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PAGE EIGHT HEPPNKR GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOV. 7, 1929. TODAY ana Tomorrow By FRANK PARKER STOCKBRIDGE Speculation Prices of securities on the Stock Exchange are now from 30 to 50 per cent lower than they were a month ago. The Federal Reserve Banks have reduced their rate of rediscount Those events are the beginning of a period of economic readjustment in America. For four years the prices of stocks have been running wild. Twenty-two million persons. Wall Street estim ates, were infected with the delu sion that money can be got honestly without working for it Now their money is in the hands of gentlemen who had no such delusions, and the losers are going back to work. It is hard to sympathize with the amateur stock-market gambler even if he has lost his life's savings In speculating on margin. The same ones will do the same thing again when the next "bull" movement starts. In the long run the realities of business, the actual earnings of industry, determine stock prices. The speculating public does not be lieve that and never will. Ford Far more Important to the nation at large than the drop in stock prices is the reduction of the price of Ford cars. Henry will pick up tens of thou sands of customers who would have bought bigger, if not better, cars If they had cashed in their paper prof its in Wall Street But he will also sell some hundreds of thousands of cars to folk who have worked for every dollar they have, and to whom the difference of twenty-five or fifty dollars in price means the difference between buying a new car or run ning the aid one another year. "Every time I cut the price," he told me, "I uncover a new layer of buyers." The Ford Motor company has no stockholders among the speculating public. If it had, Ford cars would cost more than they do. "Stockhold ers- are a nuisance, Mr. Ford once said to me. 'They don't think about anything but dividends. I don't care about dividends; I want to use the profits of the business to make cars better and cheaper. Russia Immense crowds flocked to Cur- tiss Field to welcome the Russian airplane which is flying around the world. It surprised many good Am ericans to discover that any Rus sians even knew how to fly! People have forgotten that before the Eu ropean war the largest airplane ever constructed, the only one em bodying many of the modern engin eering principles now in general use, was built in Moscow by a Russian engineer named Sikorsky, who is now building planes in America. Because bloodshed and destruc tion the more sensational than peaceful progress and construction, we hear that sort of news from Russia and do not hear of the Im mense materia strides which that enormous nation is making In in dustry and agriculture. Whether the present experiments in govern ment in Russia will succeed or will be succeeded by some other form, nobody, not even the most Intelli gent "Reds," will venture to pre dict It took France nearly ninety years, after the Revolution of 1789, to get down to a stable government al basis, trying several different methods in that period. The one prediction that can be made about Russia is that Its people will never return to the old, tyrranlcal Czarlst system. Meantime, Russia Is Americaniz ing its industrial methods, import ing engineers and advisers as well as machinery and materials from the United States, striving to lift its immense hordes of peasants out of their semi-barbarous state by making them want things which they can only get by changing their whole scheme of life. That is what civilization means. the multiplication of human wants and the discovery of means of satis fying them. Russia is starting on tne road to civilization. Aviation One hundred and sixty-nine pas sengers new in a single airplane over Lake Constance. Germany, for bidden by the Treaty of Versailles to build military aircraft has out stripped the jle world in both commercial planes and dirigibles. Armstrong, American engineer, is actually going ahead with his anch ored floating islands in the Atlantic to provide landing stages for ocean flyers. Look for regular air lines between Europe and America in another five or perhaps ten years. And look for Uie largest und fastest of them to bear the flag of the German repub lic. Perhaps, now that the Stock Mar ket debacle is over, the big capital ists of the United States will invest more of their funds in the develop ment of commercial aircraft to compete with the Germans. So far practically all of our Important fly ing developments have been paid for by the Government Aviation will not become , a business, and cargo and passenger carrying by air will never be efficiently done, un til private capital is invested in it as it is in the railroads. Shares in the best aviation com panies, bought not as speculations for a quick turn but as investments to put away for future Income, ought to be good things to buy. yiHIIIMIIIIIIIHIttlllMIMMIIIIIIIIIIlMtllllllllllimtlllllllllik FISH AND GAME 1 ACTIVITIES f I aeleased by the Oregon Stat Same E Sommlidon, Oregon Bldf., Portland i s iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMimtiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiimiiiiin Whether game wardens were more observant or law violators more bold is a mooted question but none the less the records of the state game commission disclose that during the fiscal year ending Sep tember 30, 