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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1928.
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To ring the doorbell, to open the
door, to enter the house Isn't this
always an adventure, when you call
at another's home?
The personality of the house Is
first felt in the hall, which should
extend a cheery welcome to the
family returning from the outside,
and offer to strangers as a cordial
hospitality.
This may be expressed by an ar
rangement of bright pictures, hung
at either side of a central mirror
or by a larger picture, witR a mir
ror on the opposite wall. Another
plan is to hang the mirror between
two lamp brackets over the hall
table, with a group of color prints
on another wall. Or a colorful wall
hanging may be used above the
table to provide a background for
candle sticks and a pottery bowl
vase.
So much depends on first impres
sionsand in the hall good ones
can be achieved so easily.
A Nutritious Dish
Simmer together 1 cup of boiled
rice, 1 cup of tomatoes. While cook
ing, mix together 1 pound of chop
ped round steak and 2 or 3 onions.
Add 1 tablespoon chili powder and
heat thoroughly in a skillet con
taining a large lump of butter or
margarine. Add to the rice and to
matoes and cook for 10 or 15 min
utes, stirring constantly.
Did You Know
That a survey of public schools
proved the physical development
and grades of children who used
stimulating drinks at mealtime
were far below those of children'
who did not?
We should remember that weak
cocoa, a cereal beverage or a fruit
drink takes but an instant to pre
pare. Each is safe and wholesome
for little folks, and, in justice to
them, should take the place of other
beverages that retard mental activ
ity and growth.
Packing Picnic Salad
Next time you plana long drive,
with a picnic basket tucked away
in the car remember that salad
can be kept fresh and cool if you
put in an enameled ware bucket
with a small bottle filled with
cracked ice set in the center.
Fry Cakes the Smokeless Way
Make a little salt bag and rub
the gridiron with it instead of
grease; then cakes won't stick and
there will be no smoke odor.
Removes Paint Spots
No matter how hard paint spat
terings have dried on windows, they
can be removed by rubbing the
glass with boiled vinegar.
Keeping Butter Without Ice
Butter may be kept hard without
ice by setting the dish in which it
is contained in cold salt water. Do
not allow the water to come over
the top of the dish.
To Prevent Curdling
Vinegar often curdles when mix
ed with salad dressing. A generaus
pinch of salt added to the dressing
will smooth It out at once.
Makes Brighter Lights
Lamp wicks soaked in vinegar
and thoroughly dried will give
much better light and eliminate
smoke.
'
Saving Steps
If a holder Is fastened to a tape
pinned to your apron you will al
ways have a hot dish holder handy
when cooking.
PUBLIC OPINION
(Continued from Page Four.)
not feel it is justice to be asked that
question. As stated above, the
county court does the buying. In
defense of the court I will say,
however, that if they have given
Howard Cooper Co. a preference,
there are many good reasons for
it. In the beginning of the road
program, we had dealings with var
ious companies, and were always
having trouble in getting our re
pairs when needed, or in getting
adjustments when machinery prov
ed unsatisfactory. Since we have
been doing the business with How
ard Cooper people, we have been
given the very best of service and
our work has not been held up un
necessarily and made to cost the
county many extra dollars. If an
emergency order is given them, or
any other order for that matter, It
is not pigeonholed to let us wait
until they get back from some fish
ing trip. I do not believe that How
ard Cooper Co. has been paid more
for supplies or machinery than such
supplies or machinery could have
been purchased for from other con
cerns, and I do know of hundreds
of dollars being saved the county.
To vour last question I must
plead "guilty as charged."
I wish to add, as a matter of ex
planation, that while I have signed
these orders for various items, it
has always been done either by the
request and instructions of the
judge, the judge and one commis
sioner, or the entire court. I know
of only a few instances where the
entire court did not authorize the
purchase.
purchased by the county court.
