HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1930. PAGE THREE "If a Man Die, Shall He Live Again ." It ia the age-old question, asked at the side of every bier. And what can one say in answer to it? Every one of us is taught in chifd hood to believe in God and an after life. "The world just happened," say some men. "It created itself through the operation of natural laws." But who or what established the natural laws and set them to oper ating? When you can dump a load of bricks on a corner lot, and let me watch them arrange themselves in to a house when you can empty a handful of springs and wheels and screws on my desk, and let me seo them gather themselves together into a watch it will be easier for me to believe that all these thou sands of worlds could have been created, balanced, and set to mov ing in their separate orbits, all without directing intelligence at all. Moreover, if there is no' intelli gence in the universe, then the uni verse has created something greater than itself for it has created you and me. Is it easy to believe .that a uni verse without personality could have created us who have person ality? Isn't it easier to believe that our personality is a little part of the great pervading Personality that has created and now permeates the universe? And if there be a Personality in the universe a God what kind of God is He? He must be at least as good as you or I. He could not have made us better than Himself. The worse can not create the better. And if He is a good God, is it reasonable to suppose that He would have planted in human hearts this unquenchable yearning for Jmmortality, and left that yearn ing unsatisfied? You and I would not have done so. Go where you will, from the most savage race to the most cultured, you will And that same instinctive assurance that death is not the end. Would a good God plant that assur ance in his creatures merely to mock them? Without immortality the world is an answerless riddle. We are born; we struggle up through slow years of development; and just as we have reached our highest point or use fulness we are cut off. It is hard for me to believe in a universe that made itself, and that ruthlessly casts away its most pre cious possession human personal ity. It is easier to believe that behind the universe is a guiding Intelli gence, of whose personality my own is a tiny spark that shall not go out while He lives. If I cannot prove that this is so, neither can any one prove to me that it is not so. And, until some one can disprove it, I find it easier, more helpful, more efficient, to believe. FRANK PARKER 1 STOCKBRIPd 1 MERGERS Consolidation of several small en terprises to make a single large one is not confined to manufacturing industries. Senator Arthur Capper, of Kansas, who knows what he is talking about most of the time, says that more than a million acres of Kansas farm lands are now owned by corporations, and that recently one corporation bought thirty farms in the winter wheat region and merged them. Corporate farming is more of a business enterprise and less of a mode of living than farming by an individual is. According to Senator Capper, these farm corporations hire men who leave their families behind, to go out in the Fall and put in the crop. In Summer they hire other men to come in and harvest the crop. The rest of the year no body lives on the big farms. That seems menacing to the Sen ator from Kansas. He thinks it will result In depletion of the soil, through lack of crop rotation, main tenance of fertility and diversifica tion. It is hard to believe that any group of capital engaging in busi ness on a large scale would be so short-sighted as not to take those things Into consideration and apply the most modern principles of ag riculture to their enterprise. TRADEMARKS It would be interesting to make a list of words which were Invented to serve as trademarks for a par ticular product, but which have come into general use to describe anything resembling the original ar- ticle. "Celluloid" is one of those words; it strictly means only the product of the Celluloid company. "Kodak" is another; the same be longs to George Eastman's cameras but we use it to mean any small camera. When you say "Colt" ev erybody familiar with firearms knows you mean a large caliber pis tol. Probably nine men out of ten in the region where "five gallon" hats are worn refer to their head gear as "Stetsons." "Winchester" is almost a synonym for "rifle." And everybody refers to the abbreviated masculine underwear which is now in such general