HEPPNER, GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1930.
PAGE THREE
Worrying Doesn't Pay
On his way back to a college reunion,-
one of my friends stopped
off in the little town where he had
spent his boyhood.
"How is business?" he asked a
local merchant
"Awful bad," was the reply. "And
what's more, I don't like the out
look." "Why not?"
"Well, there's elements in the sit
uation that might develop a lot of
trouble. At least that's the way it
looks to me."
My friend lighted a cigar, and
leaned over the counter.
"George," said he familiarly,
"those are almost exactly the same
words I used to hear from the store
keepers when I was a kid here
twenty-five year ago. I've been a
subscriber to the local paper ever
since I left, and most of those old
storekeepers have died. I have tak
en special notice of the size of their
estates. How much money do you
think they left? Between a hun
dred thousand and two hundred
thousand dollars each. And here's
the funny thing every penny was
made out of businesses which were
always bad and always on the verge
of getting ever so-much worse."
I suppose that if gravestones told
the real truth, nine out of ten of
them would bear a line to this ef
fect: "This man's life was shorten
ed several years by fear of bad de
velopments, most of which never
occurred."
Even very wise men, as their
years have increased, have suffered
from the evil habit of fearing the
worst. The Rev. Der. Cotton Ma
ther, who died two hundred years
ago in Boston, was the most emin
ent graduate of Harvard and vir
tually the founder of Yale. He had
courage and a wonderful mind.
Yet in his old age he viewed the
future disconsolately. He conclud
ed that God had brought the Pil
grims across the ocean to "a New
England desart" for a very special
purpose, but that this purpose had
obviously been accomplished and
that the whole colony would "soon
come to naught."
The colony shows no sign of com
ing to naught, but there are doubt
less a million men in it today who
are losing the fun of their current
success because of the dread that
something unfortunate may be
about to happen.
"One-fourth of life is intelligible,"
said Mark Rutherford, "the other
three-fourths unintelligible dark
ness; and our earliest duty is to
cultivate the habit of not looking
around the corner."
Those of us who do not look are
likely to get an unexpected bump
occasionally, but how much faster
we travel! And what a lot more
fun we have because of the imag
inary bumps that we miss!
( FRANK PARKER 1
STOCKBRIDCE
GOLDENROD
Goldenrod is a beautiful flower
and a pestilent weed. It grows all
over the country and so comes as
near as any to being our national
flower. Modern medical science says
it is not goldenrod but ragweed
which causes hay fever. If Henry
Ford's experimental goldenrod farm
in Georgia succeeds in commercial
izing Edison's discovery that gol
denrod contains rubber, we may see
goldenrod farming becoming as
widespread as wheat farming is
today. That is not impossible,
though hardly probable. Yet every
crop the farmer grows was once a
weed and has been made into a
crop by somebody's discovery that
it is useful to humanity.
BUILDING
Plans already developed for new
buildings to be constructed in 1930
call for an expenditure of nearly
double that of 1929. And this does
not Include private residences.
States and municipalities have rais
ed more funds by bond issues in the
past three months than in any sim
ilar period, and the proceeds of
those sales will be used for new
roads, public buildings and other
improvements. Everything points
to a greater volume of construction
work under way in the near future
than we have seen since the first
year or two following the war. And
that means employment for every
body, money freely In circulation
again, renewed prosperity for all
sorts and conditions of men.
ARLINGTON
The great National Cemetery in
Virginia, across the Potomac river
from Washington, where William
Howard Taft, President and Chief
Justice, was laid to rest, is one of
the most beautiful spots in America.
It was the estate of Robert F. Lee,
and was confiscated by the Federal
Government when Lee threw in his
lot with the Confederacy. Only men
who have served their country in
war may be buried there.
From the Lincoln Memorial In
Washington the great new bridge
over the Potomac leads directly to
this ancient home of the Lees, tying
the memory of the two great Civil
War leaders together and bridging
the gap between North and South
with a final gesture of reconciliation.
