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PAGE SIX HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1930 COUNTING UNCLE SAMUEL'S FAMILY This Is the Year When the Census Man Makes His Rounds; Ques tions He Will Ask and Why. By CALEB JOHNSON Uncle Sam will begin to count his nephews and nieces on the first of April, 1930, and this year he is go ing to find out a lot more about them than has been known before. Some time during the month of April an enumerator of the United States Census Bureau will call at every dwelling in the nation and ask the head of the family twenty four questions. Some of them might be considered impertinent if asked by a stranger, or even by a neigh bor, but the Census enumerators are under oath not to disclose any facts learned by them except in their official reports. And those re ports are not open anywhere to pub lic inspection. Like the figures in your income-tax return, they are official secrets which prying gos sips have no access to. Uncle Sam is concerned, for census purposes, only with totals and averages and not at all with individuals. But a clear picture of the people of the United States as a whole can be ob tained only by getting the facts about each individual inhabitant, to start with. For example, one of the things which it is important to know, be sides the number of persons in the United States, is the average age of our people. Is it higher or lower than it was when the last census was taken, ten years ago, and how much? This average age has been increasing steadily. But if the cen sus of 1930 should show a decline in the average age, it would be a dan ger signal, a warning to speed up public health measures, a call to investigate the cause and apply all of the resources of sanitary science toward improving and guarding the general health. So dont think it is impertinence when the census-taker asks your age! Uncle Sam wants to know, not your individual age but the av erage of all of the people. Another question the enumera tors will ask is "Who is the head of the family?" That doesn't mean what it sounds like. Uncle . Sam isn't interested as to whether the wife wears the brecehes or not, but does want to know how many men are dependent upon the earnings of their children, how many women are self-supporting. The head of the family, from the census point of view, is the one who earns the money. Whether you live on a farm or in a town, whether you are white, black, red or yellow, male or female married or unmarried, able to read and write, where you were born and where your parents were born when you came to America if you are an immigrant, what your native language was and whether you can speak English are questions the rea- sons for which are clear enough, On the totals compiled from these answers depends, among other things, the number of persons from your native country who can be ad mitted to the United States in the next ten years. Everybody who is employed will be asked to give his trade or occu pation and the particular industry in which he or she works, or if working on his own account or as an emplyer, to say so. But a ques tion on that line this year will be: ''Are you employed now?" That is as of the first of April. There will be for the first time an accurate record of unemployment, figures on which heretofore have been largely estimates. Another new question will be whether you own your home. In a general way the proportion of home-owners has been estimated in the past, but nobody has ever had exact figures. The figures have a decided bearing on the important subject of our national prosperity. And if you do not own your home, the census man will ask you how much rent you pay. That is anoth er useful index of the size of the national bankroll. Taking the two together, the Government will be able to tell us whether home owner ship is on the increase, whether there is a demand for more individually-owned dwellings, and those facts have a bearing on the lumber industry and the production of all other building supplies, as well as on the market for all sorts of house hold equipment and furnishings. Another new census question is whether you own a radio set. Noth ing could better illustrate the speed with which new inventions take hold, once they strike the public fancy. Ten years ago, when the census of 1920 was taken, there wasn't a radio set in the world ex cept experimental ones; there was no such thing as broadcasting; no body but a few experts knew the difference between a heterodyne and a screen-grid, if any. Now look at the blamed thing! There are so many receiving sets that Uncle Sam is going to count 'em, to find out how many of his family he can talk to at once. For the