use by the trade mark of the first of its kind, "B. V. D.'s." The adoption of such words in general usage is one of the ways in which language grows. A hundred years from now probably, nobody will say "dirigible" but everybody will know what you mean by a "zep." LONGEVITY Human life is not getting any longer, according to the men who make a business of studying vital statistics. The average life is long er because a larger proportion of babies live to grow up. Fewer peo ple die in childhood and early life than formerly, but the man who reaches fifty-four, which is the av erage expectation of life of every new-born baby in America, has no better chance of living to seventy than his grandfather did; not so. good, according to some. Certainly the average life of a President of the United States is shorter than it used to be. Col. Leonard P. Ayres of Cleveland, one of the world's famous statisticians, points out that Mr. Taft lived long er to 72 than any other President since Millard Fillmore, who dictl 56 years ago. Out of the first eight Presidents Washington, who died at 67, had the shortest life; John Ad ams, living to 90, the longest; the others were 85, 83, 80, 78, 73, and 68 at their respective deaths. The av erage life of the eight was 80 years and a half. The four latest presi dents who died averaged only 66 3-4 years of life each; McKinley and Harding died at 58, Roosevelt at 61, Harrison and Wilson each at 67, Tliere are times when aTelephone is worth its weight ui ijuta And at all times it Is a precious saver of steps; saver of time, conserver of friend-, ships. It costs but a few cents a day. May we install your telephone? VICTOR ARTISTS ARE CHAUTAUQUA FEATURE Loveless Quartette Combine Novelty and Ability. 1 mm .Wfc. HIMUM l i fii-mm-yam- . wn mm iiwiimraaaaiim You'll be sure you're seeing double when you first see the Loveless Quartette. But don't Bee your doctor or oculist, until you've heard the whole story. Chautauqua Is headlining with a quartette which Is not only seldom equalled for noyelty and talent, but have made a name for themselves as Victor Recording artists. The Loveless Quartette personnel Includes H. M. and H. S. Loveless, twin brothers, with their wives, Lela and Lola Loveless, twin sis ters. They are as much alike as it is possible for two people to be in looks, actions and dress. While in Camden, New Jersey, this year, the main office of the Victor Talking Machine Company, they made two Victor records which were released in March. The rec ords were sacred numbers and were unusual in that the quartette sang for them unaccompanied by any in strument. The Loveless Quartette's program Includes many novel and unusual numbers. It Is filled with gay good humor and fun from start to finish. Solos, instrumental numbers, close harmony quartette numbers, spright ly jazz, old familiar hymns and songs ot bygone days as well as Hawaiian costume numbers follow in rapid succession. The Loveless Quartette are out to entertain and they put their pro gram over In a manner which leaves no doubt about their doing it. They are brimful of fun and infectious good humor and seem to enjoy their program as much as the audience. You'll laugh with them, at them and be strong for them after the first Introduction. Hayes at 70, Cleveland at 71 and Taft at 72. The job of President of the United States is getting harder,, for one thing. For another, nearly all men work more intensively and wear out their hearts and nervous systems earlier than men did a hundred years ago. GASOLINE The average motorist uses 571 gal lons of gasoline a year. Every state now imposes a sale tax on gasoline, ranging from two to six cents a gal lon. The highest rates are in Flor ida, Georgia, South Carolina and New Mexico. That is natural, since those states have the largest high way systems in proportion to popu lation and taxable property values. In Massachusetts, where the tax is only 2 cents and distances are short er, the average motorist uses only 400 gallons a year and pays $8 to ward highway maintenance and im provement. Last year the total gas oline taxcollected in this country was $449,731,000. The gasoline tax is one Vax at which few persons grumble serious ly. It is a tax the benefits of which are directly enjoyed by those who pay it . RANGES ABOVE AVERAGE. The condition of Oregon ranges for May is above the average of the past five years April rains helped moisture conditions materially. Prospects for summer range are only fair, however, as central Ore gon needs more moisture to insure grass for the summer. ?SnowfaIl in the mountains was generally short and below average moisture content except in Wallowa moun tains and Crater lake region where snow is plentiful. Washington ran ges need more moisture to make summer and fall feed. Idaho ranges are in good condition and there is a big carry-over of hay. Reliable party to care for chil dren afternoons and evenings. Phone 13-F-34. 