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PAGE FOUR HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1931. (Basritr wimrs THE HEPPNER GAZETTE. Established March SO, 1883; THE HEPPNER TIMES. Established November 18. 1897; CONSOLIDATED FEBRUARY 15. 191X Published every Thursday morning by VAWTEB and BPENCUB CBAWTOBD and entered at the Poet Office at Hepp ner. tjregon. as secona-cia&s mailer. ADVEBT1SINO KATES OITXN OH APPLICATION. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Tear J2.00 tsix Months I'M Three Months .76 Single Copies . - .06 Official Paper for Morrow County. of(.hn.V STATE1 I f OITOR I Ai:T! ASSOCIATION V a GOVERNOR MEIER AND TAX REDUCTION PLAN. JUST what sort of a law or a plan J would result from a specially called session of the Oregon legisla ture to each and every citizen is yet a mystery. It is quite probable that Governor Meier has sold himself upon the Indiana plan, and it is fur ther possible that he may have some additions or subtractions to make. To be sure he has given the subject considerable thought and has formulated in his mind what he thinks will be good for Oregon. He is probably sincere in his ef forts to reduce taxes, but there are a great many people who are not yet convinced that the governor's plan is the road to salvation. What is good for Indiana may not be good for Oregon. In fact, there are people coming out of Indiana who say the Indiana tax law is not what it is cracked up to be and who openly charge that it is the result of the urgent activities of utilities and other interests seeking self protection above the general public good. These are questions that this paper is not prepared to take a positive stand upon, but we do agree with the governor when he told Senator Bennett of Multno mah county recently in reply to Bennett's demand for a special ses sion to consider his paper money gag for the relief of the unemploy ed, that once every two years is often enough for the legislature to meet We do not like special sessions of any kind. They are generally an extra burden upon the taxpayers, called to lock the stable door after the "horse has been stolen." So it is In regard to the present situation. It is a bit late now to lock the sta ble door. The time to have saved the horse was before he was re moved from his stall and that was when Oregon was enjoying pros perous times. We all went on a spending spree. There were many things we had not had and when conditions warranted an extension of our credit we went in debt These debts must be paid and there is only one way to pay them and that is through taxation that is the government's way of financing. This paper is in favor of a re trenchment policy. It realizes that there must be a saving in govern mental business as well as in pri vate business, but will a hastily considered law or plan passed by a legislature composed of individuals who have politics more in mind than anything else, be the cure-all? We doubt it Already the county courts of the state are doing their level best to hold down expenses. These bodies actually have charge and the direc tion over very small amounts of tax funds. The state has already desig nated where much of the tax money must go. The salary roll is not Sunday School EE Lesson International Sunday School Lesson for July 26 CHRISTIANITY SPBEADINO BY PERSECUTION. Acts 7:59-8:4; 11:19-21 Rev. Samuel D. Price, D. D. Progrses usually comes in con nection with very hard experiences. It has been so in the extension of the blessings of Christianity. The stand-patters In the old Jerusalem church certainly made It hard for those who were trying to follow Christ's teachings. Persecution was resorted to in order to stay the pro gress of these humanitarian teach ings which claimed the crucified and rsicn Lord as their Teacher. Special hatred centered upon one of the seven deacons, by the name of Stephen. Again the Sanhedrin was sum moned and Stephen was tried. When called upon to make his de fense the opportunity was used to present a formal statement that re viewed the leading facts in the min istry of Jesus Christ and how He had been treated by this same Coun cil. In bold language Stephen charg ed the Sanhedrin with the killing of Jesus. Soon sentence of death was given against him, also in the hope that the Cause could be stop ped by destroying Its able propon ents. Death was accomplished by ston ing. During the slaying Stephen, like his Lord, prayed his execution era might be forgiven. A profound Impression was made by all these acts on a young man named Saul, who as a member of the Sanhedrin had helped in the sentence and fur ther assisted rb caretaker of the garments that were laid at his feet by those who did the killing. Such persecution forced many Christians to leave Jerusalem, and thus the leaven of Christianity was extended over a large area and "a great