Why kick Oii High
Taxes? .
An Editorial Unlike A ny You Ever Read Before
— When you pay more for Tire3
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the woods are full of second-grade
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than I ask for first grade tires.
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Oregon, by
at
Nyssa,
H. F. BROWN
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Oregon, as second-class mail matter
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WHO IS TO BI.AMK?
Another year has passed since
The Malheur Enterprise asked the
highway comm ssion or the county
court of Malh ur county to place
proper road signs on the main high
ways crossing this county. And the
signs are still l icking.
Who is to blame?
It is the duty of the state high
way commission to place these signs.
And the county court has been
assured by the commission it will
do so. But this promise is some
two years old and it occurs to The
Enterprise that inasmuch as Mal
heur county, and not the state high
way commission, gets the blame
from tourists for the unmarked
roads, it is up to the county court
to see that the roads are marked
even if the county hns to do it.
The road from Vale to-Crane is
the one which causes most of the
complaint.
Tourists are continu
ously getting o ff this road and
coming into Vale or Burns bitterly
complnining and cursing Malheur
county. The echo of these curses is
heard in almost every tourist camp
across the width of the state.
The property owners o f Malheur
county are the ones that will suffer
from this unkind propaganda and
The Eenterprise again urges the
county court to see that the ipain
traveled roads are plainly marked.
— Malheur Enterprise.
Another nice thing nbout a radio
concert—one does not have to get up
and change the recowl all the time.
The Prince of Wales got a hlaek eye
playing polo tn Manila. There’s no
fun In getting n black eye that way.
An tmbreakablo glass has been In
vented In Ilohemln. Fine I But what
the world needs Is an unbreaknble
peace.
"The devil made tho country town,”
•ays a speaker. It may be his opinion
after having driven over some of the
paving.
Switzerland’s watchmaking Industry
Is sick. Switzerland Is paying for the
wrist watches It Inflicted on a helpless
world.
And wo distinctly recall thnt fifty
years ago the girls were admired, re
spected and loved, though fully
dressed.
“After a time,” says a wit, "the
flapper will go the way the dudes
went.” Wrong; the flapper goes her
own way.
fathers, ami destined to outlive your children
We are neither jealous nor envious of our
and your children’s children, is informed with hustling fellow citizens o f Southern California.
consciousness; it has an undying soul? What
insistent disquietude possesses that community It is all in the family. Good luck to them and
consciousness? What thought is paramount in more power to their boosters!
the min^l o f your community?
Let us frankly admit that we need more of
Briefly and bluntly answered, dissatisfac- the Southern California boosting energy here
tion.
on our side of the Tehachapi hills.
Dissatisfaction with what?
Admittedly
we possess the potentialities.
Dissatisfaction with the neglect of commun- We have richer soil, greater rainfall, larger
‘‘ Each community within the boundary out-
. opportunities.
Dissatisfaction with the rivers, better rail and water transportation
lined has local problems; cannot we use the f’ al,'tuaJ indifference bred in the bone and facilities, wider markets, easier access to the
California spirit in bringing about a greater
1,1 our too comfortable Northern Call- Orient, to Canada; to the Middle West and
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fornia existence.
Northwest, ■ -----—
and to every __
state east of the Mis-
development ?
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“ Trail portatinn, colonization, irrigation; de-
out c°mmunity and ours all this glorious- sis.-sippi and north of Dixie,
velopment of timber, mineral, agricultural and ^ Snored Part of < alilornia has examined its
Let’s get a bigger conception— all of us.
other natural resources, mean so much in the »‘’nsc.ence and found there many sins o f omis- L e f, think of California more and less of our
aggregate that we cannot afford to allow com M'on-
e !ive taken account of our stewarl- store, newspaper, house or town lot.
munity
Ifishness to interfere.
an,‘ d i e t e d ourselves of offense. Moved
U t us iearn tha, the best and mogt helpfui
“ We need only turn our eyes to any point ‘;v ,an innatV a on < ,y
as mucb as by an ]uyalty to our town and county is a strong loy-
of the compass to see what has been done by
R* intcicst, we have confessed tnat we a;ty to our neighbor towns and counties.
should have used.
