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o LOOKING
o FORWARD
By FRANKLYN WALTMAN,
Publicity Director, Republican
National Committee
In one of the many small parks
which dot Washington, alongside of
one of the Capital's busy thorough
fares, there is a large bronze statue
of a seated figure, leaning forward
tensely, the face peering with some
concern, as though trying to see
what lies behind the veil of the fu
ture. The figure is a replica of Samuel
, Gompers, a part of the memorial
erected in honor of the first presi
dent of the American Federation of
Labor. Gazing on the bronze statue
one wonders what Sampel Gompers,
the old man of labor, would think
were he living today.
For Samuel Gompers undoubtedly
did more to promote the organized
labor movement in this country than
anv other man. Where other men
had failed, he succeeded because he
seemed to have an inner sense, an
intuition of the wise and smart
thing to do. In his long years of strug
gling on behalf of labor, he won the
respect and admiration of a great
part of the country. He brought to
the American Federation of Labor
a moral prestige which in later years
proved to be its greatest asset.
Shunned Partisan Politics
It was Gompers' wisdom and great
vision which steered the American
Federation of Labor away from the
shoals of partisan politics. In 1894 he
risked his prestige and his standing
within the A. F. of L. to battle sue
cessfully against the adoption by
the Federation of a socialistic pro
irram of political action. Indeed,
though he won that war, he lost a
battle for he was ousted for one year
from the presidency of the A. F. of
L. because he made the fight.
Although Gompers kept the A. F,
of L. aloof from taking sides in par
tisan politics, he realized the neces
sity for organized labor to concern
itself with government action to
protect its economic interest. He in
spired in 1906 the Federation's pol
icy of rewarding its friends and pun
ishing its enemies a policy wheh
today remains the A. F. of L. policy.
Gompers would not have been in
sympathy with the political activi
ties of John L. Lewis and his C. I.
O. cohorts. Were he living he would
have been shocked over the mem
bers of organized labor being assessed
to place approximately $500,000 in
the campaign warchest of a political
party. Had he been living, without
doubt he would be wrathful over
sit-down strikes, attacks on the Su.
preme Court, regimentation of labor
by a government board with powers
to compel observance of its decrees.
Thus William Green, now presi
dent of the A. F. of L., in express
ing his opposition to such events is
acting in the Gompers tradition. He,
like his illustrious predecessor, is
following a path of economic states
manship, rather than one of. dema
gogic, partisan politics. In the years
ahead he will be remembered for
saving the organized labor move
ment at this time, just as Gompers is
remembered for saving it in the
nineties.
How do we know what Gompers
would think about all this were he
alive? Inscribed in the bronze on
his memorial are three quotations
expressing the Gompers philosophy
Compulsion Gains Nothing
"No lasting gain," reads the first
of these quotations, "has ever come
from compulsion. If we seek to force,
we but tear apart that which, united,
is invincible. There is no way where'
by our labor movement may be as
sured sustained progress in 'deter
mining its policies and its plans other
than by sincere democratic deliber
ation until a unanimous decision is
reached. This may seem a cumbrous,
slow 'method to the impatient but
the impatient are more concerned for
immediate triumph than for the ed
ucation of constructive develop
ment."
The second of these quotations
reads thusly:
"So long as we have held fast to
voluntary principles and have been
actuated and inspired by the spirit
of service, we have sustained our
forward progress and we have made
our labor movement something to
be respected and accorded a place
in the councils of our Republic,
Where we have blundered into try
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ing to force a policy or a decision,
even though wise and right, we have
impeded, if not interrupted, the real
ization of our aims.
And the third quotation reads:
"Sav to the organized workers of
America that as I have kept the faith
I expect that they will keep the
faith. They must carry on. Say to
them that a union man carrying a
card is not a good citizen unless he
upholds the institutions of our coun
try and a poor citizen of our coun
try if he upholds the institutions of
our country and forgets the obliga
tions of his trade associations."
John L. Lewis is not the only man
who, on this Labor Day, should read
and ponder those words. Franklin
Delano Roosevelt also might read
them with profit.
