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PAGE FOUR HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 7; 1932. Ifrppurr (BnzttU intra THE HEPPNER GAZETTE, Established March SO. 1SS3; THE HEPPNER TIMES. Established November 18. 1S97; CONSOLIDATED FEBRUARY 16, 1912. Published every Thursday morning by VAWTER and SPENCER CRAWFORD and entered at the Post Office at Hepp ner, Oregon, as second-class matter. ADVERTISING BATES GIVEN ON APPLICATION. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Tear ., - . J2.00 Six Months . 1.00 Three Months .75 Single Copies .05 Official Paper for Morrow County. THE "MORE MONEY" HOAX. THROUGH every financial depres- 1 sion, there is always the fellow who stands forth and loudly asserts that the way to get out of the dol drums is to issue more money. Kick over the gold standard, give silver the ratio of 16 to 1, work the mints over time to turn out silver coins and the country will be all right, he blatantly claims. This fellow assumes, because there seems to be an inadequate supply of money in circuation, that putting more money into circula tion is all that is needed. And that any money is good so long as it has the government stamp on it. It takes no deep reasoning to see the fallacy of this argument, if one will stop to think for just a moment what money is and why it is based on a single commodity or substance. History says in the early days in Oregon beaver skins served as a medium of exchange. The value of all commodities was gauged by their proportionate value to beaver skins, and so all down through his tory have served the different sub stances used for money, all of which were deemed valuable be cause of their rarity. In most every case the substance chosen for mon ey was one the demand for which was ever greater than the supply, and the amount evenly supplied, giving it a high intrinsic value. Thus in the course of time did gold come naturally to be the base for measuring the value of all com modities, and its intrinsic value is what has made it valuable as mon ey its intrinsic worth and not the fact that it had the stamp of some government on it. Today, the world over, whether a country is said to be on a gold basis or a silver basis, gold is the fundamental standard of value. The silver money in the silver ba sis countries is worth only as much as the value of silver compared to the value of gold. No government can ignore this measuring stick of value. It can issue silver money by the carload, but this money will still be worth just so much as the value of silver compared to the value of gold, and the value of other commodities will still be measured in relation to gold. If there were 16 silver dollars in circulation, for every gold dollar in the treasury it would be as impos sible to purchase the same amount of prunes with one gold dollar and one silver dollar as it would be at present to sell a ton of prunes and Sunday School Lesson International Sunday School Lesson for April 10. HOW SIN BEGINS Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-8 Rev. Samuel D. Price, D. D. If ever there was a love nest on earth it should have been when Ad am and Eve were habited in the Garden of Eden. Certainly there could be no triangle love affair which woud lead to a divorce court, One of the charming touches that is revealed is the declaration that God came down to walk and talk with them "in the cool of the day." Safeguards were placed about them too. Character is developed when one has the opportunity of doing either right or wrong but prefers to choose the way of rectitude. We are still free moral agents and have the power of Indivdual choice. We live In a world where no one can continuously have his own way. We are strengthened when we obey the negatives that are for the common good. There was just one prohibi tion in Eden. Full freedom was given except that there was the fruit of one tree that had to be avoided. Satan was created as an angel of light but chose to rebel against God. Thereafter he became the enemy of all who would stand with the heavenly Father. The devil sought to reach God through man and began by casting slurs upon the commands of the Almighty. When we stop to argue with the tempter we are on most dangerous grounds. We are wise when we actually run away from tempta tion. Otherwise we argue against the prohibition and fail to note that each limitation is for our own good. All too goon the lie of the devil was accepted and personal sin brought its terrible consequences. One sin does not stand alone very long. Soon Adam was also involved and he was a coward when he tried to lay the blame on Eve. We are still and always individually responsi. ble. That very day the dire conse auences of sin began and they have continued to this day. "Be sure your sin will find you out," Num bers 32:23. J t pit oiutcI Asocimow a pound of prunes at the same price. THE REVOLT OF THE TAX PAYERS. Autocaster Service. PS.OM all over the country we read and hear reports of a rising tide of protest against the high cost of government National, State, County, School and Local taxes have grown in the past dozen years until the combined burden is