R ig ht here let us make one thing clear be-
co-operation. Irrigation in Southern Idaho, in have buried the- talent we
And because we are honest with ourselves, yond suspicion: There is no thought of con-
Oregon and Eastern Washington; joint control
in the marketing of products has in the main we are rewarded with the gift of dissatisfac- so|idation in any of our minds,
not bestowed upon the We are not after consoiidation at
alK
We
contributed to the tremendous growth o f South turn, a precious gift
inert, the supine, the hopelessly self-satisfied. are af ter co-operation. Let each city and town
ern California.
“ Capitalizing the resources of each individ- In other words, ours is a bénéficient dissatis- munage its own affairs, have its own methods
ual community and co-operation appears to be i ‘K'V.?n" .
!* tbe' e
,Re promise o f community 0f publicity. We appeal only for federation of
health; it is the
augury of a community interests; for a federal union o f efforts to help
our real problem.
along the welfare of all; for just such a federal
“ Should we not follow California’s lead and growth su«h as we have never known before.
We are dissatisfied with the rut that hns bog- organization as our own self-governing states,
accomplish good for our several communities?
Abandon the sporadic for a continuous, sys ged down the wheel of our forward movement. with their sovereignty over their own affairs
The lift out of the
rut calls for a strong and and their union for the common good and wel-
tematic and united effort.”
steaely pull, a pull all together. Our dissatis- f are
Berkeley, Alameda, San Jose, Stockton, Sacra
faction will do us substantial good only if we
mento and other localities of this section nre
today setting an example by uniting in one big energize the constructive impulse behind it.
We want San Francisco to help Oakland
movement for the advancement o f Northern
prosper, and Oakland to help San Francisco to
Northern California is more than a geo- prosper, and both to help San Jose, StBckton,
California.
Regardless o f politics, forgetting past dif- graphical expression. It bespeaks a rich de Sacramento and every other city and town and
ferences the newspapers nre together in an ef- posit of tradition. It is all the years since county in this section of California to prosper,
fort to unite all the cities and towns in a forty-nine. It is the seed of the pioneers. But and then all those to help each other and the
common sentiment of good will, in a common whether as an idea or as a phrase Northern bay cities to prosper.
effort to let the world know more about this California does not violate the oneness of our
\ye wan( tbc outside world to know of our
finest section of California, in a common pull beloved state. The essential unity of California resources and the wonderful opportunities this
for more population and more development ot admits of minor divergences.
Kindly nature region offers. While it is important that we
our wonderful resources and opportunities, in a raised a barrier between our North and South Sell this locality to ourselves it is even more
common boost, not for San Francisco, or for high enough to warrant metropolitan ambitions essential that we broadcast our potentialities to
Oakland or for any other one city or town, but in either section, by no means high enough to those in distant places.
for all the cities and towns of Northern Cali- make for isolation or to prevent helpful rival-
To all these ends we pledge the continued
fornia.
ry. The Tehatchapi is the unfortified frontier and enthusiastic support o f the papers we pub-
of two empires, one in destiny and blood, iish.
Tehatchipi Pass is the open pathway from our
This appeal for united effort to blJild up
This editorial is printed to day in nearly
hearthstone
to
the
hearthstone
of
our
brother,
common
prosperity by continually letting the
every representative newspaper in Northern
Brother may
learn
from
brother. The world know our wonderful section, and what it
California. It is the first time you ever saw a
South has much to teach the North. The great reany has to offer newcomers is no tmale by
large group of newspapers o f otherwise diversi
section dominated by Los Angeles will tell us us to any clagg or classes,
fied interests voice a common purpose in iden
that our widespread dissatisfaction with the
It is an appeal to everybody.
tical words.
pleasant but unprofitable ways of the past can
An appeal to bankers and business men.
It is presented in this unique fashion to ex
be transplanted into progress that is our dear
An appeal to clerks and mechanics.
cite your curiosity an<^ cause you to read it
est desire if we assume the responsibilities of
An appeal to employers and employes.
whether editorials interest you o f not. And
community co-operation.
