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The economists have been busy getting out their forecasts
of future business activity. They think that the spring decline
will be very moderate—that it will be less than was forecast a
few months back. Prices, they say. will hold firm, production
will sag but slightly, and sales will be good.
So far as security values are concerned, most of the econotn-
ists frankly say they don’t know, practically all of them think
the stock market is going counter to what should be the trend,
and is not at this time acting as a reliable barometer of business
conditions and prospects. They expect relatively little change in
the prices of grade A bonds.
It is an old theory that an election year is a bad business
year, but some doubt that will be the ease in 1940. They expect
no unlooked for political complications.
mn •
Of late, the business index has been close to 13(1—100 is the
1923-25 normal. This index, of course, considers production only,
and takes no notice of prfits or security prices. While gross
profits have been rising, net profits are not compatable to pie-
.lepression earnings, due to higher tax. labor and other business
costs. Exceptions to this are found in a few industries, such as
aircraft.
presented the first of a series of
plays before the club.
The' camp cooking club cockl'd
their first meal, Wednesday.
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Eight lxx>ks were received from
the bindery this last week. Some
of the most interesting are: “The
Sea Hawk,” “Sand.” and “The
Rosal Road to Romance.”
Miss Crabb«* recently ordered a
new Ixx'k called “City of Bella,“
by Elizala'th Goudge.
Other new txioks are: On«' for
consumers’ education called “Skin
Deep:” a book on archery: two
costume hooks, one «»n American
costumes, the other on all types
of costumes, including patterns;
Personality Preferred.” a txrok
on personality for girls; another
copy of “Designing Women;”
“Other People's Houses.” by Mar­
jorie Biar.co; "Daniel Boone" by
James Dougherty.
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B R IE F S
The Forest Grove contest music
was received last week. Miss
Jelinek plans to enter the boys’
quartet, girls’ trio, mixixl chorus,
girls’ chorus and two soloists in
the contest which will be held
April 26 and 27. Practice is to be­
gin immediately after the operet­
ta presentation.
Charles Keaney, a Portland a rt­
ist. has loaned several linoleum
blocks prints to the art club this
week. Some of the prints are ones
he had on exhibit at the New
York world's fair. The art club
selected six to display in the hall
show case. They plan on making
sketches of them to post in the
new library.
Elmer Hendricks, senior, has
not yet returned to school after
the illness of two weeks. This is
the third severe illness Elmer has
suffered since before Christmas.
TEACHING ISMS
Election of officers for the sec­
ond semester was held by the
For more than twenty years Americans have heard all French club, Friday, February 2.
kinds of isms and crackpot theories advanced to bring us a state Officers elected were: President.
of Utopia. Those who have advocated communism, nazism and Velma Wilson; vice president.
Bill Earl; secretary, J i m m y
fascism have taken the subtle means f getting these ideals be­ Blickle.
fore university and college students, with the thought ot e\en- Miss Deal recently sent away
tually substituting our democracy for some sort of ism ami now an order for a group of G.A.A.
these agitators are accused of invading the common school. pins. Those receiving the pins
have at least ten points. The
How much truth or falsity to the various charges that are being must
pins have a shield with the let­
made against the radical element the average citizen has no.vnj ters. G.A.A.. on them and the year
of knowing. But it is common knowledge that some of the insti­ of graduation.
tutions of higher learning have long taught communism and.so­ Mr. Gilchrist, advisor of the
and officers attended a I^ane
cialism and atheism. This teaching of course is having its effect Hi-y.
County conference Sunday. Feb­
and i t ’s making many parents wonder if it is worth while to ru a ry 4. and plans w ere laid for
send their son or daughter tto the institution of higher learning a Lane county Hi-y convention at
if all that they are to learn is some new ism or to advocate a Eugene. March 30. The Cottage
Grove chapter has charge of the
substitute for our democratic form of government.
attendance and induction cere­
It would be interesting to know how long an agitator for mony.
democracy would hist in the so-called dictator nations without
landing in a concentration camp, probably about twenty-four
hours, if he had good luck and was able to avoid the secret po­
lice.