Regarding question No. 3: I
do
It has been the least of my de
sires to come out in the press, but
since I have, please allow me in my
crude way to state a few additional
facts. The point of paramount is
sue and importance is not covered
in the questjons asked, neither was
it embodied in the matters present
ed at the last meeting of the county
court, wherein I was accused of
taking my family to the huckle
berry patch in the county car. It
is my opinion that the main thing
of importance to the taxpayer at
this particular time was far from
being shown to the public. In fact,
it appears to me that the present
stir was purposely timed to act as
a smoke screen to hide the import
ant facts, and to influence the vot
ers in the election on the 18th day
of this month.
After hearing what is being talk
ed around one must conclude there
is a reason, and from the way I see
it, there is one, and it has not come
to the surface.
In our present road condition our
bond money has been placed in the
market road system, and our pre
sent market road law, after taking
into consideration the technical
phrases and polished language, ap
pears to mean that all work, mater
ial, market road money, bond mon
ey, district money, or any or all
money spent on the market road
system is absolutely controlled by
the State Engineering body. This
body seems or appears to be the
powerful engineering association.
which in turn appears to be very
closely allied with (if not an off
spring of) the extremely powerful f
United Contractors association,
who's open slogan is Vput the Gov
ernment out of business."
It is evitKhit to me that the pre
sent stir is not brought out in good
faith. The matter of the number
of stringers used in a certain
bridge, in my opinion, was not the
real reason for all the trouble
brought up last December. The
fact that I held on this 24-foot span
there should be 13 stringers 4x16x24
and was overruled by a state en
gineer stating that a class A bridge
of that size required only 9 string
ers, and later by another engineer
stating and demanding that 17
stringers of the above named dim
ensions be used, was not the real
cause of the market road engineer
holding up the pay of the, work
men, stores and lumbermen.
To proceed and describe the lit
tleness in which this bridge string
er situation was handled, would be
a disgrace to a paper of your stand
ing and the public In general. Also
to go ahead and describe what took
place with the other bridges and
stock passes on the Lexlngton-Jar-moit
road would be unprofessional
to say the least. It Is my opinion
that the arrangement of the X on
your ballot on May 18th will have
a lot to do with deciding tne ques
tion as to open contract work or
home labor as we are doing it now.
To those of you who are inter
ested I will say that it may be well
for you decide if you desire to have
your bond money spent on contract
work. After examining contract
built roads, considering the quality
of work, the way roaas stana up,
the maintenance required, the num
ber of times they have to be torn
up and resurfaced, the amount of
money that is taken out of the
county, and all the other things
that go with it, do you wish your
roads to be let by contract or do
you want the work to continue as
it has beeh done and Is being done
now by your own home workmen,
keeping the money at home for the
betterment of tur people.
Personally I believe that so far
we have done best by building our
own roads. All the money has re
mained in the county aside from
what was necessary in the purchase
of machinery and supplies. We have
been very careful in the building of
our roads and I believe we have as
good macadam roads as found any
where. I believe we have built our
roads better and cheaper than the
average contracted roads, and if
any of the road money has gotten
away that did not go into actual
construction, I believe that the re
sults will show that no more has
gone that way than would have if
the work had been performed un
der contract
I believe we have a number of
very efficient men doing the actual
road work. ' We do not appreciate
them because they are going ahead
with their work as they should and
not running around tooting a little
horn. I find visitors appreciate our
work and we often see favorable
comment through the press of other
counties .
Very respectfully,
WM. U McUALEB.
MB. MOORE SAYS:
Heppner, Oregon, May 8, 1928.
To the Taxpayers:
It appears that our surveyor and
engineer is trying to stir up trouble
regarding mistakes made In the
building of bridges and roads. For
the benefit of the taxpayers who
are really Interested I wvuld sug
gest that they come out and go over
the work and see for themselves
just what kind of an engineer you
have, and just what the county has
to contend with In the building of
roads. You will not need to be an
engineer to tell whether you have
a competent man making Die plans
and specifications which we are ex
pected to follow.
GEORGE MOORE.
BRIDGES DISCUSSED.
