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The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-12-02
w. 0. LIVINGSTONE.
Feeling of New Confidence
Is Seen in Business Centers
of States on Western Coas.
(Pendleton East Oregonian)

"a feeling of more confidence in the
future of business is manifest through.
out the business centers of the coast
states,' II. w. Collins. local grain
dealer, mill and bank director, said
today, following his return from a
weeks trip to Ogden, Salt Lake City
San Francisco and Portland.
Mr. Collins found that conditions In
business look more favorable for i'm
provement in all the cities he visited
There is yet possible lowering in
some lines of business, he said, bur
the bottom Of the present depression
period has about been reached. People
are more optimistic now regarding the
future then they have been for several
months.
wheat should gain somewhat in
price after the optimism Of business
begins to assert itself" Mr.. Collins said.
ut is my personal belief that wheat
will come back, although it will proba =
bly, not go as high as formerly"
The United States surplus of wheat
for export already has been sold, ac-
cording to Mr.. Collins, and with the
resumption of buying for the home
needs conditions in the grain business
should look better. in this as in every
other line, no buying for home con-
sumption has been done. With the
need for materials in all lines and a
loosening up of the present tightened
condition, all lines are due for improve
ment
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UNCLE SAM WOULD
PATCH LEAKY ROOF
Smuggling of Liquor From Canada Into
This Country Aids Violation of Vol
stead Act and Causes Official Worry,

Uncle Sam is troubled with a leaky
roof since Canadian liquor is being
smuggled into this country through
British Columbia points. As a result
Donald A. Mcdonald. federal prohibi.
ton agent for the state of Washington
and Alaska has begun a series of con-
ferences with Canadian officials in Vic
toria' according to press dispatches
Mr., Mcdonald, it is said, is acting
directly under instructions from Johi
f. Kramer, federal prohibition commits
sioner at Washington, D. C. He will re-
port his findings to Mr.. Kramer and will
recommend new policy of federal pro-
hibition enforcement in Washington
state as result of the conferences.
Mr., Mcdonald is sure that whiskey
ring of great extent is operating be-
tween British Columbia and Washing
ton points. He said
1T is possible that my conferences
with Canadian officials will show some
way to break up the ring, or at least
reduce its operations 1t would seem
though that it will require many more
men and more money than we have
available now. 1t also will entail CO.
operation with officials on both sides OF
the line and prosecution OF the offenders
to the utmost Of our laws"
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THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.

After year of strife and confusion
the world is about to declare an Arm
tice for the observation of Christmas.
1t is curious how the essence Of Chris
tianity gets itself recognized and prac.
ticed in spite of the world, the flesh and
the devil
In this time of goodwill everybody
becomes Christian, For Christmas is
simply the substitution of the spirit Of
giving for the spirit Of getting.
The one is love in action. The other
freezes human affection and enthrones
blood lust in its place.
When Jesus was born in Bethlehem
there came to the world new concep-
ton of God and of his relations with
man. The Child lying In the Bethlehem
manger will forever symbolic and ex-
press the world-moving Truth that God
is love and, therefore, He gives Him
self to and for men made in His image
Tradition records that when the Wise
Men from the East journeyed to Bethle-
hem to worship the newborn Child
they brought gifts.
The gift of God is life, eternal. here
and hereafter. When this divine spark
animates the bosoms of men, they too,
begin to give.
Giving is the chief business of life
for God and men alike. What man
gives he has, He loses all else Earth
ly immortality lies in whatever one
gives to ones fellows in service and
friendship and healing.
Giving is the gesture Of greatness
Getting Is the business of slaves
wonder II we shall ever be able to
practice the Christmas spirit the year
round!
II that time ever comes we shall find
that most of our personal and social
problems, perplexities, animositles and
failures are unnecessary. II we want
spring and summer and golden harvest
we must have the sun--Dr Eaton In
Leslie's,
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GLEANINGs FROM THE DAYS, NEWS.