Arlington Is to America what
Westminster Abbey is to England,
the burial place and shrine of our
devoted dead. No one has truly
seen America who has not seen
Arlington.
BRITISH
Thirty years ago, in 1900, the Bo
ers of South Africa gave up their
unequal war against the British.
American sympathy was complete
ly with the Boers in that conflict
and against the British. It looked
to all of us like a parallel to our
own Revolution. We expected re
prisals and oppression of the con
quered on the part of the British,
but on the contrary the new gov
ernment set up in South Africa
proved to be far more liberal than
the old one which the Dutch Boers
had operated. The U. S. A. mean
ing in this case the Union of South
Africa is today the British Com
monwealth of Nations, to be sure,
but in every respect a self-governing
state. Dutch and British parti
cipate on even terms in its govern
ment, as do the French and British
in Canada. General Smuts, greatest
of the Boer war leaders, has served
as Prime Minister.
This object-lesson, proving that
the British government of our time
is not the tyrannical monster which
it seemed to be under George III,
has done more than anything else
to establish the friendly feeling to
ward Great Britain which now pre
vails almost everywhere in America.
TREES
When Admiral Bvrd's returning
explorers reached New Zealand, the
sight which stirred them most deep-
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"When I started taking Sargon,
less than a month ago, I only
weighed 88 pounds. Now I weigh
98 an actual gain of ten pounds,
and I'm still gaining.
"I suffered terribly from indiges
tion and constipation. My appetite
fell off to almost nothing, and my
complexion was very bad. My ap
petite is just splendid now, and my
complexion is clear and healthy
looking. Sargon Soft Mass Pills
have entirely overcome my consti
pation. My friends marvel at my
wonderful improvement." Miss
Dorothy Henning, 1422 Grant St.,
Denver, Colo.
From coast to coast and from
the Gulf to the Great Lakes, Sar
gon is known and honored. Its
fame is based on actual results, not
empty promises.
Patterson & Son, druggists, local
agents. (Adv.)
is no better use to which surplus
land can be put than growing trees
for the future. Moreover, many
states now exempt reforested land
from taxation.
A. W. MacGregor, piano tuner,
will be in Heppner, Monday Apr. 7.
Phone 1412.
Political Announcements
FOR COUNTY JUDGE.
To the Republican Voters of Mor
row County:
I hereby announce myself a can
didate for the office of County Judge
of Morrow County, subject to your
will as expressed at the primaries
on May 16, 1930.
C. W. McNAMER,
(Paid Adv.) Heppner, Ore.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
To the Democratic Voters of Mor
row county:
I will be a candidate for County
Commissioner at the May Primary
Nominating Election, May 16, 1930,
subject to your will.
(Paid Adv.) SAM J. TURNER.
ly was trees. For nearly two years
they had not seen a tree. It is dif
ficult for most of us to imagine a
world without trees, though in Ice
land a hundred generations have
lived and died without ever seeing
one.
We are cutting down tree3 faster
than we are planting new ones. We
do not think of trees as a crop, but
as a natural resouce to be mined
without replacement. The Federal
Farm Board's chairman lately made
a plea for the restoration of the
"woodlot" as an important part of
every farm. Trees as a crop do pay.
They take longer from seed to mar
ket than any other crop, but every
sound tree adds its little to the value
of any farm, and with the inevit
able reduction in acreage devoted
to money crops and pasturage there
FOR COUNTY JUDGE.
At the coming May primary elec
tion I will be a candidate for the
office of County Judge of Morrow
county on the Democratic ticket.
If nominated and elected, I will,
to the best of my ability, endeavor
to carry out the program of the
past five years.
(Paid Adv.) R. L. BENGE.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
To the Republican Voters of Mor
row County:
I hereby announce yself as a can
didate for the office of county com
missioner at the May primaries; if
nominated and elected, I promise to
serve the people of Morrow county
to the very best of my ability.
(Paid Adv.) JOE DEVINE.
FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the office of Justice of
the Peace for the 6th district of
I Morrow County, subject to the will
of the democratic voters of said
district as expressed at the May
primaries.
(Paid Adv.) E. R. HUSTON.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
I hereby announce myself a can
didate for the office of Commission
er for Morrow county, subject to the
will of the Republican voters, ex
pressed at the May primaries.
(Paid Adv.) GEO. N. PECK.
FOR COUNTY ASSESSOR.
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the office of Assessor
of Morrow County, subject to the
will of the Democratic voters at the
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pressing of your suit, dress or
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Get acquainted with our su
perior service at .reasonable
prices.
Our driver visits Heppner
every Monday. Just notify
Miss Opal Brlggs, and he will
call for your apparel. Work
returned promptly.
Spaulding Cleaners
Arlington, Ore.
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Expert cleaning can only be done by ex
perienced workmen and modern equipment.
And nothing less than expert work should
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By our improved, modern methods, em
ployed by skilled cleaners, every bit of dirt
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to the most delicate fabrics. Your cleaning
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May primaries.
(Paid Adv.) JESSE J. WELLS.
FOR COUNTY JUDGE.
To the Voters of Morrow County:
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate at the coming primaries
for the office of County Judge of
Morrow County on the Republican
ticket. If nominated and elected, I
pledge the same faithful and sincere
service that has characterized my
long term with the County Court as
commissioner.
G. A. BLEAKMAN.
(Paid Ad.)
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
At the next Primary election I
will be a candidate for the office of
County Commissioner on the Re
publican ticket. If nominated and
elected I will carry out the duties
of such office to the best of my
ability.
(Paid Adv.) CREED OWEN.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
I hereby announce myself for the
office of County Commissioner of
Morrow County, subject to the will
of the voters of the Republican
party at the May Primaries.
GEORGE W. DYKSTRA,
(Paid Adv.) Heppner, Ore.
FOR COUNTY JUDGE.
To the voters of Morrow County,
I wish to announce that I will be
a candidate for the nomination of
County Judge on the Democratic
ticket at the next primary election,
and if nominated and elected, I will
perform the duties of such office to
the best of my ability.
(Paid Adv.) G. L. BENNETT.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
This is to announce that I will ba
a candidate for the office of County
Treasurer, subject to the will of the
voters of Morrow County, at the
Primary elections, May 16th, 1930.
I wish to thank my friends, both
republican and democratic, for their
generous support in the past, and
hope I have proved worthy of their
confidence.
LEON W. BRIGGS,
(Paid Adv.) present incumbent.
FOR COUNTY JUDGE.
At the next primary election I
will be a candidate for the office
of County Judge for Morrow Coun
ty on the Republican ticket, and
if nominated and elected I will
carry out the duties of such office
to the best of my ability.
(Adv.) WM. T. CAMPBELL.
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April's here! And Springtime foods fruits, vegetables and other appetite-builders
are finding their way into every menu with their refreshing
flavor and pleasing variety. You will find our stores ready to supply your
meals with an abundance of ripe, luscious fruits and crispy young veget
ables fresh from orchard and garden and of course all the other good
things to eat these exhilarating April days, too!
SATURDAY & MONDAY SPECIALS
MEXICAR REDS
10 lbs.
BLUE ROSE Head
10 lbs.
55 c
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Coffee
MacMarr Blend.
Our very best product
3 LBS.
$
1.15
5ja
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I Pure Cane. A Real!
I Value at, 100 Lbs. I
Spuds
A real good quality
Netted Gems, freshly
sorted.
PER 100 LBS.
$2.8S
COCOA Lb. Tin 29c
Jellwell
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4Pkgs.29c
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for Your
Health
4 pt 32c
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FLOUR S7m Matches
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Hard Wheat Flour. g V9 s3k QUALITY MATCH
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Ripe, Golden, white, tender garden brand. Large, crisp,
lucious fruit. g ' 6 CANS solid heads.
3 LBS. -ftrt 7Q0 3 HEADS
79c
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