Heppner, Oregon, May 8, 1928.
To the Taxpayers:
There has been a good deal of
criticism and talk regarding the
i eat mistake made by the county
n the building or the Doherty
bridge. '
In the buildnig of Clarks canyon
bridge I did same under the super
vision of Mr. Clark, the state en-
gineer. This bridge is between
Campbells and Eskelsqns. Mr.
Clark passed on the bridge and
pronounced it class A.
In the building of the Doherty
bridge I used the smae number of
stringers. Mr. Harris, your county
engineer was there and knew just
how many stringers was being used,
but never once raised an objection.
One of the stringers he condemn
ed, but said it could be used on the
outside, and I called his attention
to the mate to it and told him I
had intended using both as outside
stringers, which was satisfactory
with him. After the stringers were
all in, he then raised the objection,
with the results you most likely
know. I went personally over the
work with Mr. Harris, and suggest
ed that the bridges and stock pass
es be raised. We had to raise all
of them from one to three feet and
some are still too low.
' J. P. LOUY.
him by the county was intimated
at the last meeting pf the county
court. I wish the public to know
that as auditor of the county rec
ords that some time ago I went out
personally and made a survey of
the way the records were handled
by the foremen on the construction
and considered the method satis
factory. Yesterday' I also went and
looked into the records as kept by
Mr. Taylor. Mr. Dempsey Is charg
ed up with the oils and gas that he
receives and same is deducted from
the credits of his hauling. The only
way that Mr. Dempsey could graft
on the county would be through the
dishonesty of your foreman in
charge, and the records will not
even show where that could be in
timated, besides I believe you peo
ple all know Mr. Dempsey and Mr.
Taylor well enough to know they
would not stoop to a little petty
i.n ixraft The mere fact that
all of this record does not happen
to be right here In the court nouse
wn nn excuse whatever for your
county engineer to state that no
record was kept, ana as mat wey
be produced. He well knows that
tunra ia rfnrH nf the number
of days that he files on his time
sheet here in the court nouse, ana
MR. DEMPSEY AND GASOLINE
EXPENSE.
Heppner, Oregon, May 9, 1928.
To the Taxpayers of Morrow Coun
ty: The matter of Mr. Dempsey hav
ing his gasoline and oils furnished
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SECRETARY
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Patten on ana member of tke ttate Parole ooaroL
. Familiar iritL work of secretary of ftste, and
iptereited in development of Oregon resource.
. . Endorsed editorially for tku nomination
oy 14 daily and 107 -weekly newipaper editor,
wno recommend ULal Mom for efficiency, cot-
t y and altlity.
"Hon m a real fellow. II kaa JLwJ alef jtanding of man
mad affair, Laotn kow to keep Km own counsel, know now to
carry rpoojiLility, ami acu firmly in matter witkin hm
Minority.. . . . Oregom Vottr
HAY KM TTKMMMIT
Hal Ho for Secretary CluK, Alenc Phillip, Scj.t Oregon Ciry
"HELLO
We're muvmy mto a NEW
Jiome at our present ad
dress! ' Not really a new
one. . Jack and 1 are
modernizing tTte old home.
I've always wanted a cow,
KITCHEN CTJPBOARP
and BREAKFAST NOOK
and now 1 have ,one, so
tome over and have break
fast with us, and see my
new
ARCH and FIREPLACE
SET we built in the living
room.
Jack is building a lathee
fence in the bark yard and
also a big tree seat for hot
summer days and
ill
Our new 40 year CEDAR
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over the old shingles
makes the home more com-
forta
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ilher.
n..d till me what you
think of our new entrance.
The Architects of the
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helped us plan it atl!
"Tney like 'o Wn folks
build" -
the county pays without question
ing. One must depend upon his
honesty alone, while with the men
who are working on the construc
tion are watched and checked for
all time by your foreman. The
county court can not stay on the
work to watch everything that is
at issue, and have placed men In
charge of this work that they be
lieve are capable and honest.
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