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The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-07-02

The Inauguration of the day cleo
trio service in Heppner by the Hepp-
ner Light & Water Company marks
the beginning of new and better
things for cur city along the lines OF
progress and industry. In speaking
of the "a hour electric service, Mr..
Gates said, mo other city of like pop
ulation, depending on steam power,
has attempted it. To make our at
tempt a success, we have carefully
built and used economical methods
of generating current" Further, he
said, I'VE shall, unless heavy losers,
continue this "a hour service until
finally long distance transmission
shall bring to Heppner the more
economical, and therefore cheaper
water power generated current"
The company should have the in
itiaAve support of every citizen of
the town. The charges, which neces-
sarily must be more than water gen.
Grated power rates have been brought
down to so fine point that the users
of heat and power energy cannot af-
ford to turn the day service down.
As Mr.. Gates said, Help us and we
will help you. Help to both is help
to Heppner."
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-07-02

The aggregation known as the l..
w. w. which is said to be behind the
trouble in Butte, is a peculiar pro-
duct of the labor agitation of our
day. A few years ago it was not
known. All of sudden is came into
prominence, as mushrooms that grow
overnight. A great deal has been
said about them, most of which has
been justified by the vehement speci-
mems of oratory their street mendi-
cants offer. They are revolutionar-
les. They believe in violent over
turning of the established institu-
tions. An Industrial Workers of the
World leader says: 1.-THE l. w. W..
has neither advocated nor participat-
ed in violence against social order.
What capitalists condemn as violence
is but justice to society. The Indus.
trl Workers of the World are organ
lied against the existing social order
which is continuous reign of legal
lied and organized violence against
the human family" That is to say
when property is destroyed and men
killed in strike riots, those concern
ed in such acts are not guilty of vio-
lence, it is society as organized under
the law, that uses violence. This is
the doctrine of the 1. w. WIS, as set
forth by their own spokesmen. 1t is
no wonder that wherever such in
fluence is strong, there are disturb
ances, war and bloodshed.
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POLITICS..

Without doubt this country is in
the midst of revolution. At present
it is of peaceful character; doubtless
it will remain so. And it is not the
kind of a revolution that most of us
think it is. Most, at least some, be-
lieve that we are undergoing a re-
form from which we will presently
emerge purged from the iniquities of
the trusts, and with the wealth of
the country equally distributed
among the population, regardless of
merit This is fond belief of a
number Of agitators, but 1t is in no
sense true. Moreover, it does not
represent the present drift Of things,
and it does not represent the desire
of the majority of the people. There
never will be an equal distribution
of wealth, and there never should be.
We sum up the aggregate of our
woes in terms of trusts; but when
we are through with our house clean
ing it will not be the great combina-
tions of capital that will be hacking
but the vacant chair" in our house
hold will be the one recently occupied
by the professional politician.
We may not have paused to consid-
er the fact, but it is fact, that the
professional politician is the curse
that we have had to contend with all
these years, not the trusts; the bribe-
taker, not the bribe-giver. We have
been accusing the man who accepted
a special privilege instead Of the man
who, placed in charge of affairs by
the people, thus had power to grant
the special privilege and did grant it
For many years this country has beer
over-ridden by men in every branch
of our government who have gained
political power for the sole purpose
of using it to grab fortunes for them
selves and their friends. 1t is {
species of theft far more malignan
than that which sends men to prison
and it is the error which, whether
they recognize it or not, the people
are now busy in the process Of elm
mating. If the professional politi
clan, the man who acquires politica
position for the sole purpose of traf
ticking in it, can be politically ant
socially killed, we will find that NJ
trust problem remains.--The West
erner.
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THE PROGRAM FOR THE UNEM-
PLOYED.

