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4 Heppner Gazette Times, March 1 1, 1943 Heppner Gazette Times THE HEPPNER GAZETTE Established March 30, 1883 THE HEPPNER TIMES Established November 18, 1897 CONSOLIDATED FEBRUARY 15, 1912 Published Every Thursday bv CRAWFORD PUBLISHING COMPANY and entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as second-class matter. O. G. CRAWFORD. Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year $2.50 Two Years 4.50 Thre- Year? 6.00 Six Months 1.25 Thro Months K5 Single Copies 05 of us against peacetime crippling of competition. When peace returns, the free competitive system should be re stored. Frozen prices mean frozen pro gress that is, now being proven. -o- WHY WORRY NOW? Why all the hullaballoo about Rus sia's plans for the future? Isn't she putting up a whale of a fight right - now? At least every Russian has a job to do and if there are speechmakers running around over there stirring up sentiment over what the democracies plan to do after peace comes, it is, not being circulated by the press, and the radio. With a powerful, ruthless ene my still in control of a generous slice of the homeland, the Russians have no time to listen to oratory they have a job to do now or their future will be bad, very, very bad. If the vice president and some of the other "future" worriers, would devote more time to war work and less time to oratory they would be taken a bit more seriously by the men and women in the factory and on the farm. Our worry right now is to win the war, win it decisively, so that we will have some thing to say about the kind of world we will live in when peace comes. The men of Guadalcanal and the other far flung outposts know what they are fighting for, and their thoughts on peacetime conditions of the future may not exactly coincide with those of the starry-eyed dreamers. It would appear that the self-appointed future history makers can best serve in the present crisis by sparing the oratory and expending their sur plus energies in raising Victory gardens.. o AN OBJECT LESSON Advocates of peacetime laws to kill competition in retailing, should now look about them. Competition has been definitely ended, as a war measure. In stead of trying to attract business, the average merchant has to discourage it in his attempt to comply with price reg ulations and other restrictions which became inevitable when the natural laws of supply and demand, and free competition, were suspended The new system has been cheerfully accepted because war made it neces sary .Out of this necessity, we will gain valuable experience. We will have a practical example of how restricted competition immediately reacts on the consumer. Under peacetime competitive retail ing, consumers were able to buy what they wanted, when they wanted it, at reasonable .prices .Their standards of living rose year by year. The establish ments in which they made their pur chases steadily became more attrac tive and sanitary. Service became bet ter. These things the public came to take for granted without realizing that they would not have occurred but for the magic of Wholesome competi tion which is the handmaiden of pro gress. The war emergency should warn all NO ACT OF GOD No tales of fuel shortage have been brought back from the fighting fronts. In spite of disruptions in the transport system and the loss of priceless oil fields to the enemy in various parts of the world, together with shattering changes in production methods, the oil industry has managed to produce the gas and lubricants needed by the armed forces. Not a single tank, plane, ship or truck has failed to move for lack of fuel. This fact should give comfort 'to every citizen, for oil is vital to vic tory. And the American oil industry has proven that it is equal to the de mands of military necessity. Increased output of 100 octane gaso line stirred Secretary of the Interior Ickes to remark: "I wish that I might make public, as a tribute to your n dustry, the present production of 100 octane, because it represents a near miracle, the proportions of which can not, unfortunately, be appreciated by anyone who does not understand the "intricacy of the refinery equipment which is necessary and the complica tions of process involved." It was, an act of God which gave our nation her vast oil reserves. But no act of God makes that oil available for our use. The latter was done solely through the efforts of men who dared to take risks, men who strove to build and to produce under the stimulant of pos sible profit. They were encouraged in