Young man in Massachusetts, refuses
to accept inheritance of $1,000, 600
Il refuse to accept the money sbecause
it is not mine" said Chas. Garland. The
money was left to him by his father.
one person was killed and three were
injured when an auto was hit by train
near McMinnville last Sunday,
Dopesters, in their effort to name
president elect Harding's cabinet, have
mentioned prominently julius Kahn of
San Francisco for secretary of war.
Others who have been mentioned as
possible appointees are Senator George
Il, Chamberlain Of oregon, Major Cen
eral Leonard Wood and General John
j. Pershing.
Some men have strange ways of
keeping woman's love. Thomas Lot
isso fired four shots into the body OF
Tessie Lotisso, his wife, on n Portland
street the other night and said he killed
her to keep her love When taken to
Jail he said Il don't care IL l hang to-
morrow"
r, A. Booth, of the state highway
commission, has been elected chairman
OF the board to succeed Simon Benson,
who recently resigned.
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KLAMATH FIGHT ENDS
WITH COURT DECISION
Warning Factions Build Two Court
houses But supreme Court Rules That
Only One In Legal.

Can you picture Heppner with two
court houses? Can you imagine the
taxpayers Of Morrow county being fool
ish enough. so extravagant as to erect
two magnificent buildings for the hous-
ing of county officers and for the trans
ing of county records.
Well, down in klamath county they
not only have two. they have three.
There Is the old original court house,
long since grown inadequate, and then
there are the two new, modern struc-
tures built of recent years at a total
cost of 100000.
AS is often the case in small towns,
acre are two factions in klamatn rams.
One faction wanted the court house in
one part of town and the other wanted
1t in their particular chosen spot. So
fued grew up that finally resulted in
the county building two court houses.
As the fight went on, county judges
were recalled and the county became
involved in litigation and law suits
which showed no signs of abatement
until this week when the supreme court
Of the state of oregon handed down a
decision consisting of 35 typewritten
pages, favorng the building known as
the Dougan court house, thereby max
ing it the legally accepted courthouse
of klamath county.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-12-02
Shimmie de Terre Takes
Stanfield for Unsteady Ride

Somebody dubbed it "Stanfield the
Stirring" and stir it did Sunday morn
ing. The earthquake, tremblor tremor
or shimmie de terre, whichever one pre-
fers to call it, gave Stanfield thrill
Pendletonians thus far have been very
silent about 1t If they were awakened
by any unusual movements under foot
here.
H. B. Reese was awakened on his
place at Stantield by tossing resem-
bling a boat ride. Chinese pheasants
around his place also noticed the antics
Of terra flrma and Mr.. Reese reported
the birds set up an unusual rumpus
Hens trotted about and flew hither and
yon while cocks crowed and registered
CONSERVATION. Several persons were
awakened by the racket made by the
birds who had not felt the tremblor.-
Pendleton L. O.
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solution Of this kind, can secure the
assistance of the Federal Reserve banks
in working out this plan Of operation,
why Is II not possible for the state OF
oregon TO do the same thing. We be-
lieve that 1t would be the right thing
to have a series of conferences called in
this state, for the bankers and for the
farmers, where all the cards could be
laid upon the table In order that every
body could get together and get down
TO brass tacks to work out the solution,
which will be the means of either max
ing or breaking a large percentage of
the farmers Of oregon.
We do not think that the situation is
hopeless, but 1t certainly is serious and
unless something is done in the very
near future the farming industry Of
Eastern Oregon, and in fact of the en-
tire West. is going to be seriously
jeopardized, and the people of the whole
country need TO know all the facts
They need to know that the men who
have been raising the food for Amer
leans for the last hundred years have
their back against the wall and are
liable to suffer a tremendous loss.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-12-02
LEXINGTON THREW SCARE
INTO HEPPhER HIGH
Local Football Team FOrges Through
With Victory After COurting Disaster
at Hands of Wheat City Lads.