(July Pacific Coast Manufacturer.) }
Few citizens in Oregon except
those on the inside of the circle that
is in charge Of the program for the
solution of the problems growing out
of unemployment have any idea OF
the strength of the organized effort
or the scope of this predatory enter
prise.
First came the Commonwealth
Conference with elaborate addresses
by the professors of Political Econ
omy from Washington, California
Oregon and Reed University, in ia
vor of minimum wage laws, state and
federal employment bureaus, and
state insurance against unemploy-
ment.
This was before large audiences
Of officials and experts at the Oregon
State University, giving it the stamp
of authority and semi-approval from
our foremost institution of learning
filling the newspapers with reports
of the addresses which will appear
in full in state publications.
Next the Socialist party initiates
its bill to tax estates of fifty thou
sand dollars or over, ten per cent
"and appropriations" for public
works department under the direc'
ton of the Labor Commissioner fol-
fund for the unemployed. This bill
will go up to the people for the No
vember election.
The next step in the program has
been taken by the head Of the de
partment of Economics of the State
University holding conference witt
the Central Labor Council, ant
agreeing upon a tentative program
for the Unemployed in Oregon, tha
is to be put over by the joint efforts
to the propaganda.
The people Of the state should
realize that SO far no one has put III
any opposition to this campaign. 1
has strong backing and it is to b.
presumed that the universities, tn,
labor organizations, the Socialist par
ty, and the State Labor COMMISSIONS
will leave nothing undone to put i
over.
But the people should be warned
against the four propositions involves
which are as follows:
Universal minimum wage for al
heads of families
State employment Offices in all
cities and counties.
State insurance against unemploy
ment for workers.
State taxation for fund for tn
unemployed.
If this program, the expense O
which will run into hundreds Of thou
sands and ultimately into many mil
lions of dollars were solely champion
ed by the Socialist party, there Nigh
be no great danger to the people Q
the state who have industries, Ow
property and pay taxes. But it ha
backing of very influential organ
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-07-02
OWN SOME SHEEP.