more than most taxpay ers can bear even in normal times. And in these times of reduced in comes and poor business the tax burden has become intolerable. Congress is trying to "balance the budget" by imposing more and higher taxes. Doubtless there will be some show of reducing govern mental expenditures, but so far we have heard very little about those. It seems to us that should be the first point of attack, not the last This country got along very well for a hundred years and more without trying to regulate everybody s busi ness and teach everybody how to live. We think there are hundreds of millions of dollars literally wast ed every year by Federal bureaus which never would be missed if they were abolished entirely. The same is true of State govern ments and, to perhaps even a great er degree, of most county govern ments. It is characteristically Am erican, and something in which we take pride, that as a people we all want the best of everything. We want the best possible roads, the best possible schools, the most mag nificent public buildings, the finest parks, and all that But haven't we been trying to get these things too fast without counting the cost without finding out first where the money is coming from? We think that is the principal trouble with the United States today. The inevitable result of this orgy of public spending is to stir up widespread discontent which may easily result in an actual revolt on the part of taxpayers. Too much of the tax burden is laid upon land and its improvements, not enough upon the individuals, groups and enterprises directly benefitted by specific expenditures of public funds. What this country needs right now is to cut all governmental ex penses squarely in half Federal State, County and Local. That might cause some temporary em barassment, but it would be only temporary. Relieved from half of the tax burden, property of ail kinds would earn more for its own ers, capital would be freer to go in to productive enterprises, men and women would get their jobs back, prosperity would return speedily. We would like to see some real leader arise who would adopt for his political slogan: "Cut taxes in half!" He could be elected to any office to which he might aspire, in the present temper of the Ameri can people. THE RAMIFICATIONS OF CRIME. Autocaster Service. IT WAS an amazing story of crime and its political ramifications which Frank J. Loesch, president of the Chicago Crime Commission told a committee of the United States Senate in a letter the other day. According to Mr. Loesch organ ized gangs of criminals absolutely control Chicago politics and draw tribute from Chicago business. He charged that two of Al Capone's henchmen are in the Illinois State Senate and another in Congress, and that many of the labor unions in Chicago are under control of racketeers. In New York the disclosures by the Seabury investigating commit tee have shocked all decent people, with their revelations of graft and corruption by public officials of all grades and degrees. There is no doubt that in many other cities, and even in some small communities, there is a partnership between politics and crime, of a nature which threatens the foun dations of ur governmental and social system. What is needed more than any thing else at this time is honest, courageous men who can so stir public opinion that the people of thess afflicted communities will rise in Indignation and throw out the crooks and gangsters. Mike Put in Classroom To Broadcast Lectures Something new in educational ra dio broadcasting In this state has been started by KOAC at Oregon State college with the placing of a microphone right in one of the lec ture rooms where Dr. E. H. Moore, professor of sociology, will deliver a weekly lecture to his class in general sociology. Radio listeners tuned in at 11 o'clock each Tuesday morning may hear this lecture ex actly as he gives it to the students. Arrangements have been made for listeners to follow the course more closely, as they may enroll for home study and will thereupon re ceive additional material prepared for their guidance. Two examina tions will be given the radio class and certificates will be issued those "passing," though no college credit will be allowed. The course will deal with general sociological problems such as crime and poverty, family life, recreation and racial and economic conflicts. AMONG YOUNG DEMOCRATS. A former Heppner girl, Miss Myr tle Craddick, graduate of Heppner high school with the class of 1925, was honored by the election to the office of secretary of an organiza tion of young democrats formed in Portland recently. Leland F. Hess, Portland attorney was elected pres ident, and Miss Ailoen Mannix, daughter of the late Thomas Man nix, was named as one of the four vice-presidents. Marshall N. Dana candidate for the democratic nom ination to the United States ena- torshlp, addressed the group on "Youth's Place in Politics." Miss Ethel Craddick is now In Portland with her sister, Myrtle. A Reliable Old Plow fc OD0OW Practical Pointers There are certain kinds of food that are considered absolutely nec essary in maintaining health and strength within