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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOV. 15, 1928. PAGE FIVE Just Waiting for the Door To Open By Albert T. RdT ii 1 1 rr i i - i ih r, , l i . . By Arthur Brisbane The Greatest News. Fifteen Billions Over. Religious Idealism. English Justice. OREGON LIVESTOCK & RANGE REPORT started. No Indication of much win ter range. Good demand for all kinds of sheep and cattle. Cattle mostly all sold and driven out to feed. No restocking on account of high prices of stock and feed. Klamath County: No sheep on range here now. Fall and winter range rather short Desert sheep range about 75 per cent of normal. Plenty of hay and grain. Stock cat tle in demand but none for sale. Demand for old and young ewes slow at $8-$12. Fall movement of cattle not as large as usual. About 50 per cent ewes being sold. Lake County: Desert ranges fair but no water. Plenty of feed and stock in good shape. Nearly all hay now sold around $9.00 per ton. Few cattle changing bands but prices high and good demand. Lake coun ty prosperous on account of being well stocked with both cattle and sheep. Morrow County: Rain is needed very badly In this district Umatilla County: Hay scarce at any price. Union County: Plenty of hay. Fall marketing heavy. Good de mand for sheep and stock cattle at good prices. Wallowa County: Sheep and lambs 5-10 pounds light on account of dry range. " Wasco County: Lambs this sea on one to three-fourths lbs. heavier than last year. Wheeler County: No green grass. Just about hay enough to go around, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agriculture Economics and Oregon Agricultural College Extension Service, Cooperating. The most Important news In the world has nothing to do with the election, or the Intelligence of the modern "flapper" highly prized by educational authorities. The year's important news tells of a giant tel ecope, with a 200-inch mirror that will reveal to the eyes of men hun dreds of million of new stars and distant "universes." AnDalllnfir to man's feeble intel lect is a thin instrument that will bring within reach of our eyes the light of nebulae In a far off uni verse, light that has been traveling through space one billion years, at a speed of 186,000 miles a second. Mr. Raskob, a brilliantly able business man, said, probably out of politeness to please political asso ciates, that our prosperity is not genuine. The General Motors Com pany, for which he has done good work, seems not to share his opin ion, judging by the price of Its stock and the size of Its earnings. Mr. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury, thinks our prosperity Is sound enough and so do others of financial ability. Mr. Frederick Ecker, Vice-President of the Metropolitan Life In surance Company, says the main element in prosperity is the wage earner's "back log." Workers In this country earn about ONE HUNDRED BILLION dollars a year. There Is a good deal of extrava gance and waste, but In spite of that not more than 85 per cent of the earnings is spent This means that the people earn each year FIF TEEN BILLIONS more than they Bpend. Every year, after paying their living expenses, the people have left over fifteen thousand million dol lars, 60 per cent more than the gi gantic sum lent to Europe in the war by this country. This "social surplus" comes In EVERY YEAR. That is a substantial "back log" to keep tho prosperity fires burn ing. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., in mem ory of his mother gives to the Uni versity of Chicago $1,000,000 "to promote the religious Idealism of Btudents of the university," Those, unfortunately numerous, that do exist WITHOUT religious idealism, never lifting their eyes fmm tha crrminri tn contcmnlate and question the heavens and the glory that tney declare, are hkb u um living In Plato's cave, their backs to the light knowing only shadows on the walls. Young Mr. Chung Jl-mlao, Chi nese law student, married Wai Jung Sul, daughter of a rich merchant took hor to England and there mur dered her. Mr. Chung made his mistake when he went to England. They will hang htm in a few days, in spite of his Ingenious story, about mysterious Oriental assassins com mitting the crime. In England when you kill any body, they hang you without loss of time, excuses and explanations are not accepted. It Is In this coun try that murderers in great num- Corvallis, Oregon, November 12. RANGE: Normal starting of grass over most of the state has been de layed by lack of rains. Feeding will start a little earlier than usual. Most of the stock In Southern Ore gon has been moved from summer ranges to fall pastures