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PAGE FOUR HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER. OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1930 AMERiCfllSRIGHEST Average Wealth of Each Person in U. S. $3000 In Actual Property. HE FAMILY' m or tod rny in- ij" ui iu m JOHN JOSEPH GAINES;M.a 'Electrical Treatment By CALEB JOHNSON. We are the richest people in the world. Almost everybody knows that, but few realize just how rich we are and what our wealth consists of. The National Industrial Confer ence Board has just figured it out. The national wealth of the United States is $360,100,000,000. Three hun dred and sixty billion, one hundred million! The figure is just too large for anyone to grasp. Nobody ever saw that much money. There nev er was any such amount as that in money anywhere in the world at any time. it would take a whole year for a thousand regiments of a thousand men each, every man collecting a thousand dollars a day, to gather so much money together, even if it existed. But the figure of the conference board leaves out money entirely. Wealth is one thing, money is an other. Money is merely a symbol of wealth. Counting all of the Treasury notes. Federal Reserve notes, national bank notes, gold cer tificates, silver certificates, and gold, silver and copper coins, we have only about five billion dollars of money in circulation in America. That is all we need for the purpose of exchanging one form of wealth for another. The rest of our busi ness is carried on by means of bank credits. But what makes our mon ey worth its face value is the wealth behind it, nearly $72 of assets back of every dollar in circulation. There are no very exact figures of the wealth of other nations. The total assets of the entire British Empire, including Great Britain and Ireland, Canada, Australia, South Africa, India and the rest of the British possessions, was estimated a few years ago at about one half of the present American figures, and no other nation begins to compare with ours. The biggest single item in the list of things which make up our na tional wealth is real estate. Land and improvements in the United States are valued at $198, 100,000,000, more than half of the total wealth. That does not include real estate owned by railroads and public util ities. Those institutions, together with shipping and canal facilities, ac count for another $4,900,000,000 of land value, with improvements worth $22,100,000,000 and equipment which has a value of an additional $12,500,000,000. Farms and factories, including all property and equipment, constitute $27,200,00,000 of our national wealth, according to this latest survey. Manufactured and natural prod ucts total $40,600,000,000. This In cludes everything from carpet-tacks to gold in the mine blocked out but not yet mined. Personal property constitutes about one-ninth of the total wealth. Furniture, clothing, jewelry and items of that sort owned by the people of the United States are worth $44,700,000,000. And that doesn't include automobiles, which are a comparatively small part of the whole. Less than ten billion dollars covers the present value of the nation's automobiles. Gold and silver bullion that is, gold and silver which have not been coined or made into jewelry, table ware or other commodities held in the United States is worth around $9,000,000,000. More than half of that is gold held by the United States Treasury, the Federal Re serve bank and other banks as a reserve against currency. This gold reserve alone constitutes the largest amount of the precious metal ever gathered under one flag in the his tory of the world. Out of the entire volume of na tional wealth about one-sixteenth, or $23,000,000,000 worth, is exempt from taxation. This includes all property used for public purposes by the Federal, state and local gov ernments, and the property of re ligious, charitable and educational institutions exempt by law, from taxation. The total wealth of the country, divided by the number of inhabi tants, gives us the average per cap ita wealth. And this is also far in excess of that of any other nation, amounting to around $3,000 for ev ery man, woman and child. The wealth is unequally distribut ed among the states, however. Nev ada has the greatest wealth per per son, not because it has the smallest population, for there are seventeen states having fewer inhabitants, but because of the immense wealth in Nevada's mines of gold, silver, cop per and other metals. Nevada's av erage wealth is $7,338 per person. Alabama has the lowest per cap ita rate of wealth distribution, am ounting to only $1,284 for each per son. This is because Alabama's natural resources are comparatively undeveloped and its industrial de velopment, while large, has not yet caught up with the growth of its population. New York, richest of all the states in total wealth, is only about aver age In per capita figures. The ten million inhabitants of the Empire state are worth an average of $3,513 each. The figures of the National In dustrlal Conference Board are for the year 1928. The nation Is proba bly richer now, but it takes a year and more to compile