Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1912-02-01
THURSDAY, February 1,....1912
DON'T KNOCK--BOOST


whether it be great or small, is
infested with that microbe known
as the kicker, or knocker. There
is nothing in the home town or
county that is what it should
be; the land is worthless, and the
people are all broke, while the
town is on the bum and its bust
ness men are back numbers.
These wiseacres know all about
it, and of course they must spread
this knowledge, with all the
imaginary embellishments their
fertile brains can devise, toevery
newcomer and prospective set
tier. Yet many of these same
people could not be induced to
pack their baggage and go else
where; too many of them are do
ing better here than they could
elsewhere, and they know it.
This country is making them a
good living and with some, no
doubt, they are gradually getting
a competence and laying up some
thing for the proverbial rainy
day Y. But Notwithstanding,
they must kick and knock.
Morrow county has a good class
of farmers, especially among
those who own their lands, and
few, if any, of these are anxious
to sell. The past three years
have been hard on them and our
stock industry has suffered some
set-backs, and this has been fuel
that these knockers have piled
upon the fire of imaginary evils
of the country.
How long this will continue,
the Lord only knows. In the
meantime it would be well for
the Booster Club to get busy on
some plan that will effectually
checkmate this class and wind up
their career.
To show the effect that their
work is having on outsiders, we
desire to call attention to the fol-
loving excerpt from aletter writ
ten recently to the secretary of
the Morrow County Boost Club. |
1t is to the point and needs no
comment:
"A short time ago | requested a
prominent citizen OF your city to OBJ
tain for me some advertising matter
relative to the resources of Morrow
county, which / learned from the
Heppner Times had been gotten out
by your club. In due time these
booklets arrived. | read every line,
and will say that the man who wrote
that matter knew his business. The
description OF conditions, the produc-
tiveness Of the land, climate, rainfall,
even the future prospects as setforth
therein, is certainly promising, al
most convincing and enticing.
Butts it the truth?
ask this question in justice to,
and in the interest of your club, az
well as myself and your community
at large in general. l will not beat
about the bush, but come to the gist
OF the matter at once, setting forth s
herein my reason for asking the ques- 7
ton; Some months ago purchased 9
what in Heppner is known as the old -,
farm, situated about :
Or S miles from Heppner. in a south
westerly direction, from your physi-
cian, DR. Winnard. Since that time. .
matters have turned up which hpromp- {
ted me to try to sell again, and with
that end in view placed the property
with d real estate firm in Seattle 1t
was not very long before they had
'ound several prospective buyers, one (
Df which wired to Heppner to a "man >
who knew" regarding this property
IN particular and Heppner and sur
country in general In this [
Instance the report which was made Z
Was such that this man dropped out. f
The other buyer went personally to y
ieppner and this farm, and he came !,
laek very much discouraged, not so u
much on account OF the farm, but v
more because Of what he heard in I
Ieppner. These are some of the
hings he heard from your business
nen: The land around Heppner is n
My worth SD per acre; that the n
s.f,s-4 ,str mos FOO Frr-- fhaf fbara had ] "