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PAGE TWO HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1930. LIFE 111 AMERICA GK RAPIDLY Quick Adoption of New Inventions Cause of Continual Shift. By CALEB JOHNSON. The most Interesting thing about America, in the eyes of foreigners, if the speed with which we change our habits, customs and way of liv ing. Life in America seems very exciting to Europeans, accustomed to a social structure in which every individual is fixed In his job or so cial position, and never moves out of it In America the only constant thing is change. And our lives, our businesses, our whole scheme of existence, are predicated upon the probability that, whatever we may be doing this year, the chance is better than even that we will have to do something else next year. Whatever we live today, we may be living a thousand miles away to morrow. One of the principal causes of this constant shifting of bases is the speed with which new inventions are developed and put into prac tical and general use. They affect everybody to some degree; they probably affect the farmer more than they do any other single class. Twenty years ago there were eighteen million acres of farm land in the United States growing fodder for horses, for example. Now 25, 000,000 motor vehicles have displac ed the horses and these machines get their fodder from the oil-wells. The blacksmith and the wheel wright have disappeared, but in their places we have a million and a half men working for wages as drivers of motor trucks, to say nothing of the garage workers and other people employed in looking after the rest of the great motor driven fleet. These men have been taken away from the farms. They no longer produce their own food. So there is an offset to the farmer's loss on his hay and oats. He must grow more food for people, less for horses. Artificial silk, the product of a modern invention, has almost ruin ed the cotton market; women prefer silk, real or manufactured from wood pulp, and invention has cheap ened both kinds while incomes have increased so that tens of millions who used to have trouble buying enough cotton goods for clothing now can dress in silk, or its imita tion, rayon. Now a new process for getting a sugar substitute out of cotton seed may bring cotton back as a profitable crop. A few years ago few homes and fewer business buildings were warm enough for comfort in winter, in the northern part of the country where population is thickest People had to wear wool indoors and out to keep from freezing. Innumerable inventions and cheapening means of production of heating devices make such protection unnecessary indoors, while outdoors, in motion, light clothing suffices even in the coldest weather except for a heavy overcoat The closed car put the finishing touch on the wool indus try. Sheep farmers who thought they were established for life have gone out of that line into others. When most of the people lived in the country the nation as a whole ate bulky foods. Now we are mov ing into the cities and demand con centrated nourishment This has immensely cut down the consump tion of wheat and corn, enormously increased the demand for dairy pro ducts milk, cheese and butter for pork, for eggs and poultry. The in dustrial shift to the towns means a parallel shift on the farm. It takes two acres of land to produce dairy product equivalent in food value to one acre in wheat We are shifting rapidly to the cities. Census returns up to the lat ter part of April indicate that the farm population has fallen off even more than was anticipated, and that with hardly an exception the cities have grown hugely. Atlanta has increased its population 35 percent in ten years; Austin, Texas, 48 per cent; Lakeland, Florida, 130 per cent; Ventura, California, 186 per cent; Decatur, Georgia, 121 percent; Phoenix, Arizona, 60 percent; Lynchburg, Virginia, 34 percent, and so on. In between the farm and the city, however, are the small towns which also seem to be sharing the increased concentration of popula tion, so far as incomplete returns show. A few years ago to own a coal mine was to have a fortune. Today it is hard to sell coal except from favorably located mines, so rapid has been the extension of natural gas pipelines to centers of popula tion and the substitution of oil fuel for ships and railroads. Ten years ago the radio was un known; today half a million people are engaged in making, selling, ser vicing radios and broadcasting. There are perhaps as many more engaged in the various occupations incidental to flying. How the extension of electric light and power lines has brought hun dreds of thousands of workers into new occupations in that field alone, and by enabling factories to operate close to the source of their raw materials, is converting hundreds