Start the Day Right
"There are thousands and thou­
sands of chillren in American
schools whose lethargy in class
and on the playgrounds can be di­
rectly attributed to the fact that
they have not had a decent break­
fast. or a decent supper the night
before." is a statement made by a
Grover?. Sims’ 6 points was high leading nutritionist.
for the CCC boys.
This subject of breakfasts is a
• • •
challenging problem to the home­
Colds Hit Attendance
maker who looks after the diet of
(MARCIA BRUND. Editor)
The
present
epidemic
of
colds
her family. Every morning she
Father Leipzig Addresses
has increased our school's absen­ meets this same problem which is.
Students.
“In a loss there is a win, if tak­ tee list a considerable amount in briefly, to serve a breakfast that
en in a sportsman-like and manly the past two weeks between Mon­ is both tempting and adequate
manner.” stated Father Leipzig in day, January 29. and Tuesday. and to see to it that the family
the Hi-y assembly Friday. Febru­ February 13. On Monday of the takes time to eat it.
ary 9. He urged the students to first week. 45 were absent; Tues­ Because breakfast is usually the
take advantage of the opportuni­ day. 40: Wednesday, no one came lightest meal of the day it often
to school because the teachers gets the least attention. Although
ties given them in school life.
“A boy or girl who has not were at the institute: Thursday, it may be the lightest meal it is
probably the most important be­
learned to apply his mind to 47: Friday. 46: Monday of the sec­ cause
it follows the long stretch
ond
week".
51:
Tuesday.
50:
Wed­
studying is losing his finest years
of fundamental learning." he de­ nesday. 55; Thursday. 54; Friday, of resting hours during which
there has been no food intake.
49.
clared. He said students can not 56. and Monday.
• • •
The body Ls at a low point of food
draw back the curtain of the fu­
fatigue in the morning and only
Debating Team Meets
ture and see what lies ahead.
by
consideration of replacing this
The
debating
team
met
Thurs­
“You are carving your future day
by day in the school work," he day night at the school house to need—by eating breakfast — can
organize their speeches. They plan the efficiency of "doing” be at its
continued.
We have freedom of speech, to meet Roseburg in the early best.
An adequate breakfast, accord­
freedom of thought and freedom part of March. Needed literature
of religion,” was one point of pa­ will be sent for at Oregon state ing to nutritionists, is one that
triotism brought out by Father library. The debate question is: satisfies the appetite at the time
Leipzig in honor of Lincoln's “Resolved that the federal gov­ it's eaten and "stays by” the eater
lunch time. For an adult who
birthday. In closing, he stated ernment should own and operate untl
United States." is up early and has a light lunch,
that through love, hope and pray­ railroads of the
• • •
breakfast "should furnish from one-
er, Lincoln had saved our govern­
fourth to one-third of the day’s
To
Make
Puppets
.
ment.
food needs. For children, it usually
The
Latin
class
was
entertain­
Bill Spies, president of the Hi-y
is best to divide the food require­
announced officers of the organ­ ed Friday with a talk by Mrs. ments of the day fairly evenly
ization as follows: Jimmy Blickle. Anna Rissue on the art of making among three meals.
vice president; Dick Smith, secre­ puppets. She explained how to The morning meal, for pre­
tary; Harry Sturges. treasurer, model heads from papermache, the school and school children and for
and Vinal Randall, sergeant-at- making of clay models and the adults alike, sets the pitch for the
caning of the bodies from wood.
arms.
whole day. Without exception it
Two patriotic songs. "America” To the delight of the students. is the family that is well break­
Mrs.
Rissue
brought
her
puppet
and "God Bless America," were
fasted that sets the tune for the
sung by the student body and the Pinocchio to show how a finished world.
flag salute was given, led by doll looks. The class decided to The mainstay of most adequate
work on clay heads and when
Harry Sturges.
