4 Heppner Gazette Times, February 8, 145 EDITORIAL . . . . Last Round May Be Long While Messrs Joe, Winnie and Frank are assem bled to plan the egg crate wallop to Hitler, which will be designed to shorten the length of the Ger man campaign, it is well to look to the west where General McArthur is daily narrowing the perime ter of the Sons of Heaven. It is the accepted belief that regardless of the outcome of the war in ,the west, whether the end be real soon or several months off, the war to exterminate the Mikado's hordes will run on indefinitely. To those of us who are about as far distant from both fronts as geog raphy will permit us to be it is a matter of guess or depending upon such information as the OWI chooses to impart. Thus we are not certain on any phase of the campaign except that we as civilians must keep up the fight at home so long as our fighting forces are carrying the battle at the front. A soldier's viewpoint, therefore, is refreshing if not more illuminating than other sources of infor mation. For instance, Lt. Col. Ray W. McDuffee, writing his father, George W. McDuffee, former ' sheriff of Morrow county now residing in Port land, from the Philippines says: As you can see by the newspapers, we are now in the last round of the fight for the Philippines. There is not, I be lieve, any doubt as to the outcome, but we shall have paid a real price by the time the gong rings and the Japs are packed out, or, I might say, put under. Of course, there will be a lot of them still left here and there in the islands, but they will only be cornered rats. Perhaps the Filipinos will take care of all the larger groups. I think they ra ther like to cut Japs' throats." Continuing McDuffee wonders what the Japs say "after all their shouting about the decisive character of the struggle for the islands" when that decision is against them. Loss of the Philip pines will cut them off from all materials of the Indies, Malaya, Indo-China, Formosa and in part the China coast. Japs in ships in the Sea of Japan will feed the "And" surely the time is not far away when the fishes so the future Nips will have food. As you can tell, .1 have not much regard for the Japs. Their fanaticism and the adroit and terrible way in which their leaders exploit the socially develop- Giles French Gives News and Views Of the Legislature Because of the introduction of HB ed emotionalism and herd tendencies of the peo ple, make of them an opponent whose only lack is a material one. In their hands our equipment, re sources and production would have us backed to 130 which provides that contribu- the wall and soon we should have either to give tors to the workmen's compensation up or fight fanaticism with fanaticism. That would fund who employed three or fewer reduce us to their status and philosophy. Anyway, workmen might make their pay the lesson for us is 'never again.' If we must de- mentsWe a year-instead of every stroy them as a cohesive nation and people then nth, a change in the regulations let us do so. Our only law becomes one of self- be made preservation " ne comimssion held that HB 130 That from a man who saw the islands wrested no contitutional in that from American and Filipino control is worthy of " would give some employer a . , . c. , . , .. 'nr.u, different status than others. How- consideration. Since-his letter was written early k for in January, progress has been rapid towards nd- b who contribute t0 the ding the Philippines of the bandit conquerors fund to y yearly u their total and the last round for the islands is well under contributions are less than $50. way.The next move may be the Japanese home- xhere is no reduced rates for those and, 'and it, too, may fall into Allied hands, but who pay less than this sum, there the Japs are spread over a vast part of the Asi- fore the division there, atic mainland with valuable resources at their Hereafter those whose annual command. They will not be pried loose from there payments are under $50 may send without a desperate struggle. It can be done, and in an estimate of their contribu MacArthur is the boy to figure out how it will tions at the first of the year, much be done. as is done with federal income o taxes. At the end of the year the R' Q-rnf Woolr employer can send in his time Doy jcour Tree boot Tlie j wiu compute This is the beginning of Boy Scout week. All his payments and send him a bill, over the land and in foreign countries where Scouts K he owes more than his estimate are active attention will be focused upon the pur- he can pay it; if he owes less the pose of scoutdom and the activities of the thous- commission will either pay or give ands of troops. Locally, two highlights of the troop credit. will be attendance at church Sunday morning as The employer will pay no inter guests of Rev. Bennie Howe at the Methodist est, but the major gain for em church, and on onday evening the annual ban- TioUs S5 quet at the same church only this year it will be be fa relief from a pot luck dinner instead of a formal occasion. monthJy statements m But the dads will be there as guests of their sons mg not continually in to learn of some of the things the Scouts have delinquent class, been doing the past year in the form of talks and gince for introduction demonstrations. 0f bills has passed in the house It is well for all of us to remember that the boys more speed expected in getting and their leader and the Scout council are carry- the program done in that .body, ing on this work under strenuous conditions and Few bill of major importance are that it is succeeding only because of the determi- expected. Really the job of getting nation of the boys to become useful citizens and bills written has been slower than the desire of their leaders to aid them in aceom- usual this time. PROFESSIONAL .DIRECTORY A. D. McMurdo, M. D. " 1 PHYSICIAN & SURGEON . Trained Nurse Assistant Office in Masonic Building Heppner, Oregon Dr. W. H. Rockwell NATUROPATHIC Physician & Surgeon 227 North Main St. Office hours: 1 p. m. to 7:30 p. m.. Exam. Free. Ph. 522, Heppner. Ore. DR. L. D. TIBBLES OSTEOPATHIC Physician & Surgeon First National Bank Building Res. Ph. 1162 Office Ph. 492 plishing their purpose. . . Give Your Valentine a Bouquet . . OREGON GREENHOUSE GROWN CUT FLOWERS DAFFODILS - SNAPDRAGONS VIOLETS - MIXED BOUQUETS 107 Cannon Street ORDER NOW Local Deliveries ' Phone 624 Don't let down now Buy More Bonds 'til Victory! 0 or czemr Two Lores Make a Valentine Follow the line of least resistance and make it more enduring by giving Jewelry to cherish in later years. PETERSON'S There is actually a shortage of lawyers and a serious shortage of lawyers able to wriite the more difficult bills. It requires a special sort of knowledge to write a long bill or one that may become a new la (amendments are easier). There is a great deal of checking necessary if the proposed law does many new things and the wording must be rather exact if the law says what it is intended to say. Committee bills will still be in troduced and this will account for many more bills. If a committee has several bills on the subject it is expected to work them out, take what part of each it thinks best, argue the merits of each proposal and bring out a bill that it can de fend that will be the best on the particular subject. It must be pre pared to carry the new bill on the floor or it may be sent back to be termine the legislation, changed. It is such fights' that de- Among the bills introduced at the last minute there were many that have been expected since the start of the session. Several tax bills, the new budget bill, the three way bill to amend the workmen's compenation law, and others will take time to work into shape. There tre also, retirement bills for all or part of the state's employes and the merit system bill for the same group of people came in late. The house taxation and revenue committee has four proposals which would use up income tax money now being used to reduce state in come taJtes. One would send $3,000 000 to the schools, another would send $5,000,000 on a different basis, another would use the money to pay the county school tax in addi tion to the present $5,000,000 school Continued on Page Eight HEPPNER 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 Post Office at Hepp ner, Oregon, as setand class matter. Subscription Price $40 a Year O. G. CRAWFORD Publisher and Editor JOS. J. 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