During past months there mas
been considerable discussion on the
question of putting sheep on the
farms to be used as weeders. we
have one man in Morrow county VINO
NAV be considered an authority on
this subject. To be sure he has been
developing a theory as to running
sheep and avoiding the necessity Oh
taking his focks to the mountains,
hut in doing this he has proven that
it will be paying proposition for our
farmers to have bands of sheep on
their places to rid them of the weeds.
Alex Lindsay, who resides on an al
falfa farm near the mouth of Rhea
creek is this year running band OF
about 100 head of sheep. Last year
he ran 1900 head, and the year be-
fore that he had a large band and
each season these have been run all
summer long on the hills in his To-
cality. During the summer season
they feed upon the weeds and pros
per. In fact he has good mutton
sheep all the season through. And
when it comes to feed, there is no
end to it. Mr.. Lindsay is firmly OF
the opinion that within radius OF
some six or seven miles about lone
there is plenty of feed for all the
sheep of Morrow county in the weeds
that have been allowed to grow on
the unused lands. Weeds have be-
come serious menace to the farmers
and it is continuous fight to put the
summerfallow in shape for seeding.
Mr.. Lindsay guarantees that the
sheep will clean the summerfallow
ground of all the weeds, not refusing
to feed upon all the different variet-
les that infest the fields. They grow
fat on Russian thistle and thrive on
Jim Hill mustard, while flood weed"
and other varieties of this sort are
cleaned up by them in manner that
is delightful to behold
Mr.. Lindsay is developing class
of sheep that he believes will be
adapted to this service perhaps bet
ter than the breeds usually run here.
They are Oxfords and are strain
that have no fear of the coyote. They
are large sheep and very thrifty, pro-
ducing good lambs for early market.
lie is disposing of large numbers of
these sheep to people who are begin
ming to catch the idea, and he is of
the opinion that it will not be a
great while until our farmers gener-
ally will see the advantage of put
ting some sheep on their farms to
knock out the weeds.
Weeders of this sort serve double
purpose. They kill off the weeds
and furnish the farmer with his meat
Besides this he can derive consider
able revenue from the wool and in
crease,
Every farmer of Morrow county
should become a sheep owner to the
extent Of his requirements. He will
find them profitable and easy to care
for and much that now goes to waste
will be turned into revenue.
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that did not pick up the charge ana
expatiate upon it. After while
there was a change in the custom
house management in New York City.
A friend of Curtis was put in charge
of it. The first thing was an inves-
tigation to find how many political
debts Conkling had paid by getting
his servitors places on salaries. Just
two we're found, one a crippled old
soldier, the other a man who in saw
ing woman's life from drowning
had so injured himself that he could
no longer do hard physical work. But
fifteen of the proteges Of Curtis were
found, all lusty loafers.
Zack Chandler was for years adver-
tised as supreme political boss.
Millions of men really believed that
he was corrupt beyond description.
But he was high in Office when Mr..
Cleveland was first elected. In the
campaign the opposition, for shib-
boleth, had picked up the war-cry of
Mr.. Tilden that there must be whole
sale reforms to stop the stealing and
purify the public service. When it
was known that Mr.. Cleveland was
elected, Chandler one day met a
band of exulting Democrats, who
were rejoicing over their victory.
The first thing the new congress did
was to appoint fifteen investigating
committees to lay bare the corrup-
ton. One Of the men Chandler had
met referred to this, to which Chan
dler grimly replied: Bring on your
committees; the sooner the better;
If you have any bookkeepers in your
party, bring them, too; the books are
waiting for them. And when they
get through they will have still
bigger ploblem to solve, which will
be to determine what monumental
liars your party is made up 81 when
the Offices are wanted"
Oliver P. Moreton was called a
great political boss, but when a cru
cial test of him was made he demon
strated that by his invincible courage,
patriotism and sovereign intellect, he
was able to maintain peace in his
state when civil war seemed inev-
liable.
Right now the biggest political
boss of his age is in the White House,
the only one that in modern times
has been able to round up his party,
brand them with his political hot
iron and dehorn them when they be-
came dangerous to their party.
We talk of the will of the people.
The people are mob without lead
er.
No one would think of going to
sea in ship that had no sailing mas
ter; an army never triumphs that
has not a capable soldier to direct
and control it; neither does a politi-
cal party. When man knows what
people needs and brings that about
he is not boss, but leader. The
political boss as the term is under
stood is the small politician whose
only power is in his mouth, whose
only patriotism is in seeking to
awake storms, which, were they to
come, he could not direct or control
-Goodwin's Weekly.
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cations as named dUOVe.
For Oregon to adopt any of these
policies, or all of them would adver-
tise to the world for the influx of a
dangerous element that would take
the benefit of these laws and help
extend them, and thus make Oregon
the experimental ground and a COM
monwealth colony for applied SOC
ialism.
| All incentive to economy, all init
iative and private enterprise and all
inducement for capital to invest in
this state would be destroyed while
taxes would soar to the point of con-
fscation. Not only would all estates
of fifty thousand dollars and oven
become the prey Of the confiscatory
process, but the combination would
find other ways to get "appropria-
tions."
1t is the duty of all citizens to fully
realize what is being undertaken by
one of the most daring and subtle
combinations Of influences, uniting
higher education, labor organizations
and all the |. w. w. elements in al
parties for a campaign of spoilatior
in a commonwealth that already has
more freak laws than it can stand w
under.
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ships. Perhaps he did, but the ad'
ministration forces knew they could
win without him, or he would have
been called over to their side. He
has always been with the democrats
when wanted, and is always recog-
nized as a member of the majority
party in the senate. The Non-Par-
tisan stunt will not go any longer
Blue Mountain American.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-07-02
AS TO POLITICAL BOSSES.