Court Proceedings
For August Term
Be It Remembered, That County
Court met in regular session at the
Courthouse in Heppner, Oregon, on
Wednesday, the 3rd day of August,
1938, this being the regular time for
holding a term of said Court, when
were present: Bert Johnson, Judge;
George N. Peck, Commissioner; L.
D. Neill, Commissionere; C. W. Bar
low, Clerk; C. J. D. Bauman, Sher
iff; Frank C. Alfred, District Attor
ney. The minutes of the July, 1938,
term were read and approved.
In the Matter of Claims
Now, at this time, various claims
against the County were presented
and the Court approved, disapproved
or continued them and ordered ap
proved claims paid by the proper
warrants from the proper funds.
Court orders transfer of $3,416.61
from Security Account to General
Fund Account.
Court agrees to accept as rental
for the year 1939 of the County-
owned lands in the Morrow County
Grazing District, $2352.00 face value
of John Day Irrigation District war
rants in lieu of $1176.00, the rental
value of the lands.
Court orders sale of County lands
and City lots as follows:
Lots 5 to 11 inc. in Block 38 to
Town of Irrigon. Min. price $2.50
per lot.
Lots 13 and 14 Block 26 to Town
of Irrigon. Min. price $5.00 per lot.
Lots 13 and 14, Block 5, Sperrjrs
2nd Addition to Town of lone. Min.
price $102.00, 20 down and terms
on balance.
Warrants Issued on Market Road
Fund, August, 1938
Harry Tamblyn $112.86, Frank W.
Gentry $112.65, James Farley $35.88,
Walter Gilman $25.41, Clair Ash
baugh $2.99, General Roads $215.00,
State Industrial Acc. Comm. $5.71
Special Fund Warrants, August, 1938
Joe Belanger, Fair Expense $500.00
Warrants Issued on General Road
Fund, August, 1938
Pacific Power & Light Co. $2.50,
Pac. Tel. & Tel. Co. $2.75, I. R. Rob-
ison $46.70, Wm. Greener $277.87,
H. J. Phelps $12.00, Standard Oil Co.
$2.65, Robert Wilson $48.26, Hepp
ner Blacksmith & Mchy. Co. $12.85,
Edith K. Hendrick $1.95, Barlow
Service Station $11.29, Columbia
Equipment Co. $25.76, Frank Nixon
$51.74, Bert Johnson $1.25, Ferguson
Motor Co. $58.42, Shell Oil Co. $169.
90, City of Heppner Water Dept.
$3.25, A. A. Afee $.50, Penland Bros.
Transfer Co. $10.92, Lexington Oil
Co-operative Inc. $7.80, Chas. Wil
liams $40.77, Tracey & Co. $19.35,
H. Beket $1.90, Jack Allen Supply
Co. $13.45, Geo. Wicklander $2.50, F.
P. Leicht $20.80, Union Oil Co. $46.
51, Feenaughty Mchy. Co. $66.93,
Harry Tamblyn $68.74, L. N. Morgan
$107.09, Walter Gilman $34.38, Clair
Ashbaugh $5.98, James Farley $33.
71, Glenn Sherer $55.84, Clair Ash
baugh $11.96, Dale Ray $2.99, Frank
W. Gentry $23.58, Walter Gilman
$1.47, Braden-Bell Trac. & Equip.
Co. $171.81, State Ind. Acc. Comm.
$13.55, W. H. Tucker $4.50, Kane's
Garage $90.30, Contractor's Equip
ment Co. $111.00, E. W. Peck $7.87,
W. D. Jackson $42.75, Dalles Freight
Line $4.29.