the figures, which will always be that far be hind. The last estimate made by the United States Bureau of -the Census wag in 1922, when the na tional wealth was estimated at $320, 800,000,000. In 1912 the Government figures were only $186,300,000,000. In When a general public expresses its desire to get away from "so much medicine," and from "old fogey doses." then the exploiters get busy. Costly and mysterious-looking contrivances are made up by manufacturers they must be sold to physicians of curse, and the pur chaser must get his money back with a handsome profit; in this, as in other commercial transactions, the ultimate consumer foots the bills. Electricity applied to the body has certain limited effects; these are so limited" as to render a very great many of the "treatments ' adminis tered today of very little, it any, benefit whatever. The number of electric appliances manufactured today who knows? And they range in price from a few dollars to many hundreds. In an office, they unquestionably serve to impress the patient, that the doc tor who uses them must be far above his plainer brother in skill. have seen some very culpable quacks employ such methods the methods of pomp and show, so re pulsive to men of real ability. The facts are, as I have found them: Three electric currents are of known value in disease, namely, the galvanic, the faradic, and the static These may be delivered through modest instruments that permit quantity of current with safety to the invalid. The value of other modifications of electrical en ergy as delivered to patients today is still conjectural; some do good, some are without beneficial effect but all are paid for. The galvanic curent in forms of arthritis is well worth trial the chronic forms, with enlarged joints. The faradic current old as the hills is extremely useful in restoring exhausted muscles from whatever cause produced. The static is of great value in neuritis, the chronic forms. The violet and Roentgen rays are established in use. I touch here only on the common, every-day things that may be used by the non-specialist. press out the water and gather them together before removing them from the tub so that they will not be stretched by the weight ot the water. For the same reason, never hang them up while they are wet. Place each piece between Tur kish towels on a fiat, clean surface, spreading the sleeves out straight and adjusting the lines to conform to measurements taken before laun dering the garments. Quick Cleaner for Rath Porwluin Moisten a cloth with hot water then dip lightly in gasoline and rub over porcelain; or dissolve sal soda in warm water and wash tub and basin with this solution. Both methods remove soil quickly and leave porcelain glistening. sixteen years therefore, the wealth of America nearly doubled. And even allowing for the fact that a dollar today represents a smaller amount of wealth than it did in 1912, nevertheless we have made pretty good progress. Very carefully work ed out calculations made by the United States Department of Labor continuously kept up to date, show that the purchasing power of the 1930 dollar is about 67 cents as com pared with the dollar of 1912. So our actual increase in wealth in six teen years, as a nation, is about 37 per cent. And that is doing pretty well, thank you! PRECIPITATION DROPS. Precipitation in the mountains on Ditch, Jones, Priarie and Rock creeks, has been only 25 per cent of last winter's moisture, which was 50 per cent below what is consider ed normal, according to government records. A chart issued by the Seattle, Wash., weather bureau, cov ering a period of 54 years shows a gradual decline in amount of preci pitation. This may indicate a gen eral change in the climate of the entire northwest. A marked water shortage, especially in stream flow, is expected unless spring rains are heavy. OPTION'S TAKEN. Options have been taken on real property at lone by the Shell Oil company, and a plant may be in stalled on this location in the near future. Wteb ii r Lamb Fritters A little cold lamb and a few slices of bacon, one egg, a very little white sauce, four ounces of flour, pepper and salt, one ounce of butter or frying fat. First make a batter with the flour, butter, one gill of tepid water, and the well beaten white of egg. Let this stand while you prepare the meat. Mince the lamb finely, season it well with a very little white sauce. Place ! some on each slice of bacon and roll up. Now dip in flour, and then place them in the batter. Prepare a deep pan of boiling fat, then lift each roll out with plenty of batter adhering, and fry brown. Drain, dish, and garnish with fresh pars ley. by Nancu hart Washing Wool Woolen garments and accessories can be made to look well and wear well of you remember a few simple rules in laundering them. Never permit woolen articles to become badly soiled, a3 rubbing, twisting or any kind of strenuous handling is likely to stretch and otherwise injure the fabric while it is wet. As woolens require a special tem perature of water in laundering, they should never be placed in a tub with other fabrics. A temper ature of about 100 degrees Fahren heit will prove