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PAGE TWO HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER,, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEB. 16, 1933. iljcppurr THE HEPPNER GAZETTE, Established March 30, 1883; THE HEPPNER TIMES. Established November 18. 1897; CONSOLIDATED FEBRUARY U. 1912. Published every Thursday morning by VAWTEB and BF-NCEB CBAWTOBD and entered at the Post Office at Hepp ner, Oregon, as second-class matter. ADVERTISING BATES GIVEN ON APPLICATION. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year Six Months Three Months Single Copies $2.00 100 .76 .06 Official Ppr for Morrow County. tPHOA jtf Iff '.1 V HEDGING ON SALARY CtJTS. Baker Democrat Herald THE 5 to 50 per cent slash In state salaries is dead, at the instance of the governor -who favors a flat reduction of 15 or 16 per cent. The leaders at Salem took a sober sec ond thought and decided that their original idea was too drastic. But if such a cut is too drastic for jobholders in the statehouse what about professors at Eugene, Corvallis and the normal schools? They have already taken one cut of six to 15 per cent and are now taking another of nine to 27 per cent, with further slashes in the offing if the legislature follows its announced purpose of further re ducing the appropriation by more than half a million more. In addi tion to the salary reductions many are to be layed off altogether. The question is: Why should the educational end of state government do twice as much economizing as the other departments, especially when its increase during boom per iods was less than their's? terpretation of the Supreme Court, sometimes by actual amendment, we have changed that document and its applications into something that Franklin, Washington, Adams and Madison and the rest would never recognize. What is going on now, as a result of the widespread distress and mul tiplication tn the number of debtors, may easily amount to another ser ies of radical changes in our entire governmental scheme. The people are in the mood for change. The resistance of the creditor class to the demands of debtors for relief is weaker than it has been at any previous time. The debtor class to day includes not only farmers but industrial workers, business men and great corporations. In the light of this state of affairs it is natural to expect that Congress will respond by carrying the new concepts of the functions of govern ment into fields of which the found era of the Republic never dreamed. If they do, it will, in essence, amount to a revolution; but it will merely be another revolution, Amer ican style, in the long series of rev olutions through which we have come successfully. REVOLUTION AMERICAN STYLE. Autocaster Service. A COUPLE of weeks ago a Sen ate committee in Washington was warned that there would be a revolution in America if the farm ers did not get immediate relief from their difficulties. We don't agree with this point of view. All the indications are that the revolution in America has al ready begun and that it will go on regardless of the question of farm relief. Of course, what the gentleman in Washington was talking about was the kind of revolution we read about, in Russian and Spain and South America, where an armed force seizes the government and proceeds to reorganize it at the point of a bayonet. We don't think there is the slightest danger of that kind of a revolution in the United States. What we are talking about is revolution in the American style, which consists of changing the methods and operations of our gov ernment by what the Constitution calls "due process of law. We have been going through revolution after revolution of that kind ever since the armed revolution of 1776, which won us our national independence. Our whole scheme and system of government is as different from anything which was imagined by the gentlemen who framed our Constitution in 1787 as chalk is from cheese. Sometimes by the In- -SSK-jBgfa-Bg- Sunday Schoo n Lesson By Bev. Charles . Dunn, D. D. The Growth of the Kingdom. Lesson for February 19th. Mark 4:21-34. Golden Text: Isaiah 11:9. Our lesson deals with the spread of Christianity, an expansion that Jesus described in terms of the Kingdom of God. This divine Realm is future, and is to come by direct miraculous action of God. But the forces promoting it, as the lesson makes clear, are even now present. This truth