their activities by a government and a people with boundless faith in the com petence of individuals. The perfor mance of the oil industry in time of national emergency has justified their faith. It was built by individuals. RESIGNS AT BANK Jack Van Winkle closed his work at the First National Bank of Port land, Heppner branch, Saturday and has taken a job at the W. C. Van Winkle farm in lower Clarks canyon. Jack and Mrs. Van Winkle will retain their home in Heppner but they will be doing their bit to help boost rami production for the duration. and has been quite ilL IN HOSPITAL Mrs .Lucy Rodgers, county school superintendent, has been confined at Heppner hospital since last Thursday. She was suffering from a severe cold and throat condition CLUB MEETING SLATED Business and Professional Wom en's club will meet Tuesday eve ning March 16, for potluck at the E. R. Huston home. BEATRICE THOMSON WEDS J. EDWARD BENNETT Although announcements have not been received, the Gazette Times has been ijeliably informed that Miss Beatrice Thomson, dau ghter of Mrs. Anna Q. Thomson of Heppner, became the bride of J. Edward Bennett in a ceremony in St. Thomas Episcopal church, Washington, D. C, Sunday, Feb. 28. WHY NOT TELL ALL? Recently, the Secretary of the Inter ior of the United States, in publicizing the federal government's Bonneville Grand Coulee electric, system, said: "It is no idle assertion to s,ay that the great war output from the Northwest planes, metals, chemicals and ships virtually would have been impossible had it not been for this progressive power system." It would have been more gracious and accurate if the Secretary had added that without the generating ca pacity of private electric companies throughout the United States which furnish upwards of 90 percent of the electric power required by our coun try, the war output of the nation would actually have been impossible, and that in the Pacific Northwest, without the private electric companies the war pro gram would have been stymied. Also, the private electric companies are fur nishing hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue to help maintain our government and war activities, while federally-owned and operated plants are tax exempt, thereby adding to the tax load the hard-pressed general tax payer must carry. . ' It would have been good sportsman ship for the secretary to have said that in sections where no federally owned power plants have been built, private electric companies have met the full war load and production has not been retarded for lack of electric power. A public official is supposed to represent all the people and he should not be biased in giving them the facts. ATTENTION Dog Owners Due to the extreme urge and necessity for Victory Gardens, dog owners are request ed to prevent their dogs from running at large in the city this spring and summer. When complaint has been made to city police against any dog, whether licensed or unlicensed, the police will give the owner 5 days notice to keep the dog off the streets and if this notice is not com plied with, the police are instructed to dispose of such dog. Also, all cow and horse permits must be renewed by paying the recorder the $1.00 fee if the privilege is to be contin ued. By Order of the City Council Professional i rectory A. D. McMurdo, M.D. Trained Nurse Asilitant PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Office In Miflonic Building HEPPNER, ORE. O. M. Y EAGER CONTRACTOR & BUILDER All kinds of carpenter work Country work especially br. W. H. Rockwell Naturopathic Physician & Surgeon Gilman Bldg. Office hours: 1 p. m. to 7:30 p. m. Exam free Ph. 522 Heppner, Or. NEW AUTO P OUCY Bod. Inj. Pr. Dam. Claw A 6.30 5.10 Class B 7.00 5.44 Class C 9.80 6.80 F. W. TURNER & CO. CLEANING Wednesday-Thursday-Friday SERVICE HEPPNER CLEANERS J. O. Turner ATTORNEY AT LAW Phone 17? Hotel Heppner Building Heppner, Oregon Phelps Funeral Home Licensed Funeral Directors Phone 1332 Heppner, Ore. Abstract & Title Co. Morrow County INC. ABSTRACTS OT TITIJ1 TITLE raSTOtAHCB Office in New Peters Building Heppner City Council Meets First Monday Each Month Citizens having matters for dis cussion, please bring before the Council J. O. TURNER, Mayor Dr. L. D. Tibbies OSTEOPATHIC Phyiician A- Burgeon FIRST NATIONAL BANK BJLDG, Rec. Phone 1182 Office Phone 493 HEPPNER, OREGON Directors of Funerals M. L. CASE G. E. NIKANDER 862 Phones 262 Jos. J. Nys ATTORNEY AT LAW Peter Building, Willow Street Heppner. Oregon P. W. Mahoney ATTORNEY AT LAW GENERAL INSTBANCE Heppner Hotel Building Willow St. Entrance
