The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-10-31
THE CITY ELECTION.

Along WITH the general state 6tGC-
ton next Tuesday will be held the
election for city officers Of HepPner.
at which time a mayor, three council
men, recorder and treasurer are To be
chosen by the voters of the city.
There was no apparent stir in city
politics up until this week, when on
Tuesday morning posters were dis
tributed over town announcing the
"Women'S City Ticket" and setting
out their platform as follows;
"A bigger and better Heppner-
Fill mudholes and lay crosswalks
where needed in Winter; eliminate
dust so far as possible in Summer
Good roads to connect all parts
of Morrow county and the inJerior
with Heppner. Give the people a
chance to come here.
Clear the channel of Willow
creek. Make it safe in flood time.
"Heppner must have hotel Get
busy and get one.
"Heppner needs a public comfort
station within reach of the business
district Provide one.
ITO make Heppner grow it must
be made a City Beautiful A city
park, a swimming pool, clean Streets,
will help.
Always spend the peoples RoEey
for the peoples benefit.
Demand and require a dollars
worth of service for every dollars
worth of salary.
Encourage flower planting and
we'll kept lawns.
Make Heppner the 'Dahlia City
of Eastern Oregon.
Does Heppner want retired stock
men and farmers to make their
homes and spend their money in
Heppner rather than in Portland and
the Willamette Valley2 Then make
Heppner a desirable place to live.
The election of this ticket and the
carrying out of this platform will be
the first step in that direction"
A fine platform, and one that can
be enthusiastically endorsed by every
citizen of the town.
But, it might be well to consider
few things, and to understand why
it is that Heppner does not enjoy at
the present time much that is called
for. here and what the probable cost
might be-
A city beautiful, with some of the
desirable requirements set out in
this platform, is one of the things we
all want, and if we are able to pay
the price let's have it, with swimming
pools, public parks and all.
The present city council, have had
in mind much of the improvements
called for here 1t has been dis
cussed by them frequently, and they
have fully decided that the first
move in this direction would be the
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sufficient capacity to insure all the
water needed to keep flowers ana
gardens growing, the dust down, the
streets clean, etc, and by careful in
vestigation this improvement alone
would cost the city at this time no
less than $150,000. Nothing else
vii count until this is done. Furnish
the money, and, presto, change, our
desires will be met.
AT this time the city is strapped
Its money and credit are exhausted
and it is hard to meet the necessary
requirements Of keeping up running
expenses. Some splendid street
work has been done and this took
all tile funds that could be scraped
up. Then comes along the disastrous
fire that has created a situation that
is very unfortunate at this time, and
a condition that it will take time
and money to overcome. In fact
there is a great deal that might be
said and much criticism, perhaps,
that might be offered, and so far as
this paper is concerned, we are glad
to have the women come forth with
a platform and set out some of the
things they desire for Heppner. The
discussion, openly, Of these matters
is a good thing, but it must be re-
membered that whatever ticket is
elected, they are up against just the
same conditions that have confronted
the present council, and no high
sounding platform, or words of
praise and condemnation on either
side will change them.
We all want these good things for
our little city, and hope that some
day the most of them will come
Just now, however, the question of
taxes and taxation is uppermOst and
the burdens are about all the most
of us can bear.
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