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The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-04-24
tive CECIL NEWS ITEMS

Misses Easton and Summers spent
Wednesday at Butterfly Flats.
MIR. ana Mrs. Chas. Sperry of lone,
,ere in Cecil on business en- Monday
MIR. and Mrs. Misacr and Mr.
MaYkia we're doing business in Cecil
on Monday
]. H, Franklin and wife were visit
ing with some OF their old friends in
Cecil on Tuesday.
Mrs. Peter Nash returned home on
Wednesday after visiting among her
friends On Willow creek.
Mr. Reitmiller and friends were
down at Jack Hynds on Sunday
Watching the shoarers at work.
Mrs Jack Hynd and sen, Herb,
Mrs 4. H. Lowe and sen, Bob were
in lone doing shopping this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Palmateer and
daughter visited with j. M. Melton
at the Look Out" Cecil on Sunday.
A. Hcnriksen and sons left on
Thursday with $50 head of cattle for
lheir summer range in the noun
tains.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Minor and
daughter, Blanch left by car on Sun
day morning for their home in Port
and.
Dave Lemon of Arlington, Mrs.
Robt. S. Wilson accompanied by Miss
! McMorris were Cecil visitors on Sat
urday.
Lee Chambers, who has been in
and around Cecil for the past few
weeks left for his home in Astoria on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. A. Miller, Mrs.
Palmateer and Mrs. Lowe were visit
ors at Mrs. Jack Hynd's Sunday
afternoon.
Ed Farnsworth of Rhea Siding ac.
companied by his brother Karl
autoed to Heppner and home again
on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Piper and son, Rufus
of Lexington, and Mrs. Henry Blahm
of Walla Walla, spent Sunday with
Mrs. Jack Hynd of Butterfly Flats.
Miss Eta Barnes, who has been as
sisJing Mrs. Ellis Minor of lone, was
obliged to return to her home in
Cecil owing to an accident to one OF
her fingers.
Thomas A. Vass, who has been
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-04-24

FOR SALE-16 head last spring
shoats and II winter pigs. w. A..
McCLINTOCK, Gooseberry, Oregon.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-04-24

running the caterpillar engine ON the
Fairyiew place, left on the local
Saturday enroute for his home in
Ko- SEVILLE, Lake County, California
Alf Troedson, Mr. and Mrs. SwaRk
Of Morgan, MIR. Rand OF Vancouver,
Wash, and others were down Willow
,reek on Saturday hunting rabbits
The 6nIy thing that was short was
heir shells.
Jack Hynd finished up shearing
three bands of sheep, two of year
lings and one of ewes. Jack says that
he never had better wool The
shearers left early on Saturday for
the Kilkenny ranch.
T. w. Lowe arrived home on We'd
nesday from Camp Mills, where he
was stationed after leaving the
Maureania. which brought him from
Brest, France. Willie has many little
incidents to tell of his experiences in
England and camp life, but for all
that he says that there is no place
like Oregon after all.
James H. G. Ewing, who has just
received his discharge as Sergt. from
Co. M. 1872 Inf. 41st Div, and after
Is months service in France, visited
with Mr.. and Mrs. A. Henriksen OF
Willow Creek ranch and also Mr.. and
Mrs. T. H. Lowe of Cecil, returning
TO- Albany on Tuesday. Mr.. Ewing
intends going into the automobile
business in Albany.
A surprise party was given Miss
Winter at the Fairview ranch on Sat
urday evening. Among those present
were noticed Mr.. and Mrs. c. A.
Minor and Miss Blanch Minor OF
Portland, Leonard Barr of lone
Hazel Dean of Morgan, George and
Henry Krebs of Cecil, also many
other ladies and gentlemen of the
vicinity, and very pleasant evening
was spent, fruit punch and cakes
we're, served at midnight. Mrs. Won
| Orsdall and Miss w. Lake provided
beautiful birthday cake. Miss
Hazel received many beautiful
presents during the evening.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-07
THE TASK OF TAXATION.