• • •
satisfied with a model, accept breakfasts is a cereal dish. And
Mrs. Rissue’s offer to help with even when served morning after
FFA Quintet Wins.
the
The puppets the morning, it need not be nonot-
A surprisingly powerful Cot­ class papiermache.
going to make will be onous. One day it may be plain
tage Grove F.F.A. quintet pulled Roman are characters
will dem­ with cream and sugar if desired.
one out of the bag when they onstrate Roman and
customs
and Another morning cooked in milk
edged out the Brice Creek CCC
with fresh or stewed dried fruits
dress.
team 31-30 Wednesday night in
added it becomes a different dish.
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the Walker gym.
Here is a version of a cereal
Basketball Squad Entertained
The Grovers jumped to an early
dish that should appeal to your
The
basketball
squad
was
en­
family because it is a bit differ­
lead and held it throughout the
by the Boosters club at ent:
first half. In the second half the tertained
dinner. Friday evening at
Place washed cored apples
OCC quintet closed the gap and a the 6:30
Palace
cafe. Mr. Beghtol gsv?
in
baking dishes.
went ahead for a short lead only a short speech
on basketball «;nd Fill individual
to go down to defeat before the the team's progress.
wth cooked cereal; sur­
The
rest
of
heads-up Grove team who would the evening was spent in listening round with m o r e cereal;
sprinkle with brown sugar
not be denied.
to the prize fight.
and bake in a moderate oven
Ray H o l l i d a y , sharpshooting
• • •
(350 degrees) for thirty min­
guard, set the pace for the Grov­ The activities of home rooms
utes. until tender. Served with
ers with 11 points, followed by were varied this week.
cream.
Decker, forward, with 8 counters.
Three of the freshmen rooms
Fusilies. who topped the eve­ met for group singing.
( uw d els Production Mark
ning's scoring parade with 13 The pep club girls made plans
f i i i ’O' rne Alice A lcana a Hoi
points, led the losers.
to march during the half at the J «•« r» r«iw ■ wned by an Om..r:o
The Cottage Grove seconds, dis­ Junction City game here. Friday. I - c r produced 85.460 pounds <1
The Commercial club visited the
playing a tight zone defense, eked
i SR 6 pounds ol butter in
out a 10 to 8 victory over the telephone office down town Wed­
'ting a new world rec
Brice Creek seconds. Ralph Holli­ nesday of last week.
vear-cld cows
A group of the dramatics club
day garnered 5 points to top the
It will rest largely with the editors of this country to
awaken the people to an understanding of the loss of individual
opportunity they face unless the socialistic trend here is headed
off and a democracy perpetuated which will encourage and pro-
tect private initiative and enterprise.
HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
1940 Motorlog: D ow n Three Fla,
♦
BY ARDEN X. PANGBORN
M a n a s ln s
K -llli-r,
IT CAME
Ion—
Th»
O regonian
about in this fash '
R ay C o nw ay, the genial and
effervescent m anager of the
Oregon S tale M otor association,
found h im self a com fo rtab le
spot on the corner of the deak,
and. w ith o u t w arn in g , popped
the fo llo w in g que lion
“ Do yon know that Los A n
geles. C al., is east o f Reno.