earlier in the season than usual. Prospects of shortage of pasture throughout the range districts are evident CATTLE: Despite the long dry range period cattle are generally reported in almost normal condi tion throughout the state and in better relative condition than sheep. SHEEP: Oregon Iambs are gen erally running a little light this sea son and are mostly shipped out of the state. Some reports show lambs five to ten pounds lighter than last year. Comments from Livestock Condi tion Reports, November 1. Baker County: Cattle men sell ing close. Plenty of hay. Demand for Bheep light, but good for young breeding ewes. Demand for stock cattle good. Crook County: No green grass, this range very dry. Cattle have been sold off very close. No re stocking of cattle. Owing to dry bers go free, and even those caught and convicted hvae two or three years to think it over. In the big war, when airplanes raided London and Paris, the in habitants were warned by the noise of the engines. They will not be warned in the next war, for a de vice is shown making an airplane engine absolutely noiseless. season lambs were light and ewes not In as good condition as last year. Plenty of hay for the winter and some will be left over. Deschutes County: Surplus of al falfa hay. Lively demand for feed er lambs and steers. Cattle prices higher than during World War. Douglas County: Recent rains have freshened pastures, grass growing rapidly. Stock of all kinds improving. Plenty of hay, cattle very scarce. Strong demand for ewes. Gilliam County: Grass reported good in lower mountains but not making good growth in lower places. Hay crop about one half of normal. No cattle changing hands. Good aged ewes $7-$6, old ewes $5 $6, young ewes $14. " Grant County: Hay supply slight ly below normal. Price $10.00 now and advancing. Fall and winter range 50 per cent of normal. Not much local demand for stock be cause of hay situation. Young ewes $15-$15 but not much demand for old ewes. General fall market brisk. Harney County: Ample hay sup ply for all local demands. Range unusually dry and cattle shrinking pretty fast No green feed at all. Demand for cattle weaker than a month ago. Jackson County: Range very dry, sheep and cattle brought off range and put on irrigated pastures. Plen ty of hay. Good demand for old and young ewes. Little demand for stock cattle but big demand for feeder steers at $10410.50 and dry cows at $9.00. Josephine County: Big shortage of hay, poor crops. Grass hasn't Quality Service When that phone order is received here, it is promptly filled with QUALITY merchandise In the city you get it on the very first delivery. That's why we say "Quality Service" PHELPS Grocery Co. "THE HOME OF GOOD EATS" Phone Main 53 We Del iver When the Appetite Lags- Eat Shell Fish Oysters, Clams, Crabs prepared here as you like them or you may buy them IN BULK ELKHORN RESTAURANT ED CHINN, Prop. price $3-$5 higher than last year. Especially young or very old stuff not doing well. Some horses dying. Demand for old ewes has been very active this fall. Stock cut Ho scarce here. Jefferson County: Hay a little short Range very dry. Sheep and cattle in big demand. Ewes holding their own on dry feed but lambs shrinking. Will have to commence feeding as soon as rain begins as dry feed will then be spoiled. RHEA CREEK. Ray Wright is enlarging his sheep shed this fall. Grangers, please don't forget our party Saturday, Nov. 17, when we will auction three cakes to raise funds for buying the Christmas can dy, and all orders to be put In the candy pool for home Christmas can dy must be in by then. The Grange hall has received a new coat of paint and looks real nice. Anyone wishing to see the Grange hope chest may see It by calling at Clyde Wright's after November 2a Mr. and Mrs. Guy Huston are home after going to the stock show last week. Floyd Adams is installing a new radio. Workman (to mate, who has fall en down deep well): "You stop where you are, Bill. I'll run an' fetch a rope!" There's still time to give mother this range for Christmas f The new 1929 model Hotpoint electric rangt We can install it for Christmas day! j 1 TVTONT this beautiful modern range look fine in Pay dOWn Ollly W Mother's kitchen? Give her the pleasure of better cooking, easier cooking, a cool summer Kit chen and fewer kitchen hours. Every convenience is included . . . automatic heat control, (only the timer is extra), 3 -cup percolator, smokeless broiler pan, condiment set, kitchen clock, and utility drawer. And every range ordered in the next few days we can install for Christmas! This is just the time to give Mother a modern range. 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