE SUGGESTED ITEM IS, AND WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS, IF ANY. If substitutions of material (equally good) are offered at the TIME BIDS ARE SUBMITTED they will be considered: and in the event of the Owner wishing to accept the change, arrangements will be made for the change BEFORE A CON TRACT IS ENTERED. If no items are offered or suggested as substi tutes AT THE TIME THE BIDS ARE SUBMITTED, THEN NO DEVIA TIONS WILL BE ALLOWED FROM THE MATERIALS SPECIFIED. Proposals shall be made in the form as set out in the specifications, with all blank spaces filled, signa tures in long-hand, and the complet ed form shall be without interlinea tion, erasure, or alteration. Propo sals made out in any other form than the one illustrated in the book of specifications, will not be considered. The Board of Directors of School District No. 1 reserves the right to re ject or accept any bids and to waive formalities at their discretion. Proposals shall be addressed to Vawter Crawford, Clerk, Heppner, Oregon, inclosed in an opaque envel ope, sealed and marked "Proposal," and bearing the title of the work and the name of the bidder. No bid will be considered unless accompanied with a certified check or bid bond to the order of Vawter Crawford, Cerk, School Distirct No. 1, to the amount of five per cent, of the bid, binding the bidder to exe cute the contract if it is awarded to him. Proposals received after the time of closing as above described will not be considered. A bond will be required of the Con tractor in amount equal to the con tract price. Payment will be made upon month ly certificate of the Architect. VAWTER CRawuRD, Clerk of School District No. 1, Heppner, Oregon. Dated at Heppner, Oregon, June 20, 1927. Note A set of plans and specifi cations will be placed on file with the secretary of the Builders Exchange Portland, for the benefit of contract ors and material salesmen. NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE. 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 the 20th day of June, 1927, to me directed in that certain suit in said court wherein Mary A. Hein as plaintiff secured a judgment and de cree of foreclosure against C. E, Hein, defendant, said judgment being for the sum of $1500, with interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum from December 11th, 1923; the fur ther sum of $150 attorney's fees and costs and disbursements taxed and allowed in the sum of $39.00, I will on Saturday, the 23rd day of July, 1927, at the hour of 10 o'clock A. M in the forenoon of said day at the front door of the County Court House in Heppner, Morrow County, State of Oregon, offer for sale at public auc tion and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand all of the following described real property in Morrow County, State of Oregon, to-wit: The undivided two-thirds in terest of C. E. Hein in and to the Northeast quarter of the South east quarter of Section 18, Town ship 4 North, Range 25, E. W. M., or so much of said real property as may be necessary to satisfy the plain tiff's judgment, costs, attorney's fee and accruing costs of sale. Dated this 21st day of June, 1927, GEO. McDUFFEE, Sheriff of Morrow County, State of Oregon. NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE. 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 the 21st day of June, 1927, to me directed in that certain suit in said court wherein J. E. Berry a plaintiff secured a judgment and de cree of foreclosure against Clarence Roid and Viola M. Reid, his wife, M G. Stonebrink and Mathilda A. Stone brink, his wife, A. J. Wilkinson, O. E, Ryder and E. Snyder, defendants, said judgment being for the sum of $1234 77, with interest at the rate of 8 per cent per annum from March 23rd 1925; for the further sum of $176 at torney's fee and costs and disburse ments taxed and allowed at $58.65, I will on Saturday, the 23rd day o July, 1927, at the hour of 10:30 o'clock A. M. in the forenoon of said day at the front door of the County Court House in Heppner, Morrow County, State of Oregon, offer for sale and sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash in hand all of the following described real prop erty in Morrow County, State of Ore gon, to-wit: The Southeast quarter of the Southeast quarter of Section 6. The Southwest quarter of the Southwest quarter of Section 4. The Northeast quarter and the Northeast quarter of the South east quarter of Section 8. The West half of the West half and the Southeast quarter of the Southwest quarter of Section 9. All in Township 5 South, Range 27, E. W. M., or so much of said real property ai may be necessary to satisfy plaintiff's judgment, costs, attorney's fee and accruing costs of sale. Dated this 21st day of June, 1927, GEO. McDUFFEE, Sheriff of Morrow County, State of Oregon, NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice Is hereby given that the un dersigned has filed his final account as administrator of the estate of James H. Wyland, deceased, and that the County Court of the State of Oregon for Morrow County has ap pointed Tuesday, the 5th day of July, 1927, 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 settlement of aid final account. Objections to said final account must be filed on or be fore said date. E. K. WYLAND, Administrator. DICKSON & GILLIAM Accountants and Tax Counsellors We open and close sets of books, install systems, adjust Income Tax problems and make audits. K. E. GILLIAM, Box 173. La Grande, Oregon AUCTIONEER E. J. KELLER The man who made the reasonable price. LEXINTON, OREGON WM. BROOKHOUSER Painting Paperhanging Interior Decorating Leave orders at Peoples Hardware Company E. H. BUHN "Bridget, what in the world is my wriBt watch doing in the soup?" "Sure mum, ye towld me ter put a little toime in it and that's the littlest one Oi cud foind." DR. A. H. JOHNSTON Physician and Surgeon Graduate Nurse Assistant I. O. O. F. Building Phones: Office, Main 938; Rti. 49t Heppner, Oregoa GLENN Y. WELLS Attorney at Law 600 Chamber of Commerce Bldg. Portland, Oregon Phone Broadway 4254 DR. F. E. FARRIOR DENTIST X-Ray Diagnosis I. O. O. F. Building Heppner, Oregon Frank A. McMenamin LAWYER Phone ATwater I51S 1014 Northwestern Bank Bldg. PORTLAND, OREGON Res. GArfleld 1949 A. D. McMURDO, M. D. PHYSICIAN A SURGEON Trained Nurse Assistant Office in Masonic Building Heppner, Oregon C. L. SWEEK AT TORNEY-AT-LAW Offices in First National Bank Building Heppner, Oregon MORROW GENERAL HOSPITAL Surgical, Medical, Maternity Caaea Wards, and private rooms. Rates Reasonable. Mrs. Zena Westfall, Graduate Nurse, Superintendent. A. H. Johnston, M. D. Physt-cian-in-Charge. Phone Main J22 Heppner, Ore. S. E. NOTSON ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Office In Court euse Heppner, Oregon MATERNITY HOME MRS. G. C. AIKEN Private Rooms. Special Cere. Same Price to All. Phone 976 Heppner, Ore. AUCTIONEER Farm and Personal Property Sale a Spealaltr. "The Man Who Talks to Beat the Band" G. L. BENNETT, Lexington, Ore. C. J. WALKER LAWYER and Notary Public Odd Fellows Building Heppner Oregon Maternity Hospital Wards and Private Rooms. Rates Reasonable. Mrs. Zena Westfall, Graduate Nurse Phone Main 122 Heppner, Or. C. A. MINOR FIRE, AUTO AND LIFE INSURANCE Old Line Companies. Real Estate. Heppner, Oregon JOS. J. NYS ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Roberts Building, Willow Street Heppner, Oregon i