The average man, when questioned
a criminal case, is very liable to
say that he has formed such an opin-
ion as to the innocence or guilt of
the accused man on trial as would
require evidence to remove it. Such
men as rule unWittingly do not tell
the truth. They have taken on pref
udice which is not due to any facts
that they possess, but to a latent wild
beast instinct which has lain dormant
away back in their minds, which,
like the yermiform appendix, has out
lived its usefulness, but is not yet
bred out.
In the same way accuse a citizen
of being political boss and the aver
age man does not want to hear the
facts, but assumes at once that he is
guilty.
What he is guilty of is not ques-
ton with such men-that he is ac-
cused is sufficient.
George William Curtis was great
scholar and one of the very able ed
itors of his time But Roscoe Conk'
ling saw through him at glance;
saw that despite his splendid gifts
at heart he was supremely selfish, a
yeritable Pharisee who, in his secret
soul, believed himself better than his
felloWmen, and who meant to use
his fellowmen to further his own sci
fish ends. So Conkling in his owr
lordly way snubbed him.
Then Curtis in his journal charged
Conkling with being political boss
and there was not small-caliberet
editor in the great state of New Yorl
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-07-02

According to announcement in the
East Oregonian of June 25, plans
for holding the Annual Umatilla
County Fair have been abandoned.
The Roundup has put the fair out
of business, as it was predicted that
it would. This annual fair was a
big event at, Pendleton before the
advent of the Roundup and 1t is to
be regretted that the Umatilla coun-
ty people have abandoned this means
of advertising their wonderful re-
sources.
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"Non-P Partisan" George Chamber
lain is now endeavoring to pull the
wool over the eyes of the voters by
calling attention to his opposition to
President Wilson on the free tolls
question. He claims that he stood by
the interests of his state in endeavor-
ing to retain free tolls for American
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-07-02

Largest department store in New
York and big bank in Boston fail,
There is nothing psychological" about
that.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-07-02

John Vaughn sold another Case car
this week. He did not divulge the
name of the purchaser.
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The world has always moved fast
er than the prophets predicted.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-10-22
The Record Of Charles Thomas

On fifteen important bills that liav e
come before the senate since he took
his seat in 1912. Senator Charles S.
Thomas of Colorado has failed to
vote on seven of them And why? Be
cause Charles S Thomas is afraid to
express an opinion on a public matter
whenever his political fortunes are en-
dangercd.
When Colorado needed his defense
in the senate, at the time of her great
trouble and distress, he said not q.
word. When he could have favored y
tariff on sugar to help Colroado's su-
gar beet growers he fought for free
sugar while voting to put the products
of other states on the protected list
Thomas may be an able man, but he
is politician from A. TO T.. who, like
Patterson, can never he trusted to put
Colorado first when his political ambi-
tions and his pocketbook are threat
ened.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-10-22

The Shafroth Democratic admins
tration ran behind In income $3lS.424.-
&c each year. Every Republican ad-
ministratiOn has paid all of its cur
rent expenses and left money In the
Treasury.
Under Democratic administration Co
dorado is under the control OF borrow
ed troops. We are in the hands of a
Federal receiver
Elect the Republican ticket, send
back the Federal soldiers. show our
ability to maintain state sovereignty
and prosperity will return to our
doors.
No man is allowed to work and sup
port his family under Federal con-
troll of Huerfano and Las Animas coun
ties unless he lived there proceeding
the strike. Seems to be 1.-The kingdom
of Las Animas" whether under JEFF
Farr or President Wilson control.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-10-22
Prom The Field and Farm