number turned to the Lord." fixed by the county courts and after all there is only the miscellaneous expenses which are absolutely the business of the different courts. Taxes can be reduced at the ex- pense of the county market road system; through reducing salaries in the schools and eliminating es tablished branches of learning, but if taxes are to be reduced material ly there will have to be a number of state laws repealed. We are won dering if the people really want to sacrifice institutions and services they have been enjoying these many, many years past It is up to the people to decide and we be lieve that the people should have a voice in matters so vital to the life and liberty of the citizenship. A Mr. Robert Hougham, a school superintendent from Indiana, in Eugene recently, said he was sur prised that Oregon was even con sidering the Indiana plan. He de clared that it was a scheme origin ally adopted by the big corpora tions who wanted to keep down their taxes by restricting local im provements such as roads, schools and the like. He said that undoubt edly the Indiana tax commission had at times saved money, but there had been a great many cases where interference has done serious harm because the men who come down from the state capital to hold hear ings on local budgets simply do not know local conditions. The Condon Globe-Times tells us that it is difficult to believe that any new plan will be needed soon in Gilliam county for the county com missioners there were reflecting the desire of the people of the county and had been practicing economy. It holds that the budget boards have already had their ears to the ground and that they have been ex tremely wary about taking on any new items of expense. The story of Gilliam county is the story of Morrow county. ' It may be that the Indiana law is one that should be adopted in Oregon, but we do not believe it is of such urgent nature that a spe cial session of the legislature is necessary. Unemployment is on a par with tax reduction and the la bor leaders have ground for their contentions. We have noticed that when people are employed, making a good living, they seldom have any complaint against the payment of their pro rata part in maintaining or their government We believe that a special session is ill advised. Let the people have all the facts and then let the peo ple legislate upon this all important question. It is too big a proposition for the present Oregon legislature even though the governor may think he knows all there is to be known about it. COUNTRY TOWN BELONGS TO THE FARMER. TT is claimed that a city is known 1 by the advertising columns of its newspapers. Industrialists looking for a new location will invariably study the newspapers of prospect ive cities. They want to know if they move to a city if they will be surrounded by live, wide-awake merchants; that the new neighbors have civic pride and community loyalty and these attributes are gen erally manifested through the ad vertising columns of the local press. A dead newspaper is always indic ative of a dead town, yet in some communities, in fact in most com munities, the local newspaper is far more progressive than is really jus tified. Smart and intelligent busi ness men will tell you this. Great cities are merely a group of small communities. In a success ful and growing city one will find these small groups bursting with sectional pride and city-wide loyal ty. They know that loyalty to their particclar section means loyalty and progress to their city, hence sec tional development leagues, better government clubs and numerous so cieties formed for the promotion of their particular section and their city as a whole. So the small town, the country town, if you please, is the property first of those directly dependent up on it. The Times, Monticello, Min nesota, in a recent issue has put the claims of the small town forward in a most logical and convincing way. It is reproduced here and we com mend it to every citizen of Morrow county. Here it is: The small town belongs to the farmer. It exists mainly, if not en tirely to serve him. It is the place he goes for a loaf of bread or a loan at the bank. It is there, usually, that he attends a lodge meeting or a chicken pie supper. If the far mer never wanted a loaf of bread or a chicken pie supper there would not be any town. There might be a filling station and a hot dog stand for the convenience of travelers, but it would not be a town. Time was, in the days of mud roads and plow-horse travel that we were more or less bound to the small village nearby. Now we can take it or leave it. If we choose, we can truck our grain and stock to a city, and we can go to the city for our clothes, food and entertainment. We hold the power fo life and death over the little local town. If we neglect it it must surely starve to death, for