An appeal to men.
when you have read it we believe*you will find
It is recognized the the energetic people of
An appeal to women.
it voices the inspiration of every resident ol
Southern California are building up that sec
An appeal to each individual citizen who
every community in which it is printed.
tion steadily and rapidly. They have been lives in the best part of the best state o f the
Its elemental purpose is to wake up North
doing this for a long time, and we have admit best country God ever made.
ern California. The moment is opportune for
tedly, failed to profit by their example. We
With jealousy for none, with good will to
the people of this section to lay aside differ
are glad that they havr made such remarkable all, let us join in a determined and surely vic
ences, drop family bickerings, banish municipal
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success. They deserve it, and the whole state torious campaign to make the federated cities
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or k profits.
Every new inhabitant and every new and towns around our noble bay and through
general progress.
dollar that comes to Los Angeles, or to San out northern California the wonder and udmira-
Recognizing the necessity for immediate a c
Francisco Oakland Die,í', ° r -° Riversi,lp> or to any other Place tion of all who hear the story of their growth
tion, the press of Kan
ban Maneisco, Oakland, south of thp Tehachapi, helps every business
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in wealth and population during the years that
and every locality north of the Tehachapi. We are just ahead—-and so help ourselves prosper
You are wont to speak of community, all live in California, and everything that adds and add greatly to the riches and renown of
$o you must believe that your community is to the aggregate revenues and the aggregate our splendid and dear California.
»live. Yes, there is a mind in your community, business of any part o f California helps all
Citizens o f Northern
California will you
Your community, created by the pioneers, your California.
join us in this movement?
Conkey’s Fly Knicker
Times-Herald of Burns has taken the
lead for y operation of the entire Eastern Ore
gon territory in development by re-printing an
editorial which was published simultaneously
in all of the Northern California newspapers,
Both the California editorial and Editor Julian
Byrd’s comment are worth reading and The En-
terprise believes the people of Malheur county
can Harare some good from them.
CLUB NEWS NOTES
ITEMS OF INTEREST ABOUT
THE BOYS AND GIRLS.
To Visit Intermountain Institute.
Club members of
the
Oregon
Slope, Jefferson and Riverdale pig
clubs spent Wednesday at the Inter-
mountain Institute on judging work.
In the morning L. J. Allen, assistant
state club leader, will take up the
dairy cow conformation with the
boys an<L explain what »the good
breeders are working toward. Two
classes of dairy cows will, then be
judged, each contestant giving their
placing of the class and why they
placed the animals they did.
In the afternoon the same method
will he followed with the pigs.
ries and blackberries, are under tho
impression that when the crops have
been harvested, little cultivation is
necessary for the balance of the
season. Such men are cautioned,
especially this
year,
to continue
thorough cultivation throughout the
minth of August to insure good
growth of new vines. Should the
moisture supply on the soil be ex
cellent and the growth of the vines
up to normal, cultivation may be
brought to a close by August 10 to
15. Careful cultivation should be
supplemented by early pruning in
order to remove all old canes from
the patch and to allow all moisture
and plant food to go into the pro
duction of desirable young canes.—
O. A. C. Experiment Station.
BREEDERS HOLD MEET
G ATHERINGS SCHEDULED FROM
Club I’irnir to Be Held.
JULY 17 TO AUGUST
Club members from Owyhee, Big j
PROGRAMS PLANNED.
Bend and Kingman Kolony will hold j
their
annual
picnic
at
the
Big
Bend
j
The raise In the price of gasoline
Oregon Agriculturnl College, Cor-
seems to evoke no outcry of agony 'ark on Thursday, July 27. The |
I vallis, July 21.-—A series of field
fun
will
start
promptly
at
11:3(>
from the occupants of the Sole Leath
i meetings for Jersey cuttle breeders
m. The parents of the club mem-1
er Express.
and others interested, will he held
bers and all persons interested in j
Although the western hemisphere la club work nre invited and every throughout the stnte from July 17
moving north, the rate of OB miles tn body is expected to bring their' to August 2, for which the pro
grams will he prepared by the
1,000.000 years Is too slow for hay- lunch.
American Jersey Cattle Club, the
fever sufferers.
The afternoon will be taken up
Oregon Jersey Cattle Club and the
with races and game . Kingman
A lltle kid died ns a result of ant
several county clubs.