10-llp. The Pacific Telephone And Telegraph Company Chewing Gum and The Family Linen An electric washing machine will do the weekly washing with such surprisingly little effort. The weekly cost for current is less than the price of a package of chewing gum! By no other means than the use of electri city can you obtain so much help at such low cost. Every year this company is spending hun dreds of thousands of dollars to make this ser vice more efficient and to broaden its field of usefulness. Kilowatt-hours will save you many valu able hours in the performance of innumerable tasks. Pacific Power and Light Company "Always at your Service" ntafe for th (QM8 by Nancu Hart CROQUETTES Croquettes may often be used for utilizing left-overs. Moreover, they add an interesting and unusual note to a meal, and are particularly ap petizing to many persons. In sum mer, especially, they are a light and attractive dish. Chicken Croquettes Mix a cup and a half of chopped left-over chicken with a half cup of white sauce made from four table spoons of butter, one-half cup of flour, one cup of milk seasoned with salt and pepper. Add the yolk of one egg, a little celery salt and a half teaspoon of lemon juice. Chill and then form into fiat croquettes. Roll in egg white and fine crumbs and fry in deep fat. Salmon Croquettes Pick over contents of can of sal mon until you have two cups of flaked meat. Add one-half cup of thick white sauce, one-half cup of flour and one cup of milk. Add one teaspoon of lemon juice with salt and pepper to taste. Cool and shape, then egg and crumb and fry. Potato Croquettes Mix two cups of mashed potatoes with two tablespoons of butter, one teaspoon of salt and a little pepper, celery salt, a few drops of onion juice and chopped parsley if con venient Beat well and add two egg yolks. Form into croquettes, dip In flour, egg white and crumbs and fry in deep hot fat Bread Croquettes Pour a cup of scalded milk over eight or nine slices of stale bread, add two tablespoons sugar, a pinch of salt. Let stand till bread has taken up milk. Mix and press out excess milk. Form into balls, roll in slightly beaten egg white and fine crumbs and fry in deep fat Egg Croquettes This calls for six hard boiled eggs. They should be cooled and chopped. Now cook two tablespoons of butter and one tablespoon of minced onion in a frying pan until slightly brown ed. Then add six level tablespoons of flour and about three-quarters of a cup of stock. Let this boil and then add a tablespoon of pounded sardines and the eggs. Cool and shape like eggs. Egg and crumb and fry in deep fat For Sale Combination Majestic range and household goods. F. B. Nickerson, Heppner. lOtf. HUMORETTES Business man: Do you think you know enough to be useful in this office? Boy: Know enough? Why, I left my last place because the boss said I knew too much. Judge: The two men were fighting with chairs. Ddin't you try to es tablish peace? Witness: No, there was not a third chair. "What heavy, unwieldy things the old-fashioned wedding rings were," said the young girl catching sight of her grandmother's ring. "Yes dear," was the reply. "In my day they were made to last a lifetime." O. S. C. Commencment Scheduled for June 2 Commencement day at Oregon State college this year will be June 2 when the sixty-first class will be graduated. This will be the twenty third commencement over which President W. J. Kerr has presided here in person. Edward C. Elliott, president of Purdue university fo Indiana has been obtained as the commence ment speaker. In addition to the graduating class, guests of honor will be members of the silver jubilee class of 1905 which will be holding its twenty-fifth reunion here. Whether it is fruits and vegetables still sparkling with the dew of orchard and garden or those hundreds of other fine quality foods that stock our shelves, freshness is an important part of every item we offer you. A cease less procession of trucks, trains and ships bring these foods to you daily in which true appetizing flavor is found because they are FRESH! SATURDAY & MONDAY SPECIALS Coffee MAC MARR SPECIAL BLEND 3 $-1 lbs. 1 .10 ECONOMY BLEND ib3, 90c LARD An Armour's Pro duct, Fresh