satisfactory. Dissolve a mild soap in hot water, then add cold water until the tem perature is lukewarm before you immerse the garments. Press the suds through the fabric until the soil is removed, using additional clean soapsuds if necessary. Be sure that the rinsing water is the same temperature as that used for wash ing. Carelessness in tms respect is likely to cause the fabric to shrink or harden. After washing knitted garments Farm Pointers When loganberries or other bram ble fruits have been infected with anthacnose, and control measures were not taken after the last har vest, or where the disease was se- ere enough to require additional attention, it is advisable to spray the new growth in the spring, says the Oregon Experiment station. Use bordeaux 4-4-50 as the earliest ew leaves are approaching full size, repeating just before bloom it necessary. The time to apply dormant oil sprays is in the early spring before the bud scales separate, says the Oregon Experiment station. If ap plied during the critical period be tween the time the buds first show green and the cluster bud stage injury may result, it has been found. Early spring is the best time for the first application of ammonium sulphate probably the best single fertilizer for laws, says the Oregon Extension service. It is applied at the rate of about two pounds per 100 square feet. The second appli cation comes late in the spring and is washed in by sprinkling immedi ately after. Ammonium sulphate is nitrogen bearing food sold under various trade names. It is not ad visable to use It to excess on lawns largely clover. Frank Gilliam returned to Hepp- ner bunday night alter a business visit in Portland. Business also took him to Medford Tuesdav. DRINK MORE MILK Wise old Mother Nature made milk for children. Into it she put every thing needed for sustenance, and in the most easily assimilated form. So, Drink More Milk. Let the children have plenty. It Is the cheapest food you can buy. Alfalfa Lawn Dairy WIGHTMAN BROS., Props. Phone 30F3 Thursday, March 13th, we start a special 9-day demonstration of the new Frigid aire HYDRATOR Desserts and salads wil be served. New recipe books will be given away. Be sure to attend HERE'S your oppor tunity to find out all about the marvel ous new Frigidaire Hydrator. O n Thursday, March 13th, we start a special 9-day dem onstration one of the most interesting ever held in our showroom. We will show the Hydrator in actual use just as you would use it in your home. You will see how lettuce is made tender and brittle by the Hydrator's moist reviving cold. You will see how celery and radishes take on added crispness how tomatoes are improved in texture and flavor. And that is not all you will see. The latest household cabinets in Porcelain-on-steel will be on display. The famous "Frigidaire Cold Con- trol" will also be demonstrated. You will be shown how this device freezes ice cubes faster how it permits you to make scores of unusual desserts that require extreme cold. Will you be our guest? SPECIAL OFFER Until Saturday, March 22nd We are prepared to make a liberal special offer to all who buy Frigidaire during our 9-day demonstration. Let us tell you about this offer. Let us tell you about our easy payment plan. Come in at your first oppor tunity. We will be open evenings until ten o'clock every day of the demonstration. Prepare for Spring Plowing USE THE BATES CRAWLER TRACTOR 35, 45 and 80 II. P. Models PAUL G. BALSIGER, lone, Oregon Agent for Morrow County The Gazette Times for Everything in Printing Save 30 Miles When Traveling to Yakima Valley CROSS ON THE Alderdale Ferry Landing located four miles east of Heppner Junction. Recent road improvements make this the Ideal Route NEW POSSESSIONS When you purchase new things for your home, don't overlook the relation between your purchases and your insurance cover age. It's an easy matter to double or treble the value of the contents of your home with put noticing it. Check up on your contents fire policy TODAY. F. W. Turner & Co. Representing Reliable Companies. John Day Valley Freight Line (Incorporated) Operating between Heppner and Portland and John Day Highway Points. DAILY SERVICE GET OUR RATES ON TURKEYS and other produce before shipping $10,00 Cargo Insurance Office CIT GARAGE, Phone 172 M. VENABLE, Mgr. 4, ii 1 1 awiAiMim mi iuiiwiwMMtipj,iaiiii.iiMiii, ;jmy)'l ' N'f'W yV'- IS If fyJJ t X lit?) , 11 .win, iiy, il A THE Allis-Chalmers Monarch "35" is the most successful tractor of its size ever produced. Its amazing performance has won sweeping success ... on road construction, general dirt moving, municipal work and on the farm. Unusually long tracks provide traction that enables the "33" to pull through soft dirt or slippery clay. The combination of steering clutches and truck type steering wheel makes steering exceptionally easy, accurate and natural. Let us show you the "35" . . . and prove its superior performance. Peoples Hardware Co. Heppner, Oregon A-C Monarch Tractors are also made in "50" and "75" itaei. w. o. Mcdonald Arlington, Ore. A demonstration will prove the wisdom of buying Monarch Tractors. Allis - (Ealmers 1 LMonarchV- Tractors
