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About The Gate city journal. (Nyssa, Or.) 1910-1937 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1913)
PublÎBhed every Thursday at Nyssa. Oregon THE JOURNAL PUB. ASSOCIATION ìrmer ■ man $500 : Wee! Entered as second-class matte. April 14. 1910, at the post office at Nyssa, Oregon, under the Act of March 3,1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year, in advance ..............$1.50 Six months, in advance ............... 7K Three months, in advance...............bo V^’ashi ÿtor Ixtic.ll Ration ' I. stor^ Iv c W at hill a i-kly s lie pase Ion bill t h is p/.prn R 5 P n : s : s m i : r rennen ADVâR i:: .c D ; ti ." GENERAL NEW lim e e lf Ion but subir I nlhall lo in a K'atson O F F IC E S AND C H IC A G O BRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES ONE CENT POSTAGE. lit io o a l peci'ssf YORK portunt mail. To create a still larger surplus and au addition- al gewgaw in his cap of dignity he no doubt would have con- signed these moulders of public opinion to the tender mercies of the pony express or the m o r e bull team of the prosaic prairies. There is less demand for a reduction in postal rates than there is a fast gruwing in sistance that the telegraph and the railroad and some other public utilities be taken over by the government and run in the interest of all the people and not for the pecuniary benefit of the favored few. The greater the deficit run be made to ap pear in the postal department because of a reduction in the postal rate the stronger will be the argument that will be ad vanced by those behind the National (Jim Cent Postage as sociation in its fight against governmental control of the telegraph and other public util ities. A nation-wide campaign has been inaugurated to secure a one-ceut letter rate through the postoffice. The preliminary work is being conducted under the auspices of the National One Cent Postage association. The erroneous idea that Many newspapers are enlisting might ever did make right is in pushing forward the propa ganda of cheaper rates, while a again being indulged in by the still larger number are opposing miners in the troubled coal Southern Colorado. as inexpedient at the present! fields of time a reduction in the receipts fh at *^ie en<^ justifies (he of the postoffice department means> ^ie officials of the from this source. The recru mineis' union in that section descence of this question from declares their intention to cut time to time, and the insistence off the state’s coal supply from of those ad vocating it,backed bv outside sources. The sufferers, a subsidized press through the to be sure, will be the v,omen potent influence of the advertis and children and coworkers in ing department and the cash «.ther lines of activity in Colo drawer, in which the brainery rado, and from these the coal of some newspapers is at the miners themselves expect to be behest of the men who manip replenished by brotherly con ulated the payroll, exposes the tributions to the empty larder big mit of big business. The during the winter months. Re postoffice department is, for the fusing to mine the coal them selves, the miners insist that firsttim e since its creation, self-sustaining segment of the the mines of other sections shall great wheel of government. To not be permitted, through the reduce by one-half its present free masonry of orthodox un leceipts from this source would ionism, to supply needed fuel again place it in the dependent during the rigors of the ap- list, a supplia.it for the neces proaching winter months. sary funds to prolong its exist Tho Hill system contemplates ence. Needed reforms, new putting in a line of steamers be schemes for still greater effi tween Pacific Coast points and ciency in this department in Europe within the next fifteen the past have been passed up months. This fact no doubt, will on the plea that lack of suffi be agreeably received by Euro cient funds make it impossible pean laborers who have an eye on to do that which the people the United States as a field for would like to see done. To rob the exploitation of their prowess in the field of labor. Competition one department of government w ill naturally reduce the cost of to enable another and a more im steerage passage to this countiy, portant arm of government, to a surplus of labor means a reduc exist, is In accord with the idea tion in the price of that commod ity, and thus Mr. Hill and his co of robbing Peter to pay Paul. workers will be enabled to get a To successfully cut in half the modicum of muscle and brawn at present letter rate the postoffice a figure which will yet spell great gobs of gloom and trouble for department, to continue its ef somebody. ficiency and serve the people as The daily market report con was intended in the beginning, would necessarily be compelled tains somethings that, to the lay to load the resultant deficiency man, is as opaque and void of upon some other commodity penetration as a well baked brick. For instance, eggs are quoted at handled by the service. The $11.75 to $12 per case. To the magazines and the