it has no means of self support. A few small towns have so died, but that most of them re main show we still want them. We may pretend to think lightly of that town but still we want a location for our churches, lodges and high schools. We still want a place close at hand where we can find a doc tor, druggist, a veterinarian, a ball of twine or a plowshare. The sort of merchants we find in our town are the sort we support with our patronage. If we make a policy of dealing orily with the man who car ries a goodly assortment of depend able articles he will stay in business and prosper, and as he prospers he will naturally offer better assort ments and better service. So with the kind of lawyers, of doctors and dentists. In a city farmers may not have much influence on the char acter of business and professional men, but in the little town patron age is the confronting Influence, j The little town is more than a con- Moiker's Summer Reading mmx rr&JM-j sunburn m W : t 1 1 r rx p n P W'iFr r mm (i w . , v l mm a Wife ,vc msJs&m& . wit n, .,!T!t, wWm wk BALL i ,( r ck j APPLES venience for buying every-day sup plies. It is more than a first-aid station in case of a broken leg or a broken binder. It is the commun ity center where social life of the farm people finds its most natural and most potent expression. The casual contacts of people mingling with one another as they go about their errands are what bind a com munity with a character all its own. Quite apart from any formal organ ization, the community spirit that centers in the farmer's town is the fundamental unit in agricultural life of our country. Our little town represents us as do our red barns and tall silos. It is our responsibil ity and our opportunity. We can se lect its business and professional people almost as we cull our flocks and herds, retaining those we want and eliminating those who do not measure up to our standards. We can influence its citizenship by choosing the doorways we enter and the counters over which we buy our goods. The little town is ours and it will be what we make it. Lawyer: And what was the de fendant doing meanwhile? Witness: He was telling me a funny story. Lawyer: Remember, sir, you are under oath. Witness: Well, anyway, he was telling me a story. Miss Marv C. Hartman PhiL-iHr-L phi'a, decided. she would not let an; other centurv elanse without ma If inor a flight BUD 'n' BUB 103-Year-Old Flyer .... Mmvr .... THE LDOCTOR JOHN JOSEPH GAINESM.D. Blood Imbalance Nothing should be appreciated more than perfect circulation of the blood in the body; and, very many times we, physicians, meet with var iations from normal, which may be called "imbalance," or engorge ments here and there, which may vary from congestions to actual di lations of the vessels organic dis ease. Peonle with big abdomens are sufferers in varying degree, from blood imbalance. There are many great veins that traverse the ab dominal wall and visceral content there situated. Anything that may cause "rush of blood" to these blood-vessels, produces immediate and very evident effect on struc tures elsewhere. A hig meal is an example overeating; intense deter mination of blood to the stomach and bowel, depleting the brain for the time being, causing dizziness, cloudy vision, staggering gait, stu por, with heavy feeling throughout the already overfleshed abdomen. The symptoms may amount to a W. C. T. U. NOTES. MARY A. NOTSON, Reporter. Ballot titles have been prepared by the Attorney General for the amendment to the state constitu tion repealing the prohibition am endment and for the measure re pealing all the prohibition enforce ment laws. The petitions will soon be circulated to place these propo sitions on the ballot at the next election. This means that the voters of Oregon are facing a straight wet and dry campaign. The wets do not aim to stir up the campaign until the petitions are signed and filed, but it behooves the dry forces to begin at once. They should at tack all along the line. The wets will not submit any alternative measure. They will talk one plan in one place and another plan in Girls Are Annoying Things 1 JY '' Allien T. Heid I IP4M0M temporary helplessness, not a very enjoyable feeling in elderly persons. I believe without accurate figures, that one-fourth of the blood volume may flow in a great tidal-wave to a ponderous abdomen, from overexer tion, overeating, etc.; and, that this condition reacts heavily upon the heart and brain; of course the veins of such an abdomen become much dilated from the constant sagging, maning possiDle, II 1 may use the term, "abdominal apoplexy." And here it is that the "tubby" abdomen is a very irouDiesome luxury. Methods of correction discouraging, and are seldom per- sisiea in to get the relief possible. Carefully practiced exercises are productive of results. Of course free daily evacuation