the human body; these should be well kept in mind, and never neglected. The humble egg ranks among the first and most important. The egg in itself, contains the necessary food-elements to set its own vitellus aflame with life, and nourish the embryo chick until it is able to walk, eat, and breathe for itself a most wonderful pro cess; I know of nothing in nature more interesting. Everything need ed for the young bird is housed within the egg-shell, for the life germ awakened by the gentle heat of the mother's body. And those needed things are elemental fac tors in the process of growth. How valuable the egg as a food for humanity! An authority from which I derive much that is prac tical, states that every human be ing needs one or two eggs daily. The expectant mother certainly should have two eggs daily; even children should have one, at all ages younger than puberty. I recall a visit from a famous Frenchman, a while after the big war; he ate six eggs at a meal, quite often, when he was in New York. And, why not? The egg is an essential food for muscle, nerve and brain. May I admit that I my self, often eat three eggs, properly prepared for breakfast. Eggs and milk in daily ration. Add to these a full glass of orange juice and you have a trio of values that can't be beat! But one devil led egg just as social dinners, or, one hard-boiled one with lettuce, isn't "eggs" at all. I mean two or three soft eggs daily. One little orange on odd morn ings just as well do without. The same with starvling milk; three or four glasses of whole milk daily is what I mean. For Sale R. I. Red eggs from selected hens, 50c per setting. Mis. Eph Eskelson. 48-3 BUD'n' BUB Team W.CT.U. NOTES MARY A. NOTSON. Reporter. The cycle of wet propaganda is again complete, and they are once more urging the tremendous cost of enforcing prohibition. They weep for the taxpayers who must pay the taxes to meet the $11,500,000 appropriation for enforcement of the Volstead act. They very care fully refrain from mentioning the fines and forfeitures paid in by the law violators and the money de rived from the sale of confiscated property. But, let us consider some other cost3. In 1931 one State, Cal ifornia, spent between $12,000,000' and $14,000,000 in fighting agricul tural pests. No one questions the reasonableness of this expenditure. But when the Federal Government spends less for the purpose of fight ing the human pests of bootleggers, rum runners and moonshiners in 48 states in an effort to protect the most precious crop of our country, the children, then the wets howl about the costs. The rising gener ation is of more value than the crops. They constitute the most vital resource of the nation. If the wets oppose the appropriation for plant quarantine, for instance, they would be laughed out of court, but a saving in taxes could be made that way. A few clays ago an account in a newspaper published in a neigh boring city told of the return of one of the citizens of that city from a trip to Europe. This citizen told how the people of Europe laughed at us for our prohibition laws. They seemed to think we were weak minded. This citizen told how he had observed very few drunken people in Europe. He probably made a true report, but he may not have gotten the whole picture with in his vision. Over against .this man's view place that of Lloyd George who came over here and made a thorough investigation. He returned home and warned his country that they could not hope to compete with America in the in dustrial world if Great Britain re mained wet and America dry. A letter written by Charles Henry, of Philadelphia, tells a different story from that told by the citizen of our neighboring city. It reads: "The worst thing that could hap pen to us would be the defeat of prohibition. I have just returned from a six months' trip through Europe, and everywhere found in tense interest in our handling of MAYBE IT'S A MON KEY RANCH Ai'mt T. Reid f liquor. Government control is a farce, and more speakeasies are there and more bootleg liquor sold all the time in every country. The London Daily News states that ful ly as much more liquor was sold than the government report show ed. It came from bootleg sources. They consider we have wonderful self-control and subordinate our lustful appetites to the common good. We would lose tremendous world prestige if we would now admit our appetites are too strong, or that we are a weak-spined lot and unable to dominate the unruly and criminal classes." POLITICAL Announcements FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. To the voters of the Republican Party: I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of County Commissioner at the Primary Nom inating Election to be held May 20th, 1932. FRANK S. PARKER. (Paid Advertisement) FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. To the Republican Voters of Mor row County: I hereby announce that I will be a candidate for the nomination to the office of County Commissioner at the Primary Nom inating Election, May 20. I prom ise, if I am elected, I will do all in my power to cut the expenses of the county and carry on the work to the best of my