Warrants Issued on General Fund,
August, 1938
J. O. Peterson, Watermaster..$ .75
Pac. Sta. & P. Co., Current
Expense , 6.17
L. W. Briggs, Treasurer 2.00
State Dept Agriculture, Dis
trict Sealer 6.15
Emp. Don. Fund, Dist. No. 8,
General Assistance 15.00
Gazette Times, Heppner,
Bert Johnson, Judge, General
Assistance 169.43
Pac. Power & Light Co.. Court
House 40.04
Lois Ashbaugh. Supt As
sistant . .'. 22.00
Thomson Bros., Emergency .. 6.75
Harry Wells. Emergency 77.74
St Ind. Acc. Comm, Emer
gency : 2.60
Pac. Tel. & Tel. Co., Current
Expense 42.80
C. W. Barlow, Clerk, Current
Expense 4.50
Gazette Times, Clerk 32.15
Franklin Printing Co. .Clerk 4.10
Gazette Times, Assessor 3.00
Edward S. Woodford, Assessor
Reclassification 47.65
Thomas J. Wells. Assessor,
Field Work 63.10
Gazette Times, Sheriff 3.00
C. J. D. Bauman, Sheriff 53.55
St. Ind. Acc. Comm., Sheriff 6.52
Gazette Times, Off. Publica
tions 46.65
10.95
C. J. D. Bauman, Circuit Court
Frank C. Alfred, District
Atty
Bert Johnson, County Court
George N. Peck, County Court
10.00
39.90
18.65
L. D. Neill. County Court ' 24.40
Harry Tamblyn, Water-master 14.70
E. L. Nelson, Treasurer '. 12.50
Bert Johnson, Judge, Old Age
Assistance 380.76
Mothers' Aid 109.00
Blind Assistance 7.87
Parade Committee, Rodeo,
Emergency 25.00
HARDMAN NEWS
Birthday Club
Active at Hardman
By OPAL HASTINGS
The Birthday club met. at the
home of Mrs. Harlan Adams . Satur
day. Mrs. Adams received many
lovely and useful gifts. Refreshments
consisted of cabbage salad, apple
salad, sandwiches and punch.
The Birthday club met at the
home of Mrs. Ad Inskeep Monday.
They gave her a lovely bathrobe and
house slippers. Refreshments con
sisted of sandwiches, cookies and
punch.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Steers of Klam
ath Falls came Saturday and visit
ed at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Dick
Steers and Mr. and Mrs. Foster Col
lins. They left Monday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Buschke of
Burns visited Mr. and Mrs. Max
Buschke for a few minutes Monday.
School opened Tuesday morning
with 13 pupils in Mrs. McCutcheon's
room and 11 pupils in Mrs. Bran
non's room. There are 9 enolled
in high school.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Leathers and
daughter Jean were visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Leathers of Monument
over the Labor day week end.
Opal Hastings is enrolled in the
North Kitsap high school at Pauls'
bo, Wash.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Emil and
children of Oregon City visited Mrs,
Emil's brothers, Nelson and Henry
Knighten. They arrived Friday and
left Sunday.
No wonder all the people were
rushing about on the streets of
Hardman Tuesday morning, for both
schools started that day.
Leon Chapin and Marvin Saddler
were business visitors in Heppner
Monday.
All the little kiddies are going to
school with their coats buttoned to
their necks because Old Man Win
ter is setting in.
Mrs. Muriel McCutcheon and her
son Glenn arrived in Hardman Sat
urday in order to get settled for
school. They have a very enjoyable
vacation in various places in Ore
gon. Mrs. McCutcheon went to
Grants Pass when she left here in
May. Within a month she came thru
here on her way to Pendleton and
Ontario where she and Glenn visit
ed relatives and friends. They both
report a good time. Glenn is enrolled
as a freshman in high school.
NOTICE
No trespassing or hunting will be
allowed on the F. D. Cox and Mrs.
D. O. Justus land in Morrow county.
Anyone found trespassing or hunt
ing will be prosecuted to the full
extent of the law.
F. D. COX,
26-27p MRS. D. O. JUSTUS,
O. S. C. Students Good board for
four boys in quiet, private home.
Mrs. A. B. Black, 335 N. 10th St.,
Corvallis, Ore. 25-26,
Oregon
Facts for Drivers
From the office of Earl W. SnelL
Secretary of State.
While legislators have placed many
laws on the books designed to pro
hibit dangerous actions on the part
of motorists, the question of a driv
er's safety depends not only on his
strict observance of the letter of the
law but also on his own good judg
ment He spoke the truth who said, "The
graveyards are full of drivers who
had the right-of-way." The law
clearly gives the right-of-way to
the driver on Hie right, when two
vehicles approach an intesection at
approximately the same time; yet a
person who always insists upon tak
ing the right-of-way whenever it is
legally his may easily come to grief.
