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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1927.
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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
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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
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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
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