the Master makes evi dent in two gracious little parables. The first is the parable of the seed that is cast into the ground and mysteriously springs up by Itself into lovely grain. The sower does not need to worry after the seed is cast. He can relax with an easy mind knowing that nature will act of her own accord. But when the corn is ripe, he must act. Now you and I can wait when we have sown our seed. We can allow the influences we have set in motion to slowly fructify. We can trust in God to finish what we have begun. But when the harvest in due time appears, then we must act. The second is the parable of the tiny mustard seed that becomes a powerful tree, shooting out great branches as a restful, shady lodg-ing-plaoe for the birds. What Je sus means, of course, Is that you cannot judge the success of God's Kingdom by its humble start The Cause of God, though Inconspicu ous at first, is enduring. It has the latent capacity of the mustard seed to become a mighty tree, steadfast, hospitable, solid, a continuing joy. This homely parable Is a symbol of the amazing growth of the Chris tion movement. Launched by an obscure Galalean who was cruelly crucified, it quickly expanded Into a world-wide society, to which both Rome and the barbarians who con quered her paid deference. And at the present time it is estimated that the disciples of Christ now equal, if they do not exceed, a third of the human family. Bruce Barton "The writes of Master Executive" Supplying a week-to-week Inspiration for the heavy-burdened who will find every human trial paralleled in the ex periences of "The Man Nobody Knows" All Men Created Equal What was there for Jesus to add? It was a thought more splendid than all which had gone before and it has altered the current of his tory. He invited frail bewildered humanity to stand upright and look at God face to face! He called up on men to throw away fear, disre gard the limitations of their mor tality, and claim the Lord of Cre ation as Father. It is the basis of all revolt, all emocracy. For if God is the Father of all men, then all are his children and hence the commonest i3 equally as precious as the king. No wonder the auth orities trembled. They were not fools; they recognized the implica tions of the teaching. Either Jesus' life or their power must go. No wonder that succeeding generations of authorities have embroidered his Idea and corrupted It, so that the simplest faith and ritual in the world has become a complex thing of form and ritual, of enforced ob servances and "thou shall nots." It was too dangerous a Power to be allowed to wander the world, un leashed and uncontrolled. This then was what Jesus wished to send to all creation; through the instrumentality of his eleven men. What were his methods of train ing? How did he meet the prospec tive believers? How did he deal with objections? By what sort of strategy did he interest and per suade? He was making the journey back from Jerusalem after his spectac ular triumph in cleansing the Tern pie, when he came to Jacob's Well, and being tired, sat down. His dis ciples had stopped behind at one of the villages to purchase food, so he was alone. The well furnished the water-supply for the neighboring city of the Samaritans, and after little while a woman came out of it, carrying her pitcher on her shoulder. Between her people, the Samaritans, and his people, the Jews, there was a feud of centuries. To be touched by even the shadow of a Samaritan was defilement ac cording to the strict code of the Pharisees; to speak to one was a crime. The woman made no con cealment of her resentment at find ing him there. Almost any remark from his lips would have kindled her anger. She would at least have turned away in scorn; she might have summoned her relatives and driven him off. An impossible situation, you will admit. How could he meet It? How give his message to one who was forbidden by everything holy to listen? The incident is very re vealing: there are times when any word is the wrong word; when only silence can prevail. Jesus knew well this precious secret As the woman drew closer he made no move to indicate that he was con scious of her approach. His gaze was upon the ground. When he spoke it was quietly, musingly, as if to himself: "If you knew who T am," he said, "you would not need to come out here for water. I would give you living water." Dictator . Europe's third Adolf Hitler, leader