first time, the census taker will ask how old you were at your first marriage. The informa tion will be more important ten years from now than it is now, be cause the second set of answers to it, in 1940, will disclose whether the average age of marriage is getting older or younger. Our grandparents married in their teens, as a rule; to day 25 is nearer the average age, in all probability. Will the young folks of the next ten years continue to postpone marriage or will they revert to the youthful marriages of their ancestors. You will be asked whether you have attended school or college t;uice last September. The figures for education have been climbing ijtcadily ever since the first census was taken. Beyond question they are still climbing, but how fast? And as a final question every one of Uncle Sam's nephews will be asked whether be has served as a soldier, sailor or marine in any war in which his country was involved. We will know for the first time Just how many veterans of each war are still living. And that will help to estimate future demands on tax payers for pensions. The census is the oldest of all our Federal bureaus, as old as Congress and the Presidential office and the judiciary, for it was set up in the Constitution itself, which requires that the inhabitants be counted every ten years. The orginal pur pose was to find out how many lived in each state in order to appor tion members of Congress among the states. That is still one of the purposes, though Congress itself has been dilatory in reapportioning its membership in proportion to population. The first census, taken in 1790, showed fewer than four million in habitants in the new nation; 3,- 929,214, to be exact. We passed the 25 million mark between 1850 and 1860; by 1880 we had almost exactly 50 million, and forty years later, in 1920, we had doubled that figure with 105,710,620 persons living in Continental United States. The Census Bureau experts have made estimates from year to year of the increase since that time, and give it as their belief that enumeration of 1930 will show between 121 and 122 million nephews and nieces of Un cle Sam. HARDMAN. Mis. Harvey Harshman and fam ily were visiting friends and rela tives in town Sunday. Victor and Alfred Lovgren were visiting in town Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. McDaniel spent the Christmas vacation vis iting their daughter, Mrs. Bud Fisk, at Arlington. Miss Cecil Stevens spent the holi days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wes Stevens. Mr. and Mrs. Max Buschke are visiting Mrs. Buschke's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Steers. Lloyd and Everett Harshman and Miss Edna Lovgren spent Sunday visiting at the home of Mrs. Walter Farrens. Mrs. Tyndal Robison was calling on friends here Saturday. Osel Inskeep of lone is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Add In skeep, this week. Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon in the I. O. O. F. hall for the late Henry Cramer. Mrs. Ethel McDaniel took her lit tle son to Hppner Monday to con sult a doctor for some trouble he has been having with his ears. Victr Johnson is quite sick at the home of G. A. Farrens, suffering a severe attack of the flu. FARM POINTERS. (O. S. A. C. Experiment Station.) Generally speaking, is requires from 15 to 20 pounds of garbage to produce one pound of pork. There is no known . method of keeping strawberries bearing year after year without resetting. Two or three years is the average prof itable period. The producing lite of commercial plantings is discuss ed in an Oregon Experiment station bulletin entitled, "Cost and Prac tices in Strawberry Production in the Willamette Valley." Oak is the best wood available in Oregon for the smoke house fire, but willow, or any of the fruit tree woods are good. As it is best to keep the temperature below 120 de grees Fahrenheit, is has been found a good practice to use some hard wood saw dust on the fire, says the experiment station. This will cause it to burn more slowly. A common way to store cured pork is to wrap it in paper and put it in a bin of oats, says the Oregon Experiment station. It may also be wrapped in paper and hung in muslin sacks in a cool room. A low bacterial count of milk is practically impossible unless all the equipment used in handling the milk, including the milk bottles, pails, strainers, coolers, and every thing else is regularly sterilized with steam or something equally good, says the Oregn Experiment station A large boiler with a false bottom will serve where other equipment is not available. IONE. (Continued from Pint Page) No show at Star Theater next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. See