Committees
ing face cream. Grown men may fat- Kolony pig club ntul Upper Big of breeders in each county are
l de
ten on this slalT, but It Is not a safe corn club will combine far-
actively at work preparing the pro
feat the Bend corn club n.
fame
diet for babies.
grams. K. B. Astroth, field man
of baseball.
for the American Jersey club, will
The foresight«! patriot should begin
attend, delivering lectures with mov
to pick out tlie spot on the front porch
The Story of Sly Work.
where he will pitch his camp for a
I joined the sewing club at the ing pictures and slides.
summer vacation.
"Oregon
Jerseys 'are attracting
beginning o f the school year. Wo
met at the school house every Fri world wide attention because o f ox
“What Russia Needs Most," was day evening and worked on our c, ptionally high milk nnd hutterfst
discussed by a public speaker. Some
records,” says E. B. Fitts, extension
sewing for an hour.
believe It to he a hnlr cut, some a
We had a good club lender that dairy specialist, who", with N. C
shave, and some both.
helped us when we came to any Jamison, will represent the college
at these meetings. “ Seven of the
They say gasoline will go to 30 thing we didn't understand.
We hnd a pienie dinner two after eight world's class leaders in butter
cents, and \ve suspect that a t.ligure It
will make a good many of the motor noons. One afternoon the sewing fat production are Oregon cows.
ista feel about like that.
‘ ‘ Recognition o f the superiority oi
club girls entertained the dairy herd
Oregon
Jerseys
has
resulted in
record club boys.
Once we called war prices profiteer
All of the girls have kept their many calls for breeding stock from
ing. Now war prices nre to prevent
other states," continued Mr. Fitts.
reports up to date.
profiteer In F.ven words change their
“ Two carloads of Oregon bred Jer
I
have
learned
some
new
stitches
meaning In peace and war.
and how tn use a thimble since 1 sey hulls were recently purchased
Before I joined | for California breeders.”
What if the feminine nnkle—on the joined the club.
Ivan Loughnry, secretary of the
average Is an Inch to an Inch and a the club I could not sew with a
half larger than the old style, so long thimble hut I can now. Outside of Oregon Jersey Cattle Club. an-,
as the olTeet Is nrtlstlc?
following
srhedudle:
my club work I have made some nounces the
table rovers, a quilt, three crocheted July 7, Multnomah county nt K.
If Paderewski can play polities a» I yolks and n dress. 1 will be too old lianncman farm, Corbett; July IS.
well ns he can piny the piano hr next year to join hut I am going to Columbia nt Harry West farm,
■hoiililn't have nnv trouble getting that
Kcappoose; July 19, Clackamas at
keep up my sewing.
job us President of Poland.
Oregon City; July 20, Lane nt A. O.
Signed, Marie Wilson.
Thompson farm, Blaohly; July 22.
Peggy the \ imp says she doesn t
Tillamook at Tillamook in evening;
Berry Cultivation Is Important.
know why the men nre crazy over her
Some growers of stub hramldcrs July 24, Polk at Independence then
but our cite-, is that It’s because the>
haven't got any hotter sense.
s blackcaps, loganberries, rnspber- tre in evening; July 25, Marion
Exterminates
FLIES, MITES & LICE
with a money-back guarantee.
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For sale by
Nyssa Grain & Seed Co.
CHAR. L. THOMPSON, Mgr.
Service Garage
FORD SERVICE
NEW AND USED FORDS ■
WILLARD AND EXIDE BATTERIES
phone
ED D IE
PO W ELL.
*rop.
FIRST CLASS MEChjiNICS
D o Y ou w ant
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Good Job
; PRINTING
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Journal Office
is prepared to do all kinds of
«» P la in an d
SIGNS ARE DANGEROUS
the danger attendant upon signs
placed within sight of the highways
with special reference to those prop
erty owners who have given their
ENGINEER GIVES FACTS TO consent to the erection ç f the signs."
PROVE THAT UNSIGHTLY
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MUST GO.
SCHOOLS INCREASE
TUITION
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‘ ‘ I write please requesting your Yearly Rate to Be $105 Next School
cooperation in the matter of remov
Year at Oregon Agricultural
ing signs from private property ad
College and U. of O.
jacent to the state highways,” says
Non-resident fees for students in
R. II. Baldock, division engineer ol
the college and university were in
the state highway commission.
“ As you are probably aware, the creased from $00 to $105 a year, e f
state highway commission has au fective with the opening of the next
All Work Guaranteed
no 43Ä t vice G arage NYSSA. ORE
F a n cy
P r in tin g , a n d <*
s a tis fa c tio n is g u a r a n te e d
‘ Give us a Trial
See McFall and See Better
thority to remove all signs
within I fai“ term’ ^ action of a j ° int com
the highway right of way.
How- m,ttee ot
regents o f both institu
<*ver, we find in many instances the t,ons ,n Albany.
signs have been erected within a I The two Oregon institutions by
short distance of the right of way this action, taken as a means of re
fence on private property.
ducing the burden o f taxation, put-'
“ In addition to marring the
scenic
two Oregon institutions on a
beauty of the highways the
signs 1 Par
with
the state universities of
create a hazard which is ordinarily Washington and
California in re
overlooked, but
investigation hae s fleet to non-resident tuition. In
disclosed the fact that they have ! each ot the neighboring states the
the charges
been the cause of many serious acci differential between
dents. Most of the signs are erect paid by the residents and those
ed in a manner to attract the eye; paid by students from outside the
the driver’s attention is directed to state is equal to the $105 to be
the sign, and during the interval he charged in Oregon.
is reading the sign he is not watch
Graduate students in both institu
ing the road, and there is danger of tions will be exempt under the new
an accident, especially if traffic is fée. The committee o f regents em
at all congested.
phasizes that the increased fee is
“ For your information will state, not retroactive; any non-resident
that a car 'traveling at the legal who has entered the university or
speed of 30 miles an hour is travel the college under the present fee
ing at the rate of 44 feet per second o f $60 a yar will be permitted to
ok 2(140 feet per minute. The aver finish his course at that rate. To
age reader reads only about 180 put the fees where they would be
words per minute, or three words prohibitive and at the same time
per second. It will readily ha seen would be on an even basis with
thnt a sign contaiifing nine words ] other states, so that the flow of non
will hold the driver’s attention j resident students would neither be
while he travels a distane of 132 entirely cut o ff nor become a flood
feet, or more than eight times the \ which would tax the institutions ¡
width of the driveway. There is | facilities, was the aim of the com- !
most ’ assuredly a chahce for an a e -! mittee.
cident to happen during the interval
Members of the joint committee
of time the driver’s attention is di considering fees were J. K. Weather
rected to the siiqi. There is no ford o f Albany, chairman, Walter
question but these signs are a M. Pierce, LaGrande, and Presidenti
menace to the traveling public.
( W. J. Kerr from the college and
“ We have authority to remove Judge J. W. Hamilton of Roseburg,
ignx which have been erected on chairman, C. E. Woodson o f Hepp-
property adjacent to the right ot ner, W. S. Gilbert o f Astoria, and
way without the owner's consent and ] President
L. Campbell from the (
we intend tn take advantage of the j university,
law in this respect, but in those
cases where the property owner has
given his consent it will be neces
sary for him to rescind this permis-
son, and I would appreciate your ef
For Sale— Plymouth
Rock fries,
forts towards advising the public ot 25c per pound.
Mrs. H. R. Sher-
We Grind
D r. J. A.IMcFall 0ur0wn
Eyesight Specialist
Ontario
::
Oregon
j
Lenses
Phone 118 W
F L Y CHASERS
K IL L S
Flies and Mosquitoes
S. F. Foster’s Drugstore
Suits Cleaned and Pressed
Mrs. Eliza Evans
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{Matches "Repaired
AT
Priahng at This Office
visits to dairy farms an evening
meeting at Commercial club at
Salem; July 26, Linn county even
ing meeting at Albany; July 29.
Lincoln at Toledo; July 31, Coos
county; August 2, Jacks, at library,
Medford, in evening.
wood.
For
■ Sale— Two
brood sows.
5th o f
Will
August.
jly l4 -tf
Chester
farrow
JEWELRY STORE
GIVE SATISFACTION-
White
4th and
One thoroughbred
Poland China male hog, E. M. Dean
stock. D. R. Linder.— Adv. jly 7
O n ta rio
O regon