N ev
As a m a tte r of fuel, we d id n 't
know W e alw ays thought of it
as being west of not «inly Reno
but P ortland, as w e ll -w h ich
it tsn t
W hereupon the genial and
effervescent M r C onw ay pro­
ceeded: “ l ’o you know there
w ill lie a Rose H ow l game in
Los Angeles on N ew Y ear's
I
Day’ "
T h is was one we did know
Also, we knew that the raein {
season ai Santa A n ita w ould
open on Decem ber 30 Hence
we w ere stran : *l.v Interested
when tlie genial am i efferves­
cent M r C outlined his idea •
an id« a w hich resulted in the
m otor association's w h ite Ira« el ,
developm ent car d ep artin g a l
very few days Inter on a m otor
log tou r to Los An-'eles hv w ay
of the V n o ln iti - "lit o ff and ill-
T h ree FI • s h r wav
F or year» Oregon and Wash­
ington motorists have used the
b ea u tifu l Coa t h ig h w ay, and
the d n eet Pacific h ig h w ay io
O n . ot t h . m ost p ic tu r e sq u . «ttraction s in
V a lley
C a lifo rn ia
both excellen t a r ­
Î . ( h . p a la tia l d .s c rt c a s ti, of D eath V a lle y S c o tty .
teries and rich in scenic beauty.
O n ly recently has the route
for i u i i i «* ••( tin? high
H ut Springs on the first night «if
covered on the p r » nt tou r be
j
points
along
the way
come at all w e ll know n
the trip .
Reno itself, long kn o w n us
C ooper pointed nut the far-
O ne of tti • most a ctive fig u re
in b rin g in g this rout«' to public tors that were to iniprea* us Uie divorce cap ital of A m erica ,
atten tio n has been Forrest E. increasingly as we proceeded is a liv e w ith color —the reck
less gaiety of it* people. It*
_that this is a high, traig h t
C ooper of L a k e v ie w O r an en
ergetic and tireless enthusiast j lin e ro u te, free of fog and rich b ea u tifu l homes, it* gam blin g
for the T h re e Flags h ig h w ay, in scenic and historic Interest. h<»iis« ' Located in u high bow l
We found the highw ays broad, In th«- Sierras, Ren«» is id e ally
w ith whom the tou r p a rty
i on
sisting of M r and Mrs. Earl level and fast T h ey stretch in situated as a point from which
to visit an n e of the in«»»t ma t
S n e ll, and the Pangborn
- pent seem ingly endless s t r a i g h t
nificent scenic point* in the
a pleasant hour at the H unter's awavs (except for one b rief ec
tion in n o rth e rn C a lifo rn ia !, they west, including L a k e Tahoe
and lessen V olcanic national
are free fro m any great mov«'
merit of tra ffic and from ol» « r I park
tra ffic hnznrds Th ey unfold an
F o rty -fiv e minute.« from Ren«»
endle
and un fo rg ettab le pan«»
is historic V irg in ia C ity , home
ram a of m agnificent snow clad of the fabulous Comstock lode,
m ountains. I n t e r e s t i n g hot the m ine which produce«! hun
springs, jew’e l-lik e lake- and col­ dreds of m illio n s of d o lla r*
j In m in eral w ealth, and w hich
o rfu l desert
This was the way the motor- is credited by m any econom ist*
log ear scheduled Its trip .
1 w ith having been a v ita l (actor
though an alm ost in fin ite v a ­ in w in n in g for the no rth In the
rie ty of changes is p ossib le
c iv il w a r «
F irs t d nv— P o rtlan d to Lake-
S o u th of R e n o th e h ig h w a y
v ie w , 373 m iles, nine hours’ s w in g * b a rk in to C a lifo r n ia .
d riv in g tim e
I circlin g the base ot M ount W hit
Second «lay — L ak e v ie w t o I ney. the highest point in con
Reno. 280 m iles, seven hours I tin en tal U nited States From it»
T h ird D a y - Reno to Death
peak ot 14.496 feet, it Is a mat
V a lle y 322 m iles, eight hours
ter of hut a few hour» d riv e to
F o u rth d a y — D eath V a lle y to Death V a lle y , w here at Bad
Los Angeles. 309 miles
even w a te r, the earth reaches it*
hours.
lowest point in the U n ited
T h e ro u te takes in A lturas, S tates 779 6 feet bel»»w
ee
home of the A ltu ras round up.