The congress still has before it the bill
under which the revenue for winding up the
war largely will be raised The News is not
an apolOgist for the slow methods and waste
ful tactics which mark the DEVELOPMENT of
legislation in congress, particularly the up
per branch. But the present measure re-
qulres the best study and the most careful
consideration, and an application of the
most profound financial wisdom of the times.
The vitality of the nations business is de-
pendent upon the methods of taxation which
will be employed during the next year. No
hasty "ready to wear" policy will meet the
eXlgencies, and permit industry and bust
ness to return to the conditions of peace.
Unfortunately, there is a disposition in
the bill to place large burdens upon cor
porations regardless of whether they are
merely means of conducting personal bust
ness with limited responsibility or whether
they are combinations sufficiently large and
powerful to dominate trade and lay their
own burdens upon the public
There is where the demogogue and the
political charlatan find fertile soil for push
ing political claims and denouncing those
who seek a fair taxation measure prospect
i've of nomenclature or phraseology.
The public must appraise the policies of
the legislator who seeks the restored pros
perity of his country and the one who seeks
to stir up rancor and sectional or partisan
hatred which will rebound only to his ben
eft
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-07
He'll in a Carolina Church.
From the Anderson (S. CO Tribune.

the ANDERSON %. - tribune
Not more than thousand miles from the
Tribune office there is a church over which
the devil has an overdue mortgage. The
MAJ Ority of the members are headed straight
for hell, if there is any truth in the Scrip
ture, and God hasn't been inside the building
for so long that He wouldn't recognize the
place now if He went back
Regular services are held.
Half the women members attend in order
to show off new hats and new clothes, and
the other half attend in the hope of hearing
some new scandal
Nearly all of the men members hate each
other, and few if any of them are above
retelling the nasty scandal brewed by the
women.
When the preacher criticises certain evils
each member thinks the criticism is directed
at some other member. No word spoken
from the pulpit lodges in human heart, for
no one listens to the sermons
The hearts of the members are turned to
evil, and their minds are sewers for the re-
ception Of filth, The men have no thought or
care except the making of money and the
hope o. doing something to spite some broth
err member and many of the women have lost
the rowo, to think of anything that is not
lacivious and filthy
The aim, the hope, the desire and longings
of their lives is to do something to hurt
SOM body else, and they neither know or
care anything about God.
There hasn't been a conversion in the
church for month of Sundays, and there
won't be another any time soon; not while
the devil owns the premises.
If a young man or young woman should
come to me and ask how to find God l would
say $50 to that church. Turn your back to
it, start away and keep going in a straight
line. The further away you get the better
ycU" chances are"
7 l. al, h., Il.
berness when | say that God will never
again enter that-c church until the women
stop slandering one another and men stop
hating one another
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-07
Burleson and the Zone System.
From Newman Herald and Advertiser.

From Newman Herald and Advertiser.
Burleson continues to be the hoodoo of
the Wilson administration. The beautifully
fabrlcated zone system" under which all
publications in the United States are now
forced to operate is the product of his re-
markable genius although we believe SEN
ator Hardwick, in his late campaign claimed
the honor of collaborating with Burleson in
devlslng the system. HardWick is now a
dead cock in the pit-and that Bureson
should continue to flourish as head of the
one department which affects the general
ruh.ic more vitality and intimately than any
other is the only grudge we have against
the Wilson administration.
The queer workings of the "zone system"
economically considered, are thus descrb-
ed in recent issue of Leslie's-
Zone! The zone postal system is pro-
ducing exactly the result the publishers had
predicted. Increased prices of newspapers
and magazines is the first result A second
result, which viii be more apparent as time
goes on, Is reduction of income to the gov
eminent. When price is advanced beyond
all reason the effect is so to curtail use as
to reduce income. This has already shown
itself in the decreased revenue from postal
cards since th9 price has been doubled In
England penny letter postage, one of the
great trlumphs of peace, succumbed to the
demands of war on June 2. England de-
l'AoAN9 even d CGiHpOIdfS suspension OF Jne
cheap rate, because it is realized that the
penny stamp held together the scattered
bonds of kinship and acquaintance through
out the far-fung British empire, just as in
the United States the low-cost newspaper
and magazine have been the most powerful
influence in driving out sectionalism. The
experience of President F. G. Bell, of the
Southern Newspaper Publishers Associa-
ton is typical of how the new Law is work
ing out Mr.. Bell says it cost his office $4
to determine what part of his paper was
subject to penalty postage for the adver-
tising section; that government clerks put
in So worth of time to verify the report, and
that after this $12 expenditure it was found
the government was entitled to $1.0f addi-
tional revenue from the zone rate The
zone postal law is a revival of a system abol-
ished when Lincoln was president. Mr. VIII
son, when governor of New Jersey, showed
the improperly of again adopting it as did
also Mr.. Hughes as chairman of the postal
investigating commission in 1911. IF this
congress doesn't realize the wisdom of re-
pealing the zone law the next congress will -" !
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-07
THINK WELL ABOUT IT