1929, there were 69 more arrests than during the prior year. As a result of the increased number of arrests the game protection fund was increased approximately $4,000 over last year; this through fines levied by justices of peace of var ious counties. Carl Pardey, of Canby, was fined fifty dollars and costs in Clackamas county last week for trapping with out a license. His arrest was made by deputy game wardens from the Portland office of the commission. Fifteen of his traps found along the Willamette river between Canby and Aurora were confiscated. Had he been successful in eluding the wardens and catching muskrats and other fur bearing animals he would have been unable to obtain good prices for the skins as the weather has not been sufficiently cold to make them prime. The trapping season will open December 1. Bass, crapples and catfish, salvag ed from the sloughs of the Willam ette and Columbia rivers, by the state game commission have re cently been distributed as follows: Mill Pond, Mill creek, Clackamas county, 8,000; Mill pond, Oregon American Lumber company, Ver- nonla 8,000; Reynolds lake, Benton county 6,000; Devils lake, Lincoln county 15,000; Sunset lake, Clatsop county 15,000; Smith lake, Clatsop county 20,000. Large plantings of rainbow trout were made in lakes and streams of Lake county, by the hatchery de partment of the state game commis sion, during tne last week as fol lows: Dog lake 80,000, Dead Horse creek 45,000, Dreuss creek 45,000, south fork Deep creek 45,000, Drake creek 35,000, Mud creek 35,000, Twenty Mile creek 35,000, Blue lake 4,500, Shewacan river 40,000, Honey creek 6,000, Anna river 45,000, Deep creek 45,000. The fish "Pullman" of the hatch ery department of the state game commission is planting this week from the Bandon hatchery. Streams and lakes of Coos and Curry county will be planted. When Matt Ryckman, superin tendent of hatcheries of the game commission speaks of eggs he means fish eggs and not hen eggs. Telephone operators Bhould under stand this. A short time ago Mr. Ryckman was called to telephone a message to his men at Diamond lake. It was necessary to relay the message through a southern Oregon station. "Send five million eggs to Such and Such. Send two million eggs "What!" cut in the operator. Mr. Ryckman repeated the mes sage. "You don't mean millions do you?" inquired the surprised oper ator. "You mean dozens, don't you?" "Sister I mean just what I say millions," replied Mr. Ryckman. "I'm talking about fish eggs not the hen house variety." "Oh!" During the past year the hatchery kCIEUEEItf-GMBD " f NotO: v Scroon-oric Ivdq I radio voi i aro nnf qottinq thQ latest and I greatest dovQlqomont m in mr in l 1 Ask U N EQUALED for f idolity, purity and depth-tho highest troWo to the lowest . bass. - anvcomoGtent Hoar it and bo convinced Phone 172 CITY GARAGE Heppner,Ore. Call lor free demonstration in your home department of the state game com mission salvaged 2,907,680 crapples, bass and cat fish from the Columbia river sloughs and distributed them to various sections of Oregon. ADDITIONAL BOA RDM AN. Miss Gladys Wilson and Bethmyrl Miller spent the Armistice holiday with their parents. Both attend the normal at La Grande. Miss Francis Spike went to her home at Echo over the week-end. Mrs. Glen Hadley left Tuesday for Monument for a visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Blckford and Mrs P. L. Hedgren of La Grande were house guests at the Howard Bates home. Mr. and Mrs. Bates have moved to the John Brlce ranch. Mrs. Waite has gone to Portland for a few days. She is the wife of the station agent at Boardman. Mrs. Guy Barlow Is under the weather this week. Mr. Wilkins, who lives on the Frank Otto place, sold his lease to Mr.' Simmons of Centralia, Wash., who has moved there. Miss Irma Broyles who is study ing at the chiropractic college in Portland was home for the week end. Armistice Day passed w ithout any particular observance other than the stores being closed. Most of Boardman was lined up at the pro cession at Hermiston, waiting their turn to market their turkeys. W O. King who has had several severe fainting spells spent his va cation in Portland, having a thor ough examination and diagnosis. It is thought the physician has locat ed his trouble and that he will get better. He was quite ill on Tues day of last week and spent a day or so at the Hermiston hospital. Mrs. King accompanied him to Portland. The Home Economics club met Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Duggan with Mrs. Nick Faler as sistant hostess. A lovely luncheon was served followed by a business meeting. W. H. Walpole and Mr. Glasgow of Irrigon were candidates for the office of director of this water dis trict of the West Extension, and Mr. Glasgow received the majority of votes and was elected. Messrs. Myers, Broyles and Humphrey were members of the election board. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley 'Campbell and daughter were guests Sunday at the F. A. Fortier home. A lovely dinner was enjoyed. Mrs. Machan is pleased to have her sister with her from Nebraska Ray Barlow left Tuesday for Quinton to work as relief operator for a time. The missionary meeting will be' held next Wednesday at the church instead of at Mrs. Wlcklander's as first planned. Everyone invited. Miss Lillian Brlce spent her vaca tion at Kinzua near Condon. She attends normal at La Grande. 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