of rural villagea into industrial cen ters, is a familiar story. That ex pansion has not stopped; it may al most be said to have hardly begun. And every new step which it takes means another shift of people from place to place, of men and women from one sort of a job to another sort of a job. There will never be a cmplete end to unemployment until such chang- es as those vand the changes which are still to come have ceased. That I time is not in sight and there is nothing to indicate that we shall ever reach it. So long as there are new things to do, more young peo ple will try to do them than the new industries have permanent places for. There will always be a fringe of the less competent out of work. But unemployment does not always mean distress. With all of our fluidity of occupational rela tionships, we the American people as a whole, have a larger cash re serve, in savings banks and life in surance surpluses available as loans on policies, as well as in commer cial checking accounts, than any other people in the world. 1 One interesting fact which has just been disclosed is that the heavy wtihdrawals from savings banks and on life insurance policies at the time of the Wall Street slump last fall were not entirely, as had been supposed, to relieve the distress of those who had lost their money in the stock market It turns out that these withdrawals were largely by thrifty people who realized that the time to invest in sound securities was when prices were at the bottom, and the stockholders lists of the great basic corporations reflect this in the immense increase of the number of individual stockholders since last November. Most of us think we want secur ity. Really most of us, being Amer icans and therefore deriving our heritage from ancestors afflicted with the wandering foot, want ad venture. We can grumble loudly enough when any of the constant chnages in our industrial and econ omic scheme affects us adversely but at heart most of us feel that we would rather live excitingly in Am erica than safely somewhere else. llntrospedl illlMIIHIMIMIHIMlMliltllllHIIMIIIHIMIIIIIHHIHIIIIIllllltr FIVE YEARS AGO. (From Ouette Times of May 14, IMS.) The house occupied by the Levi Hiatt family on the Roy Brown place down Cason canyon was de stroyed by fire Wednesday night The blaze was believed set by light ning. George McDuffee and E. R. Hus ton were elected delegates to the grand lodge at Ashland, May 20, by Willow lodge No. 67, I. O. O. F. State Traffic Officer Lieuallen an nounces a lecture and demonstra tion in Pendleton of the new state law governnig automobile lighting. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Burroughs of Jordan Siding are the parents of a 9-pound son born this morning. Lexington A surprise party was given Alva Jones at his home here Monday night the occasion being his birthday. TEN YEARS AGO. (From Oaaetta Times of May 13, 1920.) Extensive preparations are being made for a barbecue to be held on Charles Dillabough ranch near Boardman on the West extension of the Umatilla Irrigation district. Sam H. Boardman was named as a speaker for the occasion, when the results of irrigation are to be shown. The Heppner Parent-Teachers as sociation elected Mrs. C. E. Wood son, president; Mrs. Frank Turner, vice president; Mrs. A. M. Phelps, secretary, and Mrs. W. B. Barratt, treasurer, Tuesday evening. Barney Ward, John Kelly and Emil Groshens escaped injury when the car in which they were riding overturned on lower Gale street last Sunday afternoon. W. W. Smead, local wool buyer, made a trip to Washington the first of the week. of get there Eli's and is the pos sessor of a brand new five passen ger car. Bert says that it has not passed anything yet, but its time is coming. For Sale Pure bred Barred Rock eggs for setting, from selected hens, SI per setting. Mrs. Eph Eskelson, Heppner. SOtf. For Sale Rhode Island Red eggs for setting, high egg-producing strain, 50c per setting. Ralph But ler, Cecil, Ore. 51ti. For Sale 50 tons alfalfa hay. See Art Parker, Heppner, Ore. 45tf. Is your hot water HOT? If not call Glbb the plumber, Peoples Hardware Co., phone 702, residence phone 1412. No Job too big or too small. Prompt attention to all calls. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO. 1 (From Ouett Time of May 13, 1915.) Mr. and Mrs. James W. Cowins of this city have been traveling life's journey together for the past fifty years, and tomorrow wjll celebrate their golden wedding. Two of Heppner's popular young people were quietly married last Saturday evening, when Miss Nora Cecil became the wife of J. O. Ras mus. Rev. J. V. Crawford officiated. Frank Gilliam, county treasurer, was in the Lexington district Friday looking over the growing grain. M. L. Case has just received a new hearse and casket wagon. These vehicles are of the modern type, the wheels being cushion tired and the upholstery of fine material. Bert Mason has joined the army TUM-A-LUM TICKLER Published In the interests of the people of Heppner and vicinity by THE TUM-A-LUM LUMBER CO., Phone 912 Federal Experts Scan Education in Oregon The survey of Oregon higher ed ucational institutions by the federal office of education, provided for by the legislature, has reached the per sonal investigation stage with mem bers of the commission now in the state visiting the various institu tions. Eight members of the com mission, headed by Dr. Arthur J. Klein, met first in Portland to con sider data compiled from advance questionnaires and then proceeded to the Oregon Normal school at Monmouth and Oregon State college at Corvallis the first week in May. Practically every department in the institutions are being visited personally and interviews and being held with scores of staff members. The result hoped for is an unbiased program for future development of higher education in this state. Volnma 30 Heppner, Oregon May IS, 1930. No. 19 EDITORIAL We cannot place much confidence in the theory that eating spinach gives a man courage, our belief be ing that the man who eats spinach already has it. AXBEBT ASXTffS, Manager, Editor. Don't mind any but tons you happen to find in the salad. They probably fell off while the salad was dress ing. Come in and see what the well dressed farm will wear this season. DECISION EXPECTED. That the Interstate Commerce Commission's decision on the wheat rate case may be rendered soon, is the belief of Arthur M. Geary, Port land attorney, who represented farm organizations in Oregon, Washington and Idaho, while the case was under way. fir Zcmtcat Trantpwleri w -smm i x a 1 2 3 4 5 G 7 Six-cylinder fB- glne SO-horsepower combines remark able smoothness, Bei ibiilty, power and economy. Ball bearlil leerlntf offers a short turning radius of 2iH feet and assures easy handling In re s trie ted place. l-Rpppd trnna million ft i e s ample power for every condition of road or load. Channel steel frump, 6 inches deep, 15J feet long, takes oversize bodies without excessive overhanft. Chevrolet offers un usually low loading height. The rear axle la biftfter, s frontier and has spiral bevel gear is easily accessible for Inspection or adjust ment, due to a detach able cover plate. 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Come in today and see this sturdy six-cylinder IViTon Truck. You can see for yourself why truck users are finding it's wise to choose a Chevrolet Six! DEDOCf WJ TO- EE U Flies increase faster than thirteen men can swat them. By putting up fly screens you pro tect the family health and good humor. Our screens and materials are the best. Henry Crump is building a garage this week on his property near the Catholic church. Earl Hallock says they are sure breaking tough for him. He bought a nice two pants suit from Dave Wilson and then burnt a hole in the coat. Charley Smith says the only railroad acci dent he was ever in was one time going through a tunnel he kissed the father in stead of the daughter. We expect Wilson Bayless in here pretty soon to pick out a home for that new boss of his. Our plans fit newlyweds as well as others. For those that have bene mar ried for some time, why not remodel the house and start a sec ond honeymoon? 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A wide variety of both cut and potted flowers ffers you an opportunity to obtain just what you want Phelps Funeral Home Day and Night Phone 1332 WEEDING TIME IS HERE To conserve moisture in the summer fal low for next year's wheat crop demands im mediate attention to killing of weeds. To efficiently do the work, good equipment is required. The best answer to the equipment question is Cheney and McCormick Deering Weeders , Successful control of weeds in your sum mer fallow may be the deciding factor in the success of your 1931 crop, so don't put off until tomorrow what can be done better today. Come in and let us demonstrate the superior features of our equipment. Garden Tools Good tools are a big help when working in the garden. We have a wide assortment of just the tools you need hoes, rakes, shovel and many others. GILLIAM & BISBEE We Have It, Will Get It, or It Is Not Made S A F E T Y & S E R V I C E A Pleased Depositor The depositor has a right to expect his bank to return his money on de mand, or pay it ot some one else on his order. Is he justified in that belief? He CERTAINLY IS. That's the one big aim of our Bank-to safeguard the funds entrusted to our care. We are ready at all times to pay our deposi tors in full, to justify the confidence reposed in this old, reliable Bank, and at the same time give our patrons the benefit of our modern banking facilities. Fir& National Bank HEPPNER, OREGON