After enumerating a list of drawbacks
which have beset peanut growers the past
year the Cuthbert Leader adds that cit need
not be surprising if the peanut acreage in
this section should be materially reduced
another year"
There is no doubt that the peanut crop
has been very unsatisfactory one the past
year, and many farmers have expressed an
intention of not planting peanuts for market
this year In the opinion of The News they
could not make greater mistake. The pros
perity of the farmers Of Southwest Georgia
today is more largely due to the fact that,
upon the appearance of the boil weevil. thew
reduced the cotton acreage and planted pea
nuts on an extensive scale, marketing most of
them at the mills and feeding the remainder
to hogs, which have also become a consid-
cradle source of revenue. The result is that
the farmers are more prosperous than ever
before in their lives. Then too, the boil
weevil is still here in ever increasing num-
bers and liable at any time to DESTROY the
entire cotton crop, when the winter is mild
like the present one. The demand for hogs
too, both for consumption on the farms and
Tor sale at the packing houses, is as great,
If not greater, than ever before
One unsatisfactory season as to yield and
market conditions is not good reason for
abandoning the peanut. The cultivation of
cotton and corn were never abandoned for
that reason. Only a few years ago cotton
brought only four or five cents in the mar
ket, when it could be sold at all, which was
not infrequently the case. At another time
almost the entire crop, on account of wealth
er conditions, was what was known as "dog-
tall" and there was scarcely any demand
for it, Yet, the farmers did not stop
the cultivation of cotton, but actually in
creased the acreage the next year.
In view of what the peanut has done for
this section it would be like killing the goose
that laid the golden egg to quit planting it
now, Don't do it, Mr. Farmer.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-07
THE ROAD QUESTION.

Many OF the newspapers are discussing the
condition Of the public roads Of Georgia, and
some are even advocating general system
Of paved highways. That would be a
mighty nice thing to have, to be sure but it is
not feasible. Their construction, to saw
nothing Of upkeep would bankrupt the al
ready taX-burdened counties; and the state
IS unable to meet its present obligations.
and under its constitution cannot increase
ITS revenue by raising its tax rate. There
fore, 1t Is Useless 10 mink OF a general svs-
TEN Of paved highways.
But we should have good roads There is
not any one thing that will draw people to
town to trade like good roads over which
the farmer can haul large loads. The farm
ers are the ones above all others to desire
good roads, for with them their hauIing
would be much less expensive and their land
worth more
Georgia should have two good HIGHWAYS
leading across the state from north to sou+b
and east to west Other states have them
and surely Georgia should. And what At
lanta or any other city wants should not he
taken into consideration alone, for that is
one city and small part of the state. The
farmer in the rural section is the man to
consider, for we are a state made of farm
'ers When the farmer prospers we are all
prosperous.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-07
is 1T GOOD BUSINESS ,

Out in Oregon the government is Offering
for sale the entire equipment it has gathered
to insure protection of spruce for its air
planes.
This has cost millions; it includes logging
roads railroads, mills, boats, cut-up plants
it forms the greatest equipment in the world
today for the economical and speedy produc-
ton of the fine materials needed in aircraft
1t will be sold at bargain, and probably
most Of it's efficiency will be destroyed
If Uncle Sam is to carry mail and ex-
press, maybe passengers and freight, by air
c~aft, and if he is going to lead the world
with his aerial navies might it not be a
good business bunch to keep this basic equip
ment together? asks a contemporary.
1t is merely an inquiry; perhaps Washing
s3On may answer.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-07
A Gift "For Her Neck"
From PENNSYLVANIA Grit.