newspapers average man, unaccustomed to the have felt the pinch and injus- hen and her ways and the dubious ice of this under other post ways of the commission merchant who handles the product of Bid master generals, notably Mr. dy’s activities, a case may contain H itchcock. In his eagerness to a gallon, a tierce, a bundle or a proclain the postoffice as self- whole passel of hen fruit. But as sustaining for the first time in to how many eggs are considered ’case" is a case that requires its history, he forced many elucidation to the uninitiated. magazines and other periodicals Some case* of eggs, no doubt, to utilize fast freight trains in would stnell no sweeter than if enumerated by the dozen. So. the dissemiuation of this itn- what’s the difference? | ET out your steed! He wants a feed, and also wants a rest. nspect our hay and oats, some day. Y ou ’ll find we keep the best. V a c a n t stalls and "H orse Highballs’’— we_ buy, sell, ” trade or rent, p^ach rig is right; we treat you white, or you d on ’t pay a cent! 1>obes that’s clean; no help that’s “ green” — we’ ve fired every slob! V e a r in and year out we go the route. W e’ re always on the job. I E A S T S ID E L IV E R Y B A R N SM ITH A M< MANIS, Props. AML F the last hope for a cheap power* producing producton on the farm, That sanity, apparently, h a s(»r. the shop and for whatever use assumed a place in the opera- an economical fuel can be used. STATEMENT OF THE MALHEUR COUNTY BA A GLEAM OF SANITY tion of the Interior Department, under the administration of Secretary Lane, augurs well for the best interests of tbeh om e- seeker and homebuilder in the West. The red tape that here tofore hedged about the auto cratic department of a pseudo democratic government is rap idly disappearing, and it is not assuming too much to predict that the vacant domain of the great West will soon resound with the activities of that class of empire who have made the w o n d b e ^ B because of their having it. Sim plicity, directness of action and the enforcement of the laws in spirit as well as in word, and a liberal interpretation of the in tent and purpose of those who frame such law’s, should be the aim of the department heads at Washington. Such, heretofore has not been the case Every hair-splitting obstacle, every impedimenta in the law’s en forcement, have in the past characterized the department’s dealings with the Western homeseeker. The hegira of landseekers to Canada from the United States a few years ago was the result of the senile ad ministration of the Interior De partaient and the proneness of bureau officials to entail all manner of unnecessary trouble upon homeseekers in quest of lands. The enactment of the three-year homestead law was due solely to the desire to coun teract the tendency of Ameri cans to seek a vine and figtree in a land where the entangle, ments of red tap and depart mental arbitrariness could be avoided. The people of the country should be grateful to Secretary Lane because of his avowed intention to inject more of common sense into his de partment and the obliteration of red tape and circumlocution as necessary features of official efficiency. The currency question and the tariff question should be removed from the pale of partisan consid eration. The two are too inti mately interwoven in the fabric of the country’s life to be made the s uhject of political advantage or personal expediency. The people are becoming exceedingly aweary of being made the vicarious goat of tinhorn political montebanks and that other eminently respect able class of the favored few who would sacrifice the prosperity of the masses through the shambles of greed. The lust for privilege and uurighteous gain, of conscienceless graft and injustice, may triumph against the protests of the weak for a period, but the ultimate as cendancy of equality, of right and of humanity is as sure to come us that day follows the silence and darkness of night, That the under class has heretofore borne the consequences of ill-advised and corrupt legislation, is patent to all who read and think and haye the manhood to recognize the evils that have become as poisonous fun- gii on the body politic. It is an axiomatic truth that it were well to rfefrain from doing that which yonr adversary would have you do. Special interests have long had the ear of the legislator, the judge and the executive, and the inter, ests of the favored fe*- have been looked after with the tender solic itude born of the knowledge that the vulture is considerate for its kind. The signs of a change for better conditions are appearing on every hand. An accounting is yet to be made between the classes and the masses, and it is dollars to doughnuts that when that time does come the masse« will have come into their own. That a read justment of present conditions will be made is as sure to come as that wrong cannot always prevail— that justice will yet resume do minion over the actions of men, and the scepter of the House of Greed will cease to represent the unholy alliance between the law makers of the land and those who would despoil the people of that