level
n orthw est of w hich Is the fa ­
F irst roads through D eath Va«
mous L a v a Beds national mon
ley. which is fro m 6 to 20 mil«
um ent It takes in Reno, w here
n w idth and 1 50 m ile * in length
wc enjoyed the hospitality o '
vere b u ilt In the eighties, and
Reno’s nctive cham ber of con
-ver them the famous "T w en ty
m erce. and o f O W NichoR
lu le Teams" d re w th e ir wagon
m anager of R eno’s b eau tlfi
-ads of Ixirax from the desert
R iverside hotel It takes in tl
he mines are now idle and the
In yo-M ono recreational s p ­
m lng t o w n s — Panam int.
in the h eart o f which is Bish«-
kidoo. H arrisb u rg , K eane Won
w here w e had lunch w ith Ri
•r and I« rad fle ld — are mer«-
op R o tary and enjoyed a bri
i«»st camp*
visit w ith R obert L
Brow«
Leaving D eath V a lle y , the
execu tive
secretary of t h
ghway
gain are straig h t and
In yo-M o no association, and J
tat
thro
rh
B ak er. B arstow ,
seph
R
ile
y
.
R
o
tary
preside-
T h . routa of th . motorlog
/ic tn rv ill« San B ern a rd in o and
’ t takes in — as a short side t-
party «town the Three F ise-
• nto Ixi<
-«'les
’ -'-««•nflarv Death V a lle y
Lumber Facts
BRITISH DRIVE WITH
COAL OAH
pipe stems, judging from a com­
munication from a large pipe
manufacturing company received
by Director J. I). Mickle of the
state department of agriculture.
The query wanted to know If
small pii'ces of cherry wood were
available in quantity in this state.
English motorists are installing
SEATTLE. Washington. — The coal-burning, gas-producing units
weekly average of West Coast on the rear of their cars because
lumber production in January (5 of gasoline shortage caused by
weeks) was 123.553,000 board feet, war conditions. After lighting th«'
or 62.7 per cent of the weekly fire, the motorist waits a short
average for 1926-1929. the indus­ time for the burning coal to pro­ At 30 miles an hour, six car
try’s years ot highest capacity duce gas that operates the motor. lengths is a safe distance to keep
realization. Orders averaged 131,-
between your car and the one
169.000 b. f.; shipments, 120,155,- CHERRY WOOD FOR P IP E S ahead, according to the Oregon
000. Weekly averages for Decem­
State Motor Association. At 60,
ber were: production, 118.168,000 Oregon cherry t r e e twigs or 15 car lengths is the safe distance.
b. f. (60.0 per cent of the h.e.r. in­ small wood may be converted into
dex); orders, 115,644,000; ship­
ments, 113,489,000.
For 5 weeks of 1940. cumula­
tive production, 617.767,000 b.f.;
same period, 1939 — 554.418.000;
1938 408.074.000.
Orders for 5 weeks of 1940
break down as follows: rail, 259,-
703,000 b.f.; domestic cargo, 270,-
160.000; export, 27,590,000; local,
98.394,000.
The industry’s unfilled order
file stood at 507,261.000 b.f. at the
Whether you plan a modest or an
end of January; gross stocks, at
953.000.000.
elaborate home, we have materials in
The horizon of the West Coast
lumber market darkened during
a price range to fit your needs.
January, with the pressure of a
continuing decline of general busi­
ness throughout the country, and
If it’s a repair job, you can protect
the diminishing supply of shipping
space for the industry’s inter­
the investment in your property at a
coastal trade. The California mar­
ket is yet drifting in the doldrums
surprisingly low cost.
that ended its short rise in No­
vember. Exports have slipped to
approximately the low level of
1938. The backwash from the tidal
wave of lumber buying in Septem­
ber has had a sustained bearish
effect on the general market situ­
Phone 100
ation. In most markets West
Coast lumber prices fell off In
January.
Building T im e
Will Soon Be Here.
OK SUPPLY CO.
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