When Coach Heard of the local higt
school football squad gave some of hi.
second string men a chance on Thanks
giving Day, in the clash with the
speedy Lexington high school team, il
came close to being the irretrievabl,
error Of the season.
The game opened at the Depo,
Grounds with large crowd of enthu.
siastic fans on hand. Heppner kicked
off and from the moment they received
the ball, Lexington started on one tri.
umphal march up the field with Hepp-
ner's goal line as the ultimate objec.
tive.
End runs by White and Hill and line
plunges by Allen, Ward and White
simply raised havoc with the Heppner
line and after the Wheat City boys had
advanced the ball to within a scant two
yards of the goal line, the subs were
taken from the Heppner lineup and
Peterson and Aiken substituted. Here
the line held and Lexington lost tn-
ball on downs. But the first half was
easily all Lexington's. The half ended
to O.
Coach Heard, however, must have in
jected some new pep into his cohorts,
for they dashed out into the field at the
opening OF the third quarter and dis
played a fighting spirit that had to at
least be reekoned with.
Heppner received the kick and on the
first play essayed an onside kick which
was recovered by Aiken, who went
over the line for a touchdown before
the visitors seemed to realize what was
taking place.
From that time on it was a merry
romp up the field for the locals, with
one touchdown following another,
With such irresistible speed and with
the plays pulled in rapid succession,
the purple and gold appeared to have
their opponents really outclassed. In
the meantime Old Jupe began to upset
the water bucket, and what was first
a drizzle, soon developed into a steady
downpour and as a result the field be-
came muddy, slippery and slow. Lex
ington players were handicapped by
not having cleats on their shoes.
Dallas Ward star end on the Lexing-
ton team, was badly injured In the
early part of the game and could not
go on. His loss was a severe blow to
the team.
The final score stood 26 to 0.
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Wool Men Will Meet to
Discuss Tariff Saturday

Morrow county wool growers will
meet in the |. o. o. f. Hall in this city
on Saturday afternoon as the result OF
a call issued by president of the loca
association, L. V. Gentry.
A number of important problems
will come up for discussion, more i'm
portant among them being the Truth in
Fabric BIN and the new tariff sched
ules. Delegates TO the state convention
in Pendleton will also be elected.
Plans will be laid for the extermina-
expected conopgntMaeng. ocgmeeti.oc
tion Of coyotes. The wage question
from the sheepmans standpoint viii al
so be discussed. II is expected that
several outside speakers will be present
to discuss wool marketing.
Officers for the coming year will also
be elected
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Heppner High School Notes.

The game. which closed the football
season. was played on Thanksgiving
Day when Heppner met Lexington on
the home field. The Heppner boys won
the victory by score of &c to 0. This
game also gave them the championship
of Morrow county. The proceeds Of the
football game were s35 above expenses
In short time the boys will organ
ize basket ball team and start their
practice.
Miss Palmateer has chosen the cast
for the student body play, entitled
Fanny and the Servant Problem" and
they have commenced their practice.
The County Fair which the high
school gave last Thursday evening
proved a great success. The proceeds
of the Fair were 500 above expenses
and this added to the net returns Of $35
on the football game, leaves balance
of Sl35 in the student body treasury.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-12-02
WILL SEEK PROTECTION
FOR WHEAT IN CONGRESS
Representative Young Of North Dakota
VIII Introduce Measure Putting Duty
Country.

That Immediately upon the opening
of the December session of Congress
there will be a bill introduced putting
duty on wheat and flour imported to
the United States, is the gist of a re-
cent dispatch appearing in the daily
papers. 1t follows:
Immediate efforts will be made by
congress at the opening session, De-
cember 9Th, to secure passage of a law
placing duty on wheat and flour i'm d.
ported into this country. The measure
will be introduced by Representative
Young of North Dakota, chairman of
the subcommittee on agriculture of the
house ways and means committee.
1T is considered likely that the bill
will pass the house, but it may have
difficulty in getting through the senate
because of the slender republican ma
jority there. Even in that event, there
is the possibility of a veto at the White
House, If the proposition fails at this
session, it will be taken up again as
soon as congress meets after the inaug-
uration OF President elect Harding.
Representative Young is specially
interested in this measure because of
the manner in which it will effect the
Northwest. 1t was Mr. Young, who, a
year ago. introduced a bill in the house
to repeal Canadian reciprocity. He al
so presented a bill to restore the duties
which had been in effect prior to the
passage of the Underwood tariff law
on wheat and -four. 1t is under the pro-
visions of the Underwood tariff law that
Canadian wheat now is being dumped
on the American market duty free.
IN view of the fact that Mr.. Young
Is chairman Of the sub committee on
agriculture there is little question that
his bill will be the one to be consid-
cred
"An immediate investigation of con-
gress to determine the cause of the ex
treme decline and violent fluctuations in
the price of grain, livestock and cotton
in the past six months will be asked by
Representative L. ]. Dickinson of Iowa,
when congress convenes.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-12-02
NORTHWEST QUIVERS
AS QUAKE MAKES VISIT
No Damage Results From shocks
which Scientists Declare Are Not
Earthquakes at All.