of the "Nazi" movement in Germany, has become Chancellor of the German Republic and head of the Government This makes the third European nation to come under the control of a virtual dictator. Stalin in Russia, Mussj lini in Italy and now Hitler in Ger many are manifestations of the fail ure of the peoples of those countries to manage their own affairs suc cessfully. I hear a great deal of loose talk to the effect that "what America needs is a dictator." I don't think we need anything of the kind, and don't think that the vast majority of Americans want to be organized, disciplined and controlled in the way that people living under a dic tator have to submit to. We have never failed yet in Amer ica to work our own way out of our troubles, and I think we are on the way out now. Socialism . are we headed? We are much more likely in America to come to some mild form of socialism than we are to arrive at either communism or a dictator ship. But we are not likely to call it socialism any more than England calls her present systetm of gov ernment socialistic which it prac tically is. All the signs of the time are point ing to increasing government con trol, if not ownership and operation of public utilities, natural resources, means of transportation and com munication. It would not surprise me, if I were here to see it, to find the United States twenty years from now owning all of the mines, oil wells, railroad, telegraph and tele phone lines, radio broadcasting systems, electric light and power plants, steamship lines, and other enterprises which are essentially monopolistic in their nature. And. incidentally, if any more people stop paying taxes, it won't be long before the nation or its governmental sub-divisions own all the land. Cooperation . in a new way A group of sixty-three unemploy ed New York business men are op ening up a cooperative store with the aid of manufacturers and job bers of merchandise of all kinds. They are getting their rent on a percentage basis of sales, and their merchandise on consignment. This is only one of hundreds, per haps thousands, of cooperative ef forts at self help which are being made in all parts of the United States. Some will succeed and some will not, but out of them may grow some valuable lessons which can be applied when good times come again, and which will make It eas ier, because of this experience, to meet the next economic crisis. I heard from an English friend the other day that the members of the great British cooperative so ciety are getting through the de pression much easier than the gen eral run of the people. The hardest thing for most Amer icans to learn is teamwork. Treasure . . hidden away If all the money that has ever been buried and Its whereabouts forgotten could be dug up and put into circulation, there might be enough to ease the depression ma terially. - I learned the other day from a Russian friend that he knew the exact spot where ten million dol lars was buried just before the Bol shevik army arrived, and if there were any possible way of getting the money out of Russia he could lead me to the spot I declined the offer, but I was reminded of it when I heard from down on the Eastern shores of Maryland that a young man who had bought an abandoned graveyard as a Site for a filling station had found an iron pot containing thirty thousand dol lars in old coins buried in the ground. And from out in Arkan sis comes the report that workers for the American Red Cross have turned up nearly six thousand dol lars that was hidden by an ancient hermit who committed suicide a few weeks ago, after writing in structions to Red Cross workers how to find his buried treasure. Adventurers are still searching for pirate gold on various islands of the West Indies, and dredging the deep seas for sunken treasure ships. It is the most fascinating game imaginable, but those who play it seldom win. Security . old age pension My friends of the American As- sioiation for Old Age Security re port that efforts are being made by politicians in several states to abolish their old age pension sys tems, on the plea of economy, and go back to the horrors of the town and county poor houses. It seems to me that this is about the last place to practice economy. Of course, the poorhouses made jobs for politicians and profits for local tradesmen supplying bad food at high prices. The experience has always been that almshouse