ability and for the benefit of the taxpayers. CREED OWEN. (Paid Advertisement) FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. To the Republican Voters of Mor- row County: I hereby announce that I will be a candidate for the nomination to the office of County Commissioner at the Primary Nom inating Election to be held May 20, 1932. ARNOLD PIEPER. (Paid Advertisement) FOR SHERIFF. I wish to announce to the voters of Morrow County that I am a can didate for Sheriff on the Republi can ticket I was born in Morrow county and expect to die in Morrow county. But while I live I wish to mingle with, and serve Morrow county peo pie. If it is the will of the voters to By ED KRESSY elect me, I will serve to the best of my ability, enforcing the law at all times. GLEN R. HADLEY, Boardman, Oregon. (Paid Advertisement) FOR SHERIFF. To the Republican Voters of Mor row County: I hereby announce that I will be a candidate at the Primary Election, May 20, 1932, for the office of Sheriff of Morrow County to succeed myself. C. J. D. BAUMAN. (Paid Advertisement) FOR COUNTY CLERK. To the Republican Voters of Mor row County: I hereby announce that I will be a candidate for nom ination to the office of Clerk of Morrow County at the Primary Election to be held May 20, 1932. PAUL M. GEMMELL. (Paid Advertisement) FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. To the Republican Voters of Morrow County: I hereby announce that I will be a candidate to suc ceed myself for the office of coun ty commissioner at the primary election to be held May 20, 1932. G. A. BLEAKMAN. (Paid Advertisement) FOR COUNTY CLERK. I hereby announce to the voters of Morrow county that I will be a candidate for the office of County Clerk on the Republican ticket at the Primary Nominating Election to be held May 20th, 1932. GAY M. ANDERSON. (Paid Advertisement) FOR COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT. I hereby announce that I will be a candidate for the nomination to the office of County School Super intendent at the May Republican Primary Nominating Election to be held May 20, 1932. MRS. LUCY E. RODGERS. (Paid Advertisement) NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned, executor of the last Will and Testament of David Henry Grabill, de ceased, has filed his final account with the Clerk of the County Court of the State of Oregon, for Morrow County, and that the Judge of said Court has fixed Monday the 2nd day of May, 1932, at the hour of 1:30 o'clock P. M. of said day as the time, and the County Court Room in the County Court House at Heppner. Oregon, as the place for the hearing and settlement of said ac count. Any objections to said final ac count must be filed with the Clerk of said Court on or before said ante. OREN.G. GRABILL. Executor of the last Will and Tes tament ol David Henry Grabili, deceased. The date of the first publication of this notice is March 31st. 1932. The date of the last publication of mis notice is April zftin, ivm. NOTICE OF FINAL SETLEMENT. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned has filed her final account as administratrix of the estate of Nancy M. Meek, deceased, and that the Coun ty Court of the State of Oregon for Morrow county nas appointed Monday, the 9th day of May. 1932, 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 said final account. Ob jections to said final account must be inea on or Deiore said date. ANNA L. PUTNAM, Administratrix. CALL FOB WARRANTS, SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1. Notice is hereby given that outstand ing registered warrants of School Dis trict No. 1. Morrow county. Oregon. numbered 932 to 950, inclusive, will be paid upon presentation at the onlce of the Clerk of said District on Aoril 11. 1932. Interest ceases on these warrants after that date.- VAWTER CRAWFORD. District Clerk NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROP ERTY ON EXECUTION. Notice is hereby given that under ana Dy virtue or execution in torecio sure duly issued out of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Mor row county on tne 4th day of April, 1932, by the Clerk of said Court pur suant to a judgment, decree and order of sale rendered and entered in said Court on the 1st day of April, 1932. in a certain suit In said Court wherein Ore gon Mutual Life Insurance ComDanv. a corporation, was plaintiff and Maggie a. Ben, a wiaow, me Ben Kancn, inc., a corporation, Emory Cox. Robert Wig erlesworth. B. N. Holcombe. Elsie M Beach. Executrix of the last will and testament of Carl L. Beach, Deceased, and John Doe and Jane Doe. his wife. and Richard Roe and Mary Roe, his wife, defendants, and which judgment is in iavor or planum ana against said aeienaants, ior tne sum ot siu.ouu.uu. with interest thereon from the 10th day of January, 1931, and the further sum of $1299.26, with interest thereon from the 21st day of December, 1931, and the further sum of $69.72. with interest thereon from the 9th day of December. 