The same reasoning applies to
passing. There are occasions when
you can pass legally yet not safely.
A road may be straight as a die and
free of approaching traffic for miles,
yet if the surface is narrow and
slippery, passing may be extremely
dangerous, particularly in the upper
speed brackets.
Whizzing past a car which is trav
eling only 10 or 15 miles an hour
may also be dangerous. Cars travel
ing very slowly are often preparing
to turn; treat them as if they were
about to swing across the road just
ahead of you. Slow down and pass
them at a reasonable speed, giving
them ample warning .with your horn.
A third dangerous practice is that
of attempting to pass a long string
of cars in one swoop. In the first
place, this is unsportsmanlike, since
normally you should give the cars
ahead of you the first chance to
pass; in the second place, you may
not be able to get back into line if a
car suddenly pulls into the road
ahead of you.
Oregon State College The first
seismograph ever to be installed in
Oregon is now in operation at the
OSC physics department ready to
record any earth tremors that come
this way. Already it has detected a
recent disturbance near Los Angeles.
The present machine, constructed by
a graduate student, Wm. H. Moore,
is equipped only with horizontal
tremor recording instruments. It is
hoped later to obtain the more ex
pensive apparatus for recording ver
tical disturbances.
Professional
Directory
GLENN Y. WELLS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
ATwater 4884
535 MEAD BUILDING
5th at Washington
PORTLAND, OREGON
A. D. McMurdo, M. D.
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Trained Nurse Assistant '
Office In Masonic Building
Heppner, Oregon
Morrow County
Abstract fir Title Co.
INC.
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE
TITLE INSURANCE
Office in New Peters Building
F. W. Turner fir Co.
FIRE, AUTO AND LXFE
INSURANCE
Old Lin Companies Real Estate
Heppner, Oregon
Jos. J. Nys
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Peters Building, Willow Street
Heppner, Oregon
Laurence Case
Mortuary
"Just the servioe wanted
when yon want It most"
Thursday, Sept 3, 1938
J. O. Turner
' ATTORNEY AT LAW
Phone 173
Hotel Heppner Building
HEPPNER, ORE.
Dr. Raymond Rice
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Office
First National Bank Building
Office Phone 523 House Phone 888
Heppner
Abstract Co.
J. LOGIE RICHARDSON, Mgr.
RATES REASONABLE
Roberts Building Heppner, Or
P.W. Mahoney
ATTORNEY AT LAW
s GENERAL INSURANCE
Heppner Hotel Building
Willow St. Entrance
J. O. Peterson
Latest Jewelry and Gift Geods
Watches Clocks - Diamonds
Expert Watch and Jewelry
Repairing
Heppner, Oregon
Vawter Parker
ATTORNEY-AT-LAT
. First National Bank Building
Dr. Richard C. Lawrence
BUI VIST
Modern equipment including X-ray
for dental diagnosis
Extraction by gas anesthetic
First National Bank BulldUg
Phone 562 ' Heppner, Or.
Dr. L. D. Tibbies
OSTBOFATKIO
Physician A Surgeo
FIRST NATIONAL BANK BLDG.
Rec. Phone 1162 Office Phone 492
HEPPNER, OREGON
W. M. Eubanks
Representing
KERR, GIFFORD & CO., INC
x on Heppner Branch
V. R. Runnion
AUCTIONEER
Farm Sales and Livestock a Specialty
405 Jones Street, Heppner, Ore.
Phone 452
MAKE BATES AT MY EXPENSE
Frank C. Alfred
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Telephone 442
Rooms 3-4
First National Bank Building
HEPPNER, OREGON
Peterson fir Peterson
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
V. S. National Bank Building
PENDLETON, OREGON
Practice In State and Federal Courts
Real Estate
General Line of Insurance and
Bonds
W. M. EUBANKS
Notary Fablio
Phone 62 lone, Ore.
FOR BEST MARXET PRICES for
your new or old wheat, see
CORNETT GREEN
for grain stored in Heppner and
Lexington,
ELMER GRIFFITH
at lone for rest of Branch
Representing Balfour, Guthrie ft Co.