support of the indigent poor costs twice as much as providing the small pen sion of five or six dollars a week to every person of advanced years. Twenty Legislatures have old age pension bills up for consideration now. I hope and believe that the time will come soon when every American can look forward to have at least enough to live on after reaohing the age of sixty-five or perhaps seventy. If this be socialism make the most of it k mam JOHN JOSEPH jNjjlD How "Bill" Gets By Bill lives in my town, in yours too. If the Bills in this land were organized they would make a for midable politiacl party. There are some fifteen doctors in my town. When Bill moved here he enquired around for the most popular doctor and retained him as his family physician as long as the doctor would do his work with out pay, which was over two years. The doctor became too insistent about his pay to suit Bill, i Then, our hero sought the formid able competitor of the leading doc tor and recited the two years of "robbery" that he had endured. The ambitious competitor swallowed the hook, line and sinker! He treated Bills' infirmities as long as he could afford to without remuneration; some competitors are that way. Then Bill sought the doctor that lived farthest away from his neigh borhood, who had never heard of the experiences of his contempor aries with the new patron. He grabbed Bill with open arms. Out of this doctor. Bill got a couple of tonsilectomies, two obstetrical ser vices and several bedside influenza cases, before the doctor awakened to the real situation. Every physician that ever touch ed Bill came away with a water haul! At last Bill moves to another town, full of Invective for hie last place of abode. It was a hick town with the meanest people in it In the world! Those of my readers who are ac quainted with Bill, know that he can tell you just how the United States Senate ought to perform! It will take a long time to educate some folks to the point of getting above the tactics of Bill the fel- low that public opinion alone can remove from our midst Local ads ip brlnir results the Gazette Times NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT. Notice is hereby eiven that the un deraigned, Executor of the estate of Lizzie Humphreys, deceased, has filed his final account of his administration of said estate with the County Court of the State of Oregon for Morrow County, and that said Court has set Monday, the 3rd day of April, 1933, at the hour of 10:00 o'clock in the fore noon of said day at the County Court room at the Court House at Heppner, Oregon, as the time and place lor he ing objections to said final account, and all Dersons having objections to said final account or the settlement of said estate, are hereby reauired to file the same in said court on or before the time set for said hearing. Dated this 16th day of February, 1933. FRED ROOD, Executor. CLERK'S SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT, JULY 1, 1932 TO DECEMBER 31, 1932. GENERAL FUND CLAIMS PAID: Election , For Sale or Trade 200 acres of summerfallow near lone for horses or mules; or would lease on shares. Cecil Sargent, Rt. 3, Box 232. Salem, Oregon. 46-48 A good milch cow or turkey breeding stock to' exchange for wheat. J. H. DeMoss, Hermiston, Ore. 47-51-p Try a Gazette Times Want Ad. GRANGE ENTERTAINS. Quite a large crowd attended the program and dance at Willows Grange hall Saturday night last. The program featured music, talks, vocal solos and readings, several of the numbers being in honor of Lincoln's birthday. Dancing fol lowed and at midnight a luncheon of sandwiches, cake and coffee was served by the H. E. club ladies. The Grange will hold their busi ness meeting Saturday, the 25th. A talk on cold frames and hotbeds for early gardens by one of the mem bers is scheduled; Chas. W. Smith, county agent, will visit the Grange on that evening, and it is expected that he will give some valuable in formation on agricultural subjects. A number of other interesting mat ters are coming up for discussion. We hope to see more than the usual large attendance of members out for this meeting.Reporter. LION PATROL NEWS. The Lion patrol held a meeting Saturday at the home of the patrol leader for the purpose of trying to work up a little more patrol en thusiasm, a thing which has been very evidently absent for the past few months. After the regular meeting work was begun on the meeting