Slight earth tremors have been felt
in various sections Of the northwest the
last week. but no damage resulted. The
commotion started early Sunday MORN
ing and shocks Of from one TO ten sec
onds duration were reported In Port
land. The disturbances apparently CEN
tered in British Columbia or the Alaska
coast.
Scientists will not grant that we
really had an earthquake up here in
the northwest, but merely a tremblor,
the difference they explain being about
the same as between kitten and wild
cat so far as destruction Is concerned.
The scientists say that an earthquake
Is due to contraction Of the earth's sur
face, while tremblors are caused only
by the fires burning in the earths in
terror.
Hood River reports a shock Of thirty
seconds duration, while Spokane claims
to have had one that lasted for ten
minutes. Seattle and Tacoma also felt
the shock. II Heppner was in the line
Of the quake the tremor here was so
slight that 1t was not felt At least no
one has yet reported that they felt
shock, but in line with other reports
from outside districts, we may expect to
hear of something locally before long.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-12-02
Prune Mash Serves A
Purpose But Is Not Con-
sidered Good Hog Feed

What do you use that prune mash
for?" asked Sheriff George McDuhee Of
Ehoch Cave for George could see plain
ly that the mash was of prune concoc.
tion as there were any number Of prunt
seeds In the mixture.
Why" replied Cave, II feed 1t to
my hogs"
Deputy Sheriff Tom Chidsey, who was
also present when the sheriff took
charge Of still at the Cave mountain
home near Parkers Mill, was still hold
ing the bucket Of mash which he had
taken from lot Of the stuff, about six
ty gallons, upstairs in the attic Turn
ing to the deputy, the sheriff said, AL
right Tom, give 1t to me and l will
'slop' the hogs" You see the sheriff al
ready had a mental picture of the swine
standing up on their rear legs and
dancing all over the pen after taking on
meal Of that mash.
But whether Cave thought too much
of the pigs or whether he valued the
mash more, he would not think Of the
sheriff feeding the prune-raisin masn
to the porkers.
This all happened on Monday after
noon about two o'clock at the Cave
ranch. The climax was reached on
Tuesday afternoon about the same time
in the Office Of district attorney Notson
when Judge Cornett levied a fine Of
$500 and costs against Cave.
In lieu Of the money, the mountainer
is taking advantage of the lodging Of
fered by the county and Is having his
meals served la carte with no worry
about that particular end of the charge
The officers also brought along to
town the two gallon capacity STILL
which is the last word in distillery sim.
plicity. The outfit consists mainly of
a copper boiler, such as is used in the
laundry department of most any house
hold, and huge cap over the top from
which protrudes long copper pipe
which reaches out few feet to a coil"
This coil is different from other coils
on display in the sherifTs office in that
it doesn't coil but is run backand forth
on rather square angle method. This
coil when found by the officers was in
cased in box of water. The men also
took a gallon of first run liquor, which
had beautiful crystal color, and they
say, powerful Rick.
Verify the life of the man who max
eth the moonshine is not all filled with
easy profits at $50 per
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Pendleton Files Objections to
Increase In Telephone Rates