ad. ALPINE Miss Gertrude Tichenor, a stu dent of La Grande Normal school, 13 home during vacation visiting friends and relatives of Alpine. Miss Helen Doherty of Blackhorse has been visiting Miss Ruth Bennett over the week end. Everyone enjoyed the dance Fri day night at Doherty's. Mrs. George Lambirth was a guest of Mrs. G. L. Bennett Thurs day. The Melville, Bennett and Lam birth families were Christmas din ner guests of Mrs. Anna Schmidt. Claude Wade was a business vis itor at the G. L. Bennett ranch on Monday. Grover Sibley, Ruth Bennett, Hel en Doherty were in Pendleton Sun day evening. G. L. Bennett and Arthur Schmidt were Heppner visitors Monday. Mrs. Schmidt and son Alfred and daughter Mildred were guests at the Bennett home Sunday evening. Mrs. G. W. Lambirth and daugh ter Celatha were in Pendleton from Sunday to Tuesday. Miss Gertrude Tichenor and Wil lard Hawley were visiting Alpine school Friday. Mrs. Dan Doherty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Doherty, died Saturday at St. Anthony's hospital in Pendleton. She leaves her bus band and two children. Miss Celatha Lambirth is visiting with friends in Pendleton. Charles Hiatt and Miss Leone Hiatt of Echo are visiting the Lam birth children, Doris and Lester. Lawrence and Dorothy Doherty were absent part of this week be cause of the death of their sister. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cunha, Sr., of Echo were visiting at the Ben nett home last Sunday. HUMORETTES. Chaplain: Didn't you consider your future, young man, when you embezzled that money? Convict: Yes, sir. I put it straight into the savings bank. 'Why are you looking so fed-up? 'I bought a book called 'How to Make Love,' and now I don't know what to do." "Why?" "Well, it says you take the girl's hand, look into her eyes, and say: "I love you, Beatrice'." 'What's wrong with that?" "My girl's name is Lizzie." Registrar: But, madam, the law requires that I shall record all pre vious marriages before issuing a new license. Film Star: Good gracious! And I've got a taxi waiting outside! Broker: I have bought you 500 shares of common stock, madam. Mrs. Witzwalter: Well, I don't want them. What on earth would my friends say if they knew I'd got anything common? Husband: You accuse me of reck less extravagance. When did I ever make a useless purchase? Wife: What about that fire ex tinguisher you bought a year ago? We've never used it once. Clergyman (at the dairy): "Re- garding the milk you deliver here ' Milkman (uneasily): "Yes, sir? I just wanted to say that I use the milk for drinking and not for christening." Gerald : "Jane's very romantic, isn't she?" Gregory: "Yes, she wants every declaration of love to have a ring in it." They will return for the opening of school. t Harry Yarnall, who is one of our winter trappers, reports that he has sixty-four animals to his credit Thus far he has not made many sales, not being satisfied with the prices offered. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harbison of Eugene visited from Thursday night until Saturday with the former s parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Harbi son at their home in Morgan. Mr. and Mrs. Hal Ely and two daughters from Monmouth, spent the holiday vacation with their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Ely, on the ranch near Mor gan. George Ely and son Francis of lone were invited guests at the Christmas dinner. J. H. Young of Hood River was a dinner guest at the J. W. Howk home Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Swenson and two children and Roland Wade, all of Walla Walla, arrived the first of last week to help the E. J. Bristow family eat the Christmas turkey. Mrs. Wrex Hicock of .Portland spent last week with her parents, Mr. and Mis. S. E. Moore. The Lexington town basketball team met the lone team on the local floor Saturday evening. The final score was 22-16 in favor of Lexington. Christmas guests at the Blain Blackwell home were Mr. and Mrs. Brose Ford of Pendleton. When Mr. and Mrs. Ford returned to their home they were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Blackwell who re mained in the Umatilla county seat for a few days' visit. Mrs. Rosa Jackson informs us that on December 15 there was born to her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. La Vern Jackson of Oak land, Calif., a baby son, weighing six pounds and ten ounces. The lit tle fellow has been given the name of Clinton Grover. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson are well known here. Mrs. Earl Wright and children of Baker arrived Friday for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Grabill. Mrs. Zelma Kennedy is a house guest in the C. W. Swanson home. Mrs. Kennedy was a teacher in the lone school last year and this year is teaching in Aberdeen, Washing- ton. She came here from Helix where she had spent Christmas with her sister. Mrs. W. E. Bullard enjoyed an over-Christmas visit, with her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs, T. G. Frohn, and their daughter Al berta, from Hood River. Through relatives of the bride we learn of the marriage on December 14 of Mrs. Mary Barlow and Mr. Harris Sowers of Clearmont, Mo They were married at the home of Mrs. Sowers' niece, Mrs. P. O. Grieve at Clarinda, Iowa, and will make their horns at Clearmont Mrs. Sowers is well known here, having been a resident of Morrow county for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Sow ers have the best wishes of a host of friends in Oregon. Work was resumed last week on the Ione-Boardman road. Last week Louis Balsiger, wheat buyer for Balfour, Guthrie company, contracted for 2500 bushels of Hen- The ry Gorger's next year's crop. price paid was $1.10. Mrs. Chas. Battersby has as guests her mother, Mrs. Chas. An derson, and her sister. Miss Mildred Anderson, whose home is in Portland. HOME POINTERS. Home Economics Department, O S.A.C. Baking powder biscuits, if placed in a cool place and covered with a very thin wet cloth to prevent a crust forming, can be allowed to stand an hour or two before baking without Injury. Too much beating is one of the most common causes of poor muf fins. Baking powder biscuits, on the other hand, are often not mixed as much as would be desirable for the best texture. A perfect fudge frosting is us ually considered as one that is just stiff enough to stay where it Is spread, is not sticky to handle, and cuts easily without cracking. The texture is smooth and creamy like the center in a good grade of choco late cream, and the flavor is well blended. Most frostlngs have a smoother grain If allowed to cool before beat ing. Those in which brown sugar and a large amount of butter and cream are used may be beaten while hot, without spoiling the texture. No show at Star Theater next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. See ad. Charles Klinger of Lexington came to Heppner today to attend to business matters. C. Melville, Alpine ranchman, is looking after business here today. WANTS Beautiful two-tone and velvet rugs made from your old rug ma terial. Call rug man, Heppner Ho tel. A new and modern way to make rugs. For Sate Guernsey bull, from Wightman herd. E. A. Kelley, Lex ington. 39-41p. Is your hot water HOT? If not call Gibb the plumber, Peoples Hardware Co., phone 702, residence phone 1412. No job too big or too small. Prompt attention to all calls. LOST One young roan cow. Three heifers, branded F (back wards) W connected on hip. Crop o ffleft ear. One heifer might not be branded. Suitable reward offer ed. Frank Wilkinson, Heppner. tf. For Sate Creek ranch of 810 ac res, fine for dairying or sheep. 300 acres fenced sheep-tight, balance fairly well fenced with sheep wire; private Irrigating ditch; 30 acres set to alfalfa; few fruit trees; good barn, 4-room dwelling with running water in house, out buildings; situ ated on Rhea creek, on good road, 13 miles from town. Address Box 43, Heppner. 28tf. For Sale Milk cows and bred heifers. R. B. Wilcox, Lexington, Oregon. 31tf. Orders for flowers direct from the growers at figures less than you can buy direct Case Furniture Com pany, gcowers agent Btf. For Sale Second hand heating stove, wood burner, good condition. Inquire at Patterson & Son. 36tf. WANTED ! Experienced Sales Person (Man or Woman) Pleasant and dignified work exceptional remunera- with tion. Warde Johnson PORTRAITS BY PHOTOGRAPHY Studio, Heppner Hotel llllilll iiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Thank You! miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiimiiiiii We take this opportunity to thank our many cus tomers for their patron age during the past year and wish for them much happiness during the New Year. iiiiiiiiimiiiiiiimiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii TEE Heppner Planing Mill and Lumber Yard I'hone 1123 The Home of Friendly Service lllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Prepare for Spring Plowing USE THE BATES CRAWLER TRACTOR 30, 40 and 80 H. P. Models PAUL G. BALSIGER, lone, Oregon Agent for Morrow County See the new Ford bodies at our showrooms From the new deep radiator to the curving tip of the rear fender there is an unbroken sweep of line a flowing grace of contour heretofore thought possible only in an expensive automobile. Now, more than ever, the new Ford is a "value far above the price." Chas H. 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