den which Is to be worked up in pioneer style with deer heads, skins, old fashioned guns and other like articles. It is hoped that a fireplace can be added later, though little has been done on this yet THOMSON BROS. DEALERS IN GENERAL'MERCHANDISE Yes, you can go to an AFFILIATED BUYERS Store and get Nationally advertised Foods of known value for less than you'd ordinarily pay for "off" brands And, here's the reason: Each AFFILIATED BUYER owns and operates his own store, his ov erhead is therefore less. Then, he is a member of a buying group of over 800 Grocers who buy together In huge quantities at lowest possible prices. Just as soon as you begin with an AFFILIATED BUYERS Store, you SAVE MONEY. Patronize your Home-Owned Store and keep your money at home! JUST A FEW OF OUR SPECIAL FEATURES THIS WEEK SATURDAY, Feb. 18th MONDAY, Feb. 20th CORN SUPER SUDS LINDY Golden .Bantam Regular. The new bead soap 303 Size. Quality pack at a dis- 'or modern dish washing 2fo,r.i:l:.i9c3for-pAR'-25c COFFEE ' The pure concentrated soap GOLDEN WEST large size l's. Decidedly best made In the Pjjckclgg 3 4C Can 32C ROLLED OATS 777777" QUAKER JtLLiLAJ Mammoth 55-oz. Package America's most famous dessert Parlfarro Regular, Strawberry, Lemon, Or- 1 d-Kdge L)ls ange, Cherry, Raspberry Lime. -- 3Cnr IQp RICE t0r ASC WATER MAID 3-lb. bag. Fancy Louisiana in OYSTERS sanitary bag OTTER BRAND 32 . 18C l's. Exceptional quality, season- " ....... able and reasonable Can 10f HONEY Wm JLV H-D Extra Quality 21-oz. jar. Better honey, larger SNOWDRIFT Jar. lower prices Large 6-lb. size Jar 24C The Size that Saves Can 81C HARMONY SOAP WESSON OIL 6 for . ' 24c At almost the price of the Solid Pack TOMATOES quart size 2 1-2 size Can ..: 53c Can 13c FRESH FRUITS and VEGETABLE SPECIALS ORANGES Choice Wrapped Extra Sweet Southern Navels . 2 Doz 33c ONIONS, finest U. S. No. 1 , 6 Pounds IOC Current Expense County Court Sheriff i Clerk Assessor Justice Court Superintendent Treasurer Court House Circuit Court Widow Pension Poor Publishing Summons Jail District Attorney Cattle Indemnity Sealer Health Tax Collection Physician County Agent . Indigent Soldiers Publishing Budget , Bonds Insurance Insane Watermaster Coroner Library Club Work Juvenile Fair Fund (Refunded) WARRANTS DRAWN: General Fund General Road Market Road Miscellaneous 827.06 438.51 1354.47 2,723.31 1,986.77 1,882.96 88.50 1,129.84 619.68 1,028.78 747.60 1,077.41 2,327.36 411.80 69.18 17.00 67.50 62.78 45.75 144.45 150.00 1,600.00 .24.50 34.59 215.00 82.75 235.40 64.73 19.25 200.00 150.00 38.50 71.85 19,707.28 13,577.56 14,801.63 187.96 HOTICB OF BHKBITP'S B LB. Nnllra la hereby Given that by virtus nf un Execution issued out of the Cir cuit Court of the State of Oregon for Morrow County, dated January twenty-third, 1933, in that certain auit wherein The Federal Land Bank of Spokane, a corporation, as plaintiff, re covered a Judgment against the defend ants, Ernest Ambrose Brown, same per. son aa rnest rown; ancnaei r Fllckenger, same person 01 Mlcnei . Fllckenger, and Michel K. Flicken ger; and West Extension National Farm Loan Association, a cor poration, on the twenty-nrat day 01 January, 1933, which judgment was for the following sums, to wit: $39.00 with interest at the rate of 8 per cent per annum from April 8th, 1931; $39.00 wltn interest at ine rate 01 0 per cem per annum from October 8th, 1931; $39.00 with interest at the rate of 8 per cent per annum from April 8th, 1932; $39.00 with interest at the rate of 8 per cent per annum from October 8th, 1932; $1062.65 with Interest at the rate of bV, per cent per annum irom epiemDer 19th, 1932; $244.38 with interest at the rate of 8 per cent per annum from Sep tember 19, 1932; $18.65 and the further sum of $85.00 attorney's fees and the further sum ot $30.50, costs and dis bursements and a decree of foreclosure against the defendants Ernest Ambrose Brown, same person as Ernest Brown and Ethel G. Brown, husband and wife, Michael K. Fllckenger, same person as Michel E. Flickenger and Jaicnel K. Fllckenger and Ellen S.. Fllckenger, husband and wife. West Extension Na tional Farm Loan Association, a cor poration, I will, on the twenty-fourth day of February, 1933, at the hour of ten o'clock A. M., of the said day, at the front door of the county court house in Heppner, Morrow County, State of Oregon, offer for sale and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand all the following