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4 Heppner Gazette Times, July 6, 1944 EDITORIAL . A Strong Ticket In Dewey and Bricker the Republican party has the strongest ticket offered to the voters of the country in several elections. It is seldom that two men of such outstanding executive ability have been teamed to lead the party in the national campaign and the G.O.P. is justified in launching ' the drive to recapture the reins of government with full confidence that it offers leadership that will meet the demands of both domestic and war conditions. , ' : . ; . v ' It is too early to get a line on Republican strat egy. That will come right after the Democratic formality, of pjacing Mr.-.Roosevelt at the head pft the Bourbon ticket (he having already 'placed Mr. Wallace in nomination as his running mate), but doubtless the fallacious slogan of,."don't change horses in the middle of- the stream" will be worked overtime' in the coming campa'ifni: "it creeps into almost every political discussion between partisans -and can be expected to be the main issue. It is a handy gadget for continuing the program of. fear that if the Roosevelt regime is not retained in office the country and a large portion of the world will go to pot. There are many people who. believe we will lose the war if Roosevelt is removed as commander-in-chief, not realizing that our trained military leaders are actually planning the strategy and puting it into action. It will be up to the Republican high comrnand to refute these fallacies and give the people of the nation assurance that conduct .of the war will be just as safe in the hands of Dewey and Bricker as in the hands of Mr. Roosevelt. We have ceased to be a democracy when we come to believe that one man and one man alone holds the destiny of the land in his hands. -0- Besides It's Healthy Exercise Anyone seeking a brief respite from steady work, with only a day or so to spare from duty 'should consider offering assistance in the fruit harvest in the Columbia district of Morrow county. This does not mean that one must hire out as a fruit picker, fpr such is not necessarily the case. You can pick for yourself, .paying the orchardist a nominal price for his product. Just new the apricot harvest is on at Irrigon and Boardnian. Orchardists over that way are having difficulty ' in procuring hielp to. save their crops. Without some volunteer assistance they will suf fer heavy losses. And this is unnecessary, or would be if people wishing the; fruit would take the time . to drive over there and 'pick it.'v .It is not a long drive and it d3es net take long to gather a good supply of the luscious fruit. By way of adding, interest, permit this news paper to state that this year's, crop is superb great big buttery balls "of liquid sunshine that just melt in your mouth! You'll hate yourself if you don't drive over there and pick a few hundred pounds for you winter's supply of sauce, marma lade, jam or what have you. o Don't Get Sfrurag From - time to time septic tank and cesspool cleaners come to town and usually find plenty of work, inasmuch as Heppner is dependent upon this type of sewage disposal. This newspaper has no information relative to charges made by these operators and would have noth ing to say about it now but for re ceiving a bulletin from the Port land Better Business Bureau, Inc. warning that exorbitant prices are being exacted for this type of work. According to trie bulletin, the average private dwelling tank has a capactiy of 500 gal lons, that approximates not. more than two tons of fluid sludge. Cost for claning should. not ex ceed $35. Operators have been known to charge as much as $85 for cleaning a tank of this size. Facts obtained from the Ore gon State Board of Health about septic tanks include the report that the overflow from the septic tank is not pure and there is more bacteria in it than in raw sewage. It is not . necessary to add yeast Dr similar materials to start bac terial action, as that, action is lutomatically caused by bacteria in sewage. The kitchen and laun iry wastes from the ordinary iousehold will not harm the ac ion of the septic tank and should 3e discharged into the tank along with other sewage. Professional Directory Jos. J. Nys ATTORNEY AT LAW Peten Building, Willow Street Heppner, Oregon J. 0. Peterson Latest Jewelry and Gift Goods Watches - Clocks - Diamonds Expert Watch and Jewelry . 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Millions of men and tremendous quanti ties of supplies were carried from England in a shuttle service that will continue as long as it is necessary. But it should not be forgotten that a most essential part of the Merchant Marine's task in the invasion had to be completed even before D Day could be set. For months, the Merchant Ma rine maintained a never-ending supply line from this country to the British Isles. Convoy after convoy sailed from the United States with soldiers and their equipment. Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll, commander of the At lantic Fleet, stated that had this vital line of supply been broken, the invasion would have been impossible. While most eyes are on the grim fighting in France, the Merchant Marine is also serving the other theatres of war and bases essential to defenss. There ars some 55 fighting fronts and military bases scattered about the rlobe from lonely Greenland in the Arctic fastness to sun-seared ports on the Persian Gulf. A'l must be supplied regularly and a transportation job of incredible magnitude must be accomplished. It is only because we finally ',iave a merchant !!cet cf suff .'nt she that we are now able to :.a?e simultaneously several fuU scale campaigns in widely scat tered areas such as Northern France, Italy, India and tiie South Pacific. These offensives, ell carried on at the same time, help io shorten trie war. As one ob jective ir, r,xr.ci it irns h ,'iiore ships aie available tor the vii;cri thai remain. in cacn ?uce:3r've invasion there has been an increased dis play of Allied inu.riu.iic might. i'oi ih Africa cr-.v fcCO rneiciunt ships while some 2,000 tcok part in the amphibious assault on Sicily. Keeping in rn:nj thai 4,000 ships v.c.e used ir. vr.e car :ent invasion, it is gratifying to contemplate the size of the fleet that will set sail when D-Day aieo roi .iir. Tojo and Japan. O. M. 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OREGON . ... ; ; .i 1 Use Our Lay-Away Plan! GAZETTE TIMES The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Times, established November 18, 1897. Consolidated Feb. 15, 1912. Published every Thursday and en tered at the Tost Office at Hepp ner, Oregon, as second class matter. 0. G. CRAWFORD " Publisher and Editor Directors of Funerals M. 5.. CASE G. E NIKANDEH KC2-. Phones 2fi2 P. W. Mahoney ATTORNEY AT LAW GENEBAL IftSVBANCE Iteppner Hotel Building Willow St Entrance 1