of the bowel MUST be maintained. Here it is starches in the diet must be cut down to a minimum. Indeed, the diet must be just what is needed and no more. In chronic cases pa tients short of breath and who puff with slight muscular exertion, may wear a well-fitted bandage to sup port the sagging, indolent organ- another place just as it appears to be to their advantage. Of course. they will insist that as long as the eighteenth amendment Is in effect, the country is dry, but if Oregon repeals its dry amendment, it will be a tremendous argument for re pealing the eighteenth amendment. Besides, it is simply cowardly for a state to try to force all the dry law enforcement upon the general government. The W. C. T. U. has always been on the firing line in all the battles against John Barley corn, and this fight will be no ex ception. A pamphlet entitled, "A State ment of the Basic Issue Now Con fronting the American People," written by one Charles Hall Davis, is being circulated widely in the in terests of the wet movement. It is a direct attack upon the decisions By ED KRESSY of the supreme court He under takes, in spite of the unanimous de cision of the court to show that an amendment such as the eighteenth amendment can not be made unless ratified by all of the states. He leads one by a devious argument to think that such an amendment must be ratified by conventions of the different states rather than by the legislatures. If his argument is at all valid, he might just as well insist that the ratification must be by unanimous vote in each one of the conventions, and he might go only a short step further and say that the action of the conven tion should be ratified by the people and that by a unanimous vote. It is strange that only when a corrupt business such as the saloon business was must be suppressed then It re quires a very different kind of pro ceeding to amend the constitution in order to accomplish the result And Mr. Davis concludes his argu ment by saying, "That ours is a scientific governmental structure, with its foundations resting on prin ciples of natural law, natural right ana eternal justice." There Is nothing in natural law, natural right or eternal justice which would authorize any man to sell or give to nis neighbor a narcotic poison which does the indivdiual an injury, which may make him a menace to the rights of others, which may mane him a charge upon the tax paying public, and which does him absolutely no good whatever. While the law does nto make it a crime for a man to drink this narcotic poison, you are impressed with the idea that Mr. Davis seems to think so. Do not swallow all of his wet propaganda without first having read the decisions of the Supreme Court. IRRIGON Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Chapman and Mr. and Mrs. George Kendler Jr. of Umatilla visited with Mrs. W. C. Isom Tuesday evening. The regular meeting of Irrigon grange 641 was held in the auditor ium Wednesday evening. A good crowd was present. Refreshments were served by the hosts, Mrs. Sam Smith and Mrs. Harry Smith. Jess Oliver motored to Golden dale Thursday. Mrs. Fred Markham entertained the H. E. C. ladies at her home Thursday afternoon. Prank Markham who has been ill with influenza developed a ser ious case of pnuemonia early in the week and grave fears were express ed for his recovery. Latest reports, however, state he is out of danger. Jack White left for Portland with a load of potatoes Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Markham and family and Myrtle Markham left Friday for a few days in the moun tains near La Grande. Mr. and Mrs. R. V. .Tnnpn mH family motored to Huckleberry mountain north of La Grande Sat urday and expect to return with lots of huckleberries. Mr. and Mrs. Smith of Portland spent Saturday night in the R. V. Jones home. Mrs. Smith is a niece of Mrs. Jones. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Isom, Don Isom, Russell McCoy, Florence Brace and Dorothy Dell motored to Meacham for a company trip re turning Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Houghton and family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brace and Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Williams and family left Saturday for the mountains near La Grande for a week-end camping trip. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Root of Board man were calling on the Isoms Sun day evening. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for their help and sym pathy during our recent bereave ment. We also wish them to know that we appreciate the beautiful flowers which were given as a tok en of love and esteem for our de parted loved one. Clarence Nelson, Charles and Dorothy, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Warren, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Warren. "Why, yes, my boy; you may have her." "How's that? Have whom?" "My daughter, of course. You want to marry her don't you " "No, sir; I just wanted to find out If you would endorse my note for $100." "Certainly not. Why, I hardlv Know you. Joe "I hear Jones fell down on the state pharmacy examination." bam "Yes, he got mixed on the difference between a club and a western sandwich." CALL FOR BIDS. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of School Dis trict No. 9, of Morrow County, Ore gon, will receive sealed bids for the transportation of pupils of said dis trict to lone, for the school year 1W31-1932. Bus to go to the homes of Llsh Sperry, Neil Doherty and Edw. Rietmann. All bids must be In the hands of the Clerk of Dlstrfct No. 9 not later than August 4th, and Board reserves right to reject any or all bids. Dated at Lexington, Oregon, this 20th day of July, 1931. LEO GORGER, Dlst Clerk, 19-20. Lexington, Oregon, NOTICE OP FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice is herehv eiven that the under signed has filed her final account as ad ministratrix of the estate of Julia Ann Mutteson, deceased, and that the Coun ty Court of the State of Oregon for morrow uounty has appointed ruesduy, the 8th day of Seotetnber, 1931. at the hour of iu o'clock in the forenoon of said day, as the time, und the county court room in the court house at Hcpp. nor, Oregon, as the place, of hearing and settlement of said final account. Objections to said final account must be filed on or before said date. SYLVA CASON, Administratrix. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Notice Is herehv given that the under. signed has been appointed by the Coun ty vjouri oi the atute oi uregon tor Morrow Countv. executrix of the estate of N. L. Shaw, deceased, and that all persons having claims against the said estate must present the same, duly ver ilied according to law. to me at the oltice of my attorney. S. E. Ntoson, in Heppner, Oregon, wtihln six months frum the date of the first publication of this notice, which date of first publi cation la the 9th day of July. 193L CAS HA F. SHAW. Executrix. NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT. Notice Is hereby given that the under signed. Executors of the Last Will and Testament of Phlll Cohn, deceased, have filed their final account with the County Court of the State of Oregon for Morrow County, and that said Court has set as the time and place for set tlement of said account, Tuesday, the Eighth day of September. 1931, at the hour of Ten o'clock A. M. in the court room of said court in Heppner, Oregon. All persons having objections to Bbld final account must file the same on or before said date. H. A. COHN, HENRY P. COirV Executors of the Last Will and Tes tament of Phill Cohn, deceased. Date of first publication, July Ninth, i1- 17-21 NOTICE OP FINAL ACCOUNT. NotiA fa VlArahv criiran Vw. tl.A . l - Liitn. mc unuer- signed, Executrix of the Last Will and wiaiuciu ui uiuenxie m. r arnsworm, deceased, has filed her final account with the County Court of the State of Oregon for Morrow County, and that said Court has set Monday, the 3rd day of August, 1931, at the hour of 10:01) o clock in the forenoon of said day at thfl fVMllltV Prtll, mn, rf. . uuu, fc .wig !. uiu vun House at Heppner, Oregon, as the time ji naming uujueuuns 10 saia final account, and all persons having nhipctinna thor-otn m. h. . J said estate are hereby required to file same on or before the date set for said hearing. JJated this 1st day of July, 1931. MARY H. THOMSON, Executrix. NOTICE OP FINAL ACCOUNT. signed administrator of the estate of Albeit Williams, deceased, has filed his final account with the County Court of Tllfl Statu if (r-r,,r ,-, .. and said court has set Monday, the 3rd day of August, 1931, at the hour of 10 r. lUKjiiwuii ui Bam any ai ui. 1110 tuur. House at Heppner, Oregon, as the time and place for hearing objections to said final account, and all persons havlnir nhidi-tii-inia tKawntn L l ... iii c "cieuy required to file same with said court on or before tiio nine set ior saia nearing. uaiea mis 1st day of July, 1931. PHART.S WII T TAMO 16-20. Administrjitnr Professional Cards A. B. GRAY, M. D. PHYSICIAN ft SUBGEON Phone 323 Heppner Hotel Building Eyes Tested and Olassei Fitted. vvm. brookiiouserI PAINTINO PAPEBHANGINO INTERIOR DECORATING Leave orders at Peoples Hardware Company DR. C. W. BARR DENTIST Telephone 1012 Office in Gilman Building 11 W. Willow Street DR. J. II. McCRADY DENTIST I -Bay Diagnosis L O. O. P. BTJUDINO Heppner, Oregon Frank A. McMenamin LAWYER 905 Guardian Building Residence, GArfteld 194!) Business Phone Atwater 1348 PORTLAND, OREGON A. D. McMURDO, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND S0BOEON Trained Nurse Assistant Office in Masonic Building Heppner, Oregon P. W. 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