Objections to the proposal of the Pa
citic Telephone & Telegraph company
to Increase its rates in Pendleton, were
forwarded Saturday night to the State
Public Service commission by city at
torney James A. Fee. His letter was
compiled at the request OF the city
council.
The company asks for an increase in
the value of its state properties from
NS,2SS,S7S to s21,5OO0 900. This Is an
addition of sS,Oo0,OOO upon which the
company would have its yield increased
by ~ per cent Increases of as much
as 60 per cent on certain classes Of ser
vice, which are asked. are also object
ed to- as are the general increases of
2i per cent on all rates.
In his objection for the city, Judge
Fee sets forth that present financial
conditions do not warrant the increas,
requested, He declares that some of
the officials and employees Of the COM
pany are overpaid Several other allie
cations in the petition Of the company
are denied.
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Is there anything more shaky than
the wheat market? Why we have no
idea what wheat will be selling for
from one day to the next. If the sky
clouds up in Argentina and 1t locke like
rain, we may confidently expect that the
Chicago price will drop several cents
the day following There may be ten
million people clamorng for bread in
Europe but II there is rough sea and
some ships are delayed on their arrival
at the Eastern coast for the export
wheat the market is so weak that
there Is no market at all. Everything
else under the sun may command n
stable market price based somewhat
upon the cost of production. But wheat
never, 1t is sure rotten system.
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Lexington High School Notes

on Thanksgiving Day, the champion
ship game was played between Heppner
and Lexington on Heppner grounds. In
the first half Of the game neither team
was able to make a touchdown. In the
last half both teams were greatly hin
dered by rain which made the ground
very slippery. In the first quarter Dal-
las Ward playing right end for Lex
ington, was severely injured.
BY their swift and surprising plays,
Heppner was enabled to run up a score
Of 90 to in their favor.
The Lexington boys deserve much
credit for their clean playing and
spoNsmanlike conduct in the game.
q The boys of the high school have or
ganized a first and second basketball
team and have begun practice. The
captain Of the team is Dallas Ward.
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Annual Lodge Of Sorrow to
Be Held Here Next Sunday

The annual lodge of sorrow of Hepp-
| ner Lodge No 1858, b. L. o. Elks will be
observed next Sunday in the local TEN
pie with an appropriate program.
Barnett II. Goldstein, prominent at
torney of Portland and former United
States district attorney for Oregon, will
give the memorial address Mr. Gold
stein is rated as one Of the states best
orators. a feature of the services will
be musical program. The general
public Is invited
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Legion Boys Will Give Smok-
er For the Public on Saturday

The local post Of the American Le
gion is going TO hold another one of it.
popular smokers Saturday evening and
this time the general public will get tc
come in. The boys are promising a good
fast program of wrestling and boxing
and refreshments will be served Le-
gion members will be admitted free Of
charge but outsiders will be asked to
pay the small sum of twenty-five cents
the proceeds Of which will go into the
fund of the local post
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Little June Harris Succumbs
to Attack of Pneumonia

June Hannah Harris, the three-year-
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Tom Har-
ris, passed away at the Harris
home south of Heppner last Tuesday
following an attack Of pneumonia. The
funeral was held at the Federated
church In this city of Wednesday after
noon, Rev Stephen Phelps conducting
the service
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HEPPNER OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER ?, 1920
Nomination and Election
of Officers Will Be Held
Tuesday by Doric Lodge

Nomination and election of officers
will take place at the regular meeting
of Doric Lodge No. 20. knights Of Py-
thias in their Castle Hall next Tuesday
evening. Following the election work
will be put on in the second and third
ranks, after which big feed will be
served in the dining room. A special
invitation has been extended to visiting
members.
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Horace Wells Has Menengitis.

Local doctors have pronounced Hor-
ace Wells son of Mr.. and Mrs D. C
Wells to be suffering from a form OF
menengitis. The boy has been quite
sick for several days and the doctors
were puzzled at first in diagnosing his
case Latest word from the Wells
home is to the effect that Horace is
showing improvement.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-12-02

Lehanon.-Next year the A. Rupert
cannery in this town will be increased
in capacity, The branch has been in.
valuable in handling small fruit.
raised in the district. An issue Of pre-.
ferred stock in the concern is now be.
ing disposed of in and near Lebanon.
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FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH.


Church going is duty, pleasure, a
responsibility and an opportunity. You
are invited to worship with US. Com
munion preaching. Christian Endeavor
and Bible School at the usual hours.
Your presence will help you and en-
courage others. A cordial welcome
awaits you.
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Fred A, Case returned from Portland
last week after spending some time in
the metropolis receiving treatments
His Heppner friends viii be glad to
learn that his condition has greatly inn
proved.