which is their only inheritance— the opportunity to work and a just share of that which they produce. From a recent Associated Press PROFESSIONAL. report we learn that the State de partment at Washington has been asked to assist Paul Pferdner of C. E. Me REYNOLDS Portland in getting information P H Y S IC IA N & SURGEON for Senator Lane regarding the making of denatured alcohol in Homedale • • Idaho Germany. That this inquiry was not undertaken earlier is due, no W B. H O X IE doubt, to the activities of the N O T A R Y PU B LIC Standard Oil lobby at the capital. Office at residence The fact that the waste products Nyssa Oregon of the household and the farm can be utilized in the manufac ture of alcohol suitable for gener D r . J. J. SARAZIN P H Y S IC IA N A SURGEON ating power for many and varied uses, and that, too, at a nominal Office between Second and Third cost, has no doubt had the effect on Main street. of stimulating the great oil com Nyssa - . Oregon pany in its desire to suppress the tendency to learn more of the P, J. PH ILLIPS method of manufacturing this ATTORNEY-AT-LAW economical power producing com modity. The manufacturers of Nyssa - - Oregon gas, gasoline and other engines of the consumptive cough variety C. C. WILSON have also shown a remarkable de LAW YER gree of inactivity, since de Real Estate Insurance natured alcohol can now be pro • - Oregon duced without government super Nyssa vision, and for a fraction of the W. H. BROOKE cost of gasoline, in not preparing R. W. SW AGLER to meet changed conditions To adapt the present type of engine to A T TO R N E Y S A T L A W the requirements of alcohol, many Wilson Bldg Ontario, Or. changes no doubt will have to be made in iheir construction. This evidently has not been done, and M c C u l l o c h , w o o d the neglect to do so speaks little & ECKHARDT for Yankee ingenuity and that Attorneys-at-Law spirit of progressive effort which has heretofore kept pace! Qntarj0 Oregon with the needs of the times. How-1 ever. it should not be forgotten that it took forty years of patient M ALH EU R COUNTY and unceasing effoit to write the ABSTRACT COMPANY pure food laws in the statute TH O S. JO N E S, M A N A O E R book, and we should not complain VALE. OREGON that the Standard Oil company is able to stave off for a time the Abstracts of title to all lands and coming of denatured alcohol as town lota in Malheur Connty. NYSSA, OREGON At the Close of Business October 21 , 1913. RESOURCES Loans and discounts ............................................................. $ 791 Overdrafts................................................................................ Bonds and Warrants............................................................. Banking House, Furniture and Fixtures............................. 91 Cash on hand and due from banks........................................ 24 ]' LIABILITIES. Capital Stock.......................................................................... $ 25, i Surplus ................................................... 5 j Undivided Profits ........................................................... . D eposits..................................................................................................... g(j Certified Checks................................................................... KNOW N FOR IT S S T R E N G T H *113, AND SERVI . . THE . , Merchants’ Lunch Roo Free to tl r ith the nan Stove. Next dour to r'oatoffice Billiard Hall For two r dian Head Sc them. H ARRY EARP, Prop. NYSS^ Lumber and Building M a t e r i a l Oregon-ldi ..il of all kinds Ê, Exclusiv Laths, Lui Windows The E m p ire L u m b er G o . P Lt< Cement, NYSSA, OREGON ing Papt RuCK SPRINGS AND HIAWATHA COJ RIAL. NATIONAL APPLE SHOW We carry a compie1 Let us figure yoi; Yard on Front St., near E The Nyi SPOKANE N ovem ber 1 7 - 2 2 FEED AND Excursions via Oregon Short Ulne ftoflroad W ILM ER & ST-GASS TURNOUTS ALSO S I TICKETS ON SALE November 14, 15 and 16; LIMIT, November 30th. Good Avenue .. f l e s s a UT See any O. S. L. Agent for rates and furtuer particulars or write: H. BU D. E. BURLEY. General Pass. Agt. Salt Lake City, Utah. F resh an< ■Home-Cured Bacon YELLOW STONE W H IS K E Y Clear and pure is every 1 assful of wine or liquor that ou buy here, because we are ery particular in toying rom wholesale houses so that may conscientiously sell our patrons. Yon will like le flavor and the strength of i • ines and Liquors, and Iter the first trial we shall xpect you to become a regu ar patron. j B. TETER, I We Carry a Full Supply of w * ' J i J g s< ‘ , Ontario r#> GATE CITY JOURNAL [School Supplie Books ¡Pencils ¡Tablets Inks, Etc. oster’s Drug Store PIONEER BLACKSMITH SHOO LEUCK A COOK, Props. General Blacksmiths PATENTS m a r k * and cop y rig h t* obtained orrt mi model, «ketches o r photo« and &> fo r P M t S F A R C H a~* w»>ort > patent ability. Wagon W ork and Horse Shoeing * P lo w W o r k a S p e ci a Ity * Bank reference*. IfA TCN T* BUILD F O B T U IItS jw "n r free b ooklets tell how . w hat to invent Write today. yon i ^ W jF J . & .C 0 . Seventli St., Washington, P.