1931, and the further sum of $400.00 attorney's fees, and by wfilch decree an tne rignts, tine ana interest ot the above named defendants was ordered sold in and to the following described real property situated in Morrow County, Oregon, to-wit: The southeast quarter and the west half of section twenty-one, the soutn nan or the south east quarter and the southwest quarter oi section twenty-two, me south east Quarter of the northwest auarter. the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter, the south half of the south west auarter oi section twentv-three. the northwest quarter of section twenty-six, all of section twenty-seven, the northeast quarter, the east half of the northwest quarter, the northwest quar ter of the northwest quarter, the north east quarter of the southwest quarter oi section tweniy-eignt, an in Town ship one South, Range Twenty-six East of the Willamette Meridian. In the County of Morrow and estate of Oregon. NOW, in obedience to said execution, I will on Saturday, the 7th day of May, JiM,i, at me nour oi io:uu o coick A. M. of said day, at the front door of the Court House, at Heppner, Oregon, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, all the right, title and inter est of said defendants in and to the above described real property, and ap ply the proceeds thereof to payment of said judgment and decree and accruing costs of sale. Dated this the 5th day of April. 1932. 4-8. C. J. D. BAUMAN, Sheriff of Morrow County, Oregon. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Office at The Dalles, Oregon, Feb. 25, 1932. NOTICE is hereby given that John E. LeTrace of Heppnor, Oregon, who, on Oct. 23, 1926, made Homestead En try under Act Dec. 29. 1916. No. 025230, for Lot 21, Sec. 7, Lots 4, 6, 7. 8, 9, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, Sec. 18, and Lots 4, 5, 6, Section 19, Township 7 South, Range 29 East, Willamette Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make final Proof, to establish claim to the land above de scribed, before Gay M. Anderson, Uni ted States Commissioner at Heppner, Oregon, on the 2nd day of May, 1932. Claimant names as witnesses: R. C. Sommers, of Rltter, Oregon. D. S. Flynn, of Ritter, Oregon. O. E. Wright, of Heppner, Oregon. J. O. Rasmus, of Heppner, Oregon. R, J. CARSNER, Register, NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE. Notice la hereby irlven that hv vir tue of an Execution Issued out of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Morrow County, dated March Fif teenth. 1932, in that certain suit where in Martha E. Jones, as nlaintlfr. recov ered a Judgment against the defend ant, Evan J. Evans, on the Twenty- seventh day of February. 1932. which judgment was for tne aum of Eight hundred and no-100 Dollars, together with interest thereon at the rate of Eight percent per annum from the Nineteenth day of June. 1929: the fur ther sum of One hundred Twenty-five and No-100 Dollars, attorney's fee. and planning costs ana aisoursemenis taxed and allowed in the sum of Sev enteen and No-100 Dollars, and a de cree of foreclosure against the defend ants, Evan J. Evans and Emma Evans, his wife, I will, on the Sixteenth day of April, 1932, at the hour of Ten o' clock A. M. of said day at the front door oi tne county court nouse in Heppner, Morrow County, Oregon, of fer lor sale and sell to the highest bid der for cash in hand, all of the follow ing described real property in Morrow County, State of Oregon, to-wit: i ne East nan , oi the Northwest uarter and the North half of the outhwest quarter of Section Twenty-five in Township one South of Range Twenty-five, East of the Willamette Meridian. or so much of said real property as may be necessary to satisfy the plain tiff s judgment, costs and attorney's fee and accruing costs of sale. U. J. L. BAUMAN, Sheriff of Morrow, County, State of Oregon. Date of First Publication: March Seventeenth. 1932. Professional Cards Morrow County Free Ambulance Service Day or Night Case Furniture Co. Mrs. George Thomson INSURANCE SPECIALIST New York Life Phone 824 Heppner, Ore. J. 0. TURNER Attorney at Law Phone 173 Humphreys Building HEPPNER. ORE. A. B. GRAY, M. D. PHYSICIAN fc SURGEON Phone 333 Heppner Hotel Building Eyes Tested and Glasses Fitted. VVM. BROOKIIOUSER FAINTING PAPERHANGING INTERIOR DECORATING Leave orders at Peoples Hardware Company DR. C. W. BARR DENTIST Telephone 1012 Office in Oilman Building 11 W. VVUlow Street DR. J. II. McCRADY DENTIST Z-Ray Diagnosis L 0. O. F. BUILDING Heppner, Oregon Frank A. McMenamin LAWYER 905 Guardian Building Residence, GArfleld 1949 Business Phone Atwater 1348 PORTLAND, OREGON A. D. McMURDO, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Trained Nurse Assistant Office in Masonic Building Heppner, Oregon P. W. MAHONEY ATTORNEY AT LAW First National Bank Building Heppner, Oregon S. E. NOTSON ATTORNEY AT LAW Office in I O. O. F. Building Heppner, Oregon AUCTIONEER Farm and Personal Uroperty Sales A Specialty. 0. L. BENNETT "The Man Who Talks to Beat the Band" 5229 72nd Ave., S. E Portland, Ore. Phone Sunset 3451 J. 0. PETERSON Latest Jewelry and Gift Goods Watches - Clocks - Diamonds Expert Watch and Jdwelry Repairing Heppner, Oregon F. W. TURNER & CO. FIRE, AUTO AND LIFE INSURANCE Old Line Companies. Real Estate. Heppner, Oregon JOS. J. NYS ATTONEY-AT-LAW Roberta Building, Willow Street Heppner, Oregon