A story is told of a young japanese engi-
neering apprentice in connection with the
Christmas custom of kissing He was serving
his time in the north of ENGLAND, and was
astonished when a waitress at the dining
room which he regularly fFsQucrted kissed
i'm under the mistletoe.
Ca its being explained to him thai pres
ent was expected in return he -ugrasted Q
uair of gloves The damsel. however, had
heard that he wa Immensely wealthy and
gently limited that some hing for her neck
would be more acceptable. When the pres
ent arrived next day she conjured up visions
of a pearl necklace as she tremblingly I'M
did the parcel. Then was disclosed to her
disappointed gaze Jap's idea Of something
for her neck 1t took the shape of bar
OF soap!
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-07
NAVlES AND DANGERS.

Those who argue for the disarmament of
the navies of the world fail to distinguish
between opportunity and purpose A pow
erful navy is dangerous only when it is
used for improper purposes. If it is intend
ed for purposes like those which lay behind
the German development it is a menace no
matter how small the navy. If it is intend
ed for protective service, to defend the weak
and succor the oppressed, it cannot become
a danger, no matter how great the navv
The merit of armament or disarmament lies
IN the spirit and purpose of the nation which
controls them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-07
WOMEN BLACKSMITHS.
The smith, a pretty girl is she,
With white and dainty hands,

It's new version, but it fits the case at
the OIds Agricultural College in Minnesota.
where SIX young women are fitting them
selves to become farmerettes by taking the
full course, which includes bIacksmithing.
Ihey can be seen any day, according to the
story, IN overals and blue flannel shirts with
sleeves rolled up above their elbows pIvine.
the bellows and making the sparks fly as tn.
swing their sledges on white-hot iron on the
anvil They forge nuts and bolts for
wagons, sharpen plowshares, tools. harvest
ing machinery, and do all kinds of repair
work necessary on a farm
Once every week they devote morning
to-yes, to shoeing horses. Picking up a
horses off hind foot-the one with the kick
in it-might be considered by some effete
person as their idea of zero in work for
lady, but these girls do it with neatness and
despatch. The brawny smith who has
worked all his life at the village shop under
the spreading chestnut tree couldn't do it
better. That's the verdict of farmers
around Odds who have had their horses shod
by the fair colegians
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-07
For Some of Our Northern
Friends.
from the Wesleyan Christian Advocate.

The Dawson News is secular weekly pa
)er published in Terrll county, this state, 4
'ecent issue of that excellent paper carried
he following EDITORIAL
In the pressing demands of war
clalms-all urgent-there is danger lest
we neglect the smaller but none the less
important duties right at our door A
housekeeper who has time to consider
the claims of the unfortunate feels that
1t is only necessary to call the attention
OF the people of Dawson to the case of
George Lee, who, after years of faith
full service as sexton at the churches
and janitor at the school, finds himself
laid on the shelf wholly dependent on
the work of his wife for a support The
old darkey is almost a helpless invalid,
but still shows that fine spirit of the 10y
al old-time negro. 1t is all very pretty
to talk about the good feeling we have
for this type, but much finer thing
would be to do something to make life
easier for this faithful old man. He
has served long and we'll the school
children of the city. What could be
more beautiful than for the boys and
girls to gladden. the old ianitor's de-
clining days by seeing that his wants are
supplied.
That shows the feeling of the southern
White people towards the faithful law abid
ng negroes of the south.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-07

1t was announced with big type that made
a noise around the United States that Burle-
son, having taken over the wires, would in
augurate schedule of long distance tolls
which would greatly reduce the cost of that
method OF communication. But, alas! Mr..
BurlesOn's rates will not do it. Further
more like other utilities under government
control, the public will have to pay a great
deal more for what it gets. The News was
not hoodwinked by the announcement of "a
great reduction" in rates, and expected sub
sequent developments
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-07
THAT TERRIBLE TEDDY.