We are beginning to become suspic-
ious about all this initiative and refer
endum business for the potential rea-
son that it opens the way for insuffer-
able abuses. Anybody with a griev-
ance, a little clique of malcontent or
even the anarchists and the great cor
poratiors themselves have access to
this weakness in the law to work ser
ious injustice upon the public at large.
We have carefully read the sixteen
proposed amendments and new laws
which are to be voted upon by the
people of Colorado at the General e.
lection November 3 and have decided
to vote against each and every one
OF them. The most of these PROPOSE
tions represent the sinister connivan-
ces of an cratic people and nearly all
of tlssn aes scarasuf1y disguised 20 as
to cover up their parentage and latent
We are particularly struck with the
diabolical character of No. which
would provide new section to the
constitution of the state to class all
newspapers as public utilities and thus
bring them under the ban of political
commission. This petition was circu-
lated by some Denver grafters headed
by the notorious Andy Smithers at the
behest OF the Denver public service
corporations, especially the Union Wa
ter company, in retaliation for the
newspaper war waged against them in
the interest of the people. II passed.
this amendment would subjugate the
freedom of the press so fondly cher
ished by the people and expressly pro-
vided for in the famous constitution
of the United States. 1t is a direct
stab at free speech and the liberties
of the people as expressed through
the newspapers and we want all our
readers to vot" against this vicious
proposition.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-10-22
NUMBER q
Proposed Amendment
to Article XIV of the I6S
Constitution making
Newspapers Public u M
tilities.
November the srd Is the Day to Open
the Gate Through Which We
ran "Turn the RascaIS Out.~

What Patterson thought Of Thomas
in 1900. "Forgetful of everything he
has advocated, blinded by ambition for
a seat in the United States Senate he
threw himself into the service of the
great corporations"
What Thomas thought Of Patterson
in 1900: "Your enmity to corporation
designs is pursuit that seems to be
profitable. 1t falls upon all of them
that do not seek the shelter of your
clientage. Is it not possible, Mr.. Pat
terson. that in your eagerness for my
uptoing YOU measure me unconscious
ly with your own personal standards
Will Patterson tell the people of
Colorado the difference between Jul
ius Aichele, 1.-THE CRATER, as he styled
him years ago and julius Aicheie,
Pettcrson's candidate for the state
senate?
Is Tom Hyder better man 10 req
resent the people of Denver in the
house of representatives now than
he was as Speer henchman when
Patterson called him every objection
able name when Speer was Mayor of
Denver?
Whv as candidate for political
Honor is Patterson sleeping IN the
ksame bed with men whom he as
priyate citizen has often charged with
q fit subjects for the pentenu-
ssss identally. will Patterson kindly.
why as a member of the United
he voted TO give the waters OF
Grande River to Old Mexico?
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-10-22
Brucker.Eyey

The wedding bells were ringing Sab
bath evening, Sept. 81, on the north Ia
BILE at the residence of Edward and
Frances Eevey, when their only daugh-
ter Edith was. married to Lawrence
A. Brucker of Morrill, County, by Rev.
W. j. Eby in the presence of about 50
relatives and friends. The bride had
the honor and distinction of having
her four grandparents as brides maids
and bride grooms, who both have eel
ebrated their golden wedding. Mr.. and
Mrs. David Evey whose ages are "A and
&c, Mr.. and Mrs. George Williams of
Julesburg, Colo. whose ages are Go
and 50 respectively The bride wore
the new blue messaline draped with
beaded net. The bridesmaids were
dressed in white, while the groom and
groomsmen We're dressed in conyen-
tional black. The bride is one of Car
den county's estmable young women
and is held in high esteem for her
modesty and sweet disposition. The
groom is one of our respective Kin
kaiders, who is located in Morrill, Cour
ty. and by his sunny smiles and gen
tlemanly ways has very large cir
Gle OF friends. The couple were the
happy recipients Of many beautiful and
useful presents. Miss Martha Williams
of Julesburg, cousin of the bride
played the wedding march.
The refreshments were served in
three courses and after all had dincd
sumpteously the large and delicious
cakes were in evidence and the bot
tom of the freezer Of cream was in
visible. After several hours of social
enjoyment the many friends took their
departure wishing the bride and groom
a long and happy married life.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brucker will reside on
their kinkaid after honeymoon spent
visiting with their many relatives and
friends.
The News joins in wishing the newly
weds long and prosperous voyage on
lifes sea and will come weekly to their
cheerful home and happy fireside.-
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