described real prop erty in Morrow County, State of Ore gon, to-wit: The Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section Elev en. Township Four North of Range Twenty-five, East of the Willam ette Meridian, Morrow County, State of Oregon. Together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments and ap purtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining, or so much of said real property as may be necessary to satisfy the plaintiffs judgment, costs, attorney's fee and ac cruing costs of sale. C. J. D. BAUMAN, Sheriff of Morrow County, State of Oregon. Date of first publication, January 26th, 1933. s(ttft-tacaecs Professional Cards tt3fcESJ3St-S WARRANTS OUTSTANDING: General Fund Road Fund ' Market Road Miscellaneous Funds Outstanding Road Bonds Sinking Funds 3,305.08 1,056.30 181.18 7.50 515,000.00 7,191.38 Dated this 11th day of January, 1933. - GAY M. ANDERSON, County Clerk. TREASURERS' SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT, JULY 1, 1932, TO DECEMBER 31, 1932. Heppner, Oregon, January 12, 1933. To Gay M. Anderson, County Clerk: In compliance with Section 27-520, Oregon Laws, I herewith submit my semi-annual report of receipts and disbursements from July 1st, 1932, to December 3lst, 1932, both inclusive, transfers not included. Balance on hand July 1st, 1932 $ 79,204.63 RECEIPTS Taxes, from Sheriff Taxes from Assessor '.. Taxes from Umatilla County . Clerk's office fees Interest from depositories Miscellaneous Funds Miscellaneous refunds and sales . Secondary Highway refunds Motor License funds State School funds Forest Rentals General Miscellaneous GRAND TOTAL - ..$108,093.28 . 125.02 807.19 1,250.55 584.44 215.00 567.64 12,036.97 7,550.26 1,707.60 291.42 .. 4,140.61 137369.98 - DISBURSEMENTS General Found Fund General Road Fund '. Market Road Fund Road District Specials School District Specials Elementary School Funds . General School Funds School District Bond and Interest High School Tuition : Union High School No. 1 . : City Specials Irrigation Districts County bonds redeemed Bond Interest Paid ' General Miscellaneous BALANCE ON HAND 20,345.56 17,241.73 9,942.74 195.06 26,110.92 9,362.42 2,153.46 9,895.10 241.51 443.09 1,403.41 2,644.44 6,000.00 14,398.05 2,527.41 $216,574.61 $121,904.00 $ 94,669.71 LEON W. BRIGGS, Morrow County Treasurer. SHERIF'S SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT, JULY 1, 1932, TO DECEMBER 31, 1932. Heppner, Oregon, January 12, 1933. To Gay M. Anderson, Clerk of Morrow County: In compliance with Section 27-510, Oregon Laws, I herewith submit my semi-annual report of receipts and disbursements from July 1st, 1932, to December 3lst, 1932, both inclusive: COLLECTIONS: 1931 tax 1930 tax 1929 tax 1928 tax 1927 tax 1926 tax 1925 tax 1924 tax 1923 tax 1922 tax Total collected Sheriff's Deeds Auto Stickers Civil Mileage Total collected PAID TO TREASURER: ...$ 77,517.97 18,168.01 ..... 4,950.04 6,286.33 459.05 128.55 84.92 207.21 14.77 . 276.43 77,517.87 18,168.01 4,950.04 6,286.33 459.05 128.55 84.92 207.21 14.77 276.43 .$108,093.28 Paid Treasurer $108,093.28 ..$ 8.00 $ 6.00 102.00 102.00 124.65 124.65 ..$ 232.65 Paid Teasurer $ 23W5 C. J. D. BAUMAN, Sheriff of Morrow County, Oregon. J. 0. TURNER Attorney at Law Phone 173 Humphreys Building HEPPNER, ORE. A. B. GRAY, M. D. PHYSICIAN ft SUBQEON Phone 323 Heppner Hotel Building Eves Tested and Qlaasei Fitted. WM. BROOKHOUSER PAINTING PP HOIH INTEBIOB D-COBATfO Leuve orders at Peoples Hardware Company DR. J. II. McCRADY DENTIST X-Bay Diagnosis Gllman Building Heppner, Oregon Frank A. McMenamin LAWTEB 905 Guardian Building Residence. GArfleld 101!) Business Phone Atwater 1348 ' PORTLAND, OREGON A. D. McMURDO, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND STTBOEON Trained Hunt Assistant Office in Masonic Building Heppner, Oregon P. W. MAIIONEY ATTOBNEY AT LAW First National Bank Building Heppuer, Oregon S. E. NOTSON ATTOBNEY AT LAW Office in L O. O. P. Building Heppner, Oregon AUCTIONEER Farm and Personal Uroperty Bales A Specialty. O. L. BBNNITT ' "The Man Who Talks to Beat the Band" 8239 72nd Ave., S. E., Portland, Ore. Phone Sunset 8461 J. 0. PETERSON Latest Jewelry and Gift Goods Watches - Clocks - Diamonds Expert Watch and Jewelry Repairing Heppner, Oregon F. W. TURNER & CO. PIBE, AUTO AND LIFE INSUBANCE Old Lin Companies. Baal -state. Heppner, Oregon JOS. J. 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