The Dalton Citizen refers to Colonel
Roosevelt as believing braggart"
Believing braggart is good; but he's
more than that He's mess.-Dawson
News.
And he is doing all he can to mess every
thing up, and yet he has quite large fol
lowing in this country. If he were unselfsh
and sincere ii would be different. but as it is
he is simply playing the role Of a political
hypocrite, who hopes to be helped to third
cup of coffee in 1920.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-07

Bryan, it is said, is to be godfather at
the nomination of Champ Clark for the
presidency. Clark will probably admonish
him just before the ceremonies begin to re-
main steadfast and true, and not to make
a mess of the convention like he did in 1912.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-07

While discussing the road problem in Geor-
gia it should be remembered that road build
ing requires money. and lots of it. This
being the case it is absolutely necessary that
we adopt a definite program both as to
ways and means before the movement can
proceed very far.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-07

If the president had adopted the court
costume, as he did other royal customs, at
the kings banquet he would have been
compelled to utilize some of the secrets
of feminine art to make the appearance Of
the knee pants and silk hose pleasing to
the eye.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-07

Expert accountants have been searching
Germany's pockets to determine how much
she can be made to pay.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-07

1t is announced that America is going
to help reforest France. After that has
been done we hope France will send men
over to help reforest America
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-07

The press reports are that General Per
shlng sleeps east of the Rhine river. TIL,
enemy once had an idea that he never slept
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-07

You rarely hear a complaint about high
prices from the fellow who pays $500 per
quart for moonshine whisky
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-07

The neutrals are to have no place at the
peace table. There never was any reason
why they should have been considered as
entitled to a place. They insisted upon
remaining at peace with everybody, conse-
quently there can be nobody now with whom
they need to make peace.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-07

Next to God and faith in God mans great
est need and greatest help is a friend who is
steadfast
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-07

Divorces among returning Canadian SOL
dlers are increasing" says a news item.
Because the soldiers have had enough war?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-07

Success may not be due to luck, but
pluck has much to do with it if the right fell
low is plucked
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-07

The average citizen has been unable to
detect any difference in the government
whether the president is in France or Wash
ington.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-07

According to reports all the starving chill
dren are not found in other lands New
York city has several thousand of them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-07

The suggestion of ex-Secretarv of the
Treasury McAdoo that the United States ex-
tend further financial accommodations in
the form of loans to the alliel governments
has created considerable discussion, but with
no uranimity of opinion. The question is a
debatable one from several angles.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-07

Thomas Jefferson, exemplifying the sim
plicity of democracy, riding unaccompanied
on horseback to the capitol, hitching his
own horse to the fence before entering the
building to be sworn in as president was
somewhat different from that royal ban
quet at Buckingham palace where President
Wilson escorted the queen and dined from
a golden service that cost millions of dollars.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-07

A good year was 1918 for Terrell county
Let's make 1919 better one
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-07

Isn't it marvellous how Georgia can dig
M money? Here we have been buying
bonds and savings stamps by the millions
and expanding hundreds of thousands for
ether war work, yet the bank deposits have
been increasing in most instances instead
of decreasing. And few of the bonds bought
by Georgia people have been sold.
Evening star., 1919-11-13
ELECTION RIOTS IN ITALY.
Stones, Sticks and Revolvers Figure
in Campaign.

ROME. November PA number of
disturbances have occurred in north
ern Italy in connection with the elec-
ton campaign. Giuseppe Bevione,
formerly Italian commissioner Of
aeronautics in America, was prevent
ed from speaking at Chiari by So
cialists, who stoned his carriage.
At Montebello socialists threw
stones, wounding former Deputies
Teso and Damolin while they were
canvassing. After public debate at
Bertinoro between Signor Comandini,
rspubiican ana, candidate. IDA and signor
candidates took sides. battle, in
which stones, sticks and revolvers
were used. resulted. Many persons
were wounded and tWo are dying.