Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-04-12

graft" Why, an honorable term in the
penitentiary.-New York Evening Mail.
Marshall Field was not the richest
man in the United States. He was
merely the heaviest taxpayer.-Chicago
Tribune
Poultney Bigelow forgets that only
Standard Oil magnates are privileged
to handle legal questions fippantly.-
Birmingham Herald.
Now they say the Chinese want a re-
public. And yet it Is doubtful if the
average Chinaman could pronounce the
word Cleveland Plain Dealer.
1t is rumored that Grover Cleveland
isn't enjoying the $4,000 salary he Is
drawing from one Of the big insurance
ompanies.-Memphis Commercially
peal.
II France and the United States were
lieved that they could eventually whip
the South American nation.-Indianap-
oils Star.
The world lost one of its bravest,
knightliest souls and the United States
one Of its most patriotic citizens when
Fighting Joe" Wheeler went out
Chicago Tribune
Former President Cleveland is weary
Of his job as rebate referee for the big
insurance companies. The question of
what to do with our ex-Presidents has
not yet been solved.-St Louis Globe
Democrat.
Mr.. John d. Rockefeller, Jr., is a
great admirer Of the friend Of Poti-
phar's wife. Why not dedicate the
Sunday School to "St. Joseph Of the
Egyptian corn corner?'-New York
Evening Sun.
Marshall Field achieved distinction
not by being the richest merchant i'll
the world, but by being its greatest
taxpayer. A more substantial concep-
ton Of probity is not possible.-Cun-
berland News.
Young Mr.. Rockefeller tells his Bi-
BILE class that lie is never justitiablo.
When his turn comes in the Standard
Oil investigation the public may look
for some interesting testimony.-Phila-
delphia Inquirer.
Senator Depew's colleagues gave him
a hearty hand-shaking 'vindication'
when he appeared in his seat the other
day. This may encourage Senator Bur-
ton to venture inside the chamber
Augusta Chronicle.
If Commissioner Garfield wasn't get
ting Information from the packers for
prosecution purposes, why then get 1t
at all? Was it to satisfy his curiosity
or to supply material to magazine writ
ers ?-Dallas News.
The victims Of the etrichquick"
systems are not all poor, superstitious
and ignorant men away from our cities.
Take the frenzied financierS and see
how they, too, are swept away in the
rlpool.-Louisville Post.
Summing up the press dispatches, we
might say lnat IL he Is not klIIeu III
the hazing process, the modern fighting
man in either arm of the service stands
4 reasonably good chance of dying from
old age.-Portland Oregonian.
Senator Clark's feat Of building
railroad without bonds marks the ex
treme Of simple as opposed to frenzied
finance, and also discloses an idea
which should make It easy for the Sem
ator to dispose Of the $4,000 600 stock
There are more ways
than one OF killing that amiable dog,
the investing public.-St Louis Repub-
lie.
Forty years ago Robert E. Lee was
offered the presidency Of Northern
insurance company at a salary large
enough for those days. He wrote that
he hadn't the ability or the experience
to command such a salary. He was
told that his name was worth II.
What influence l have with the
Southern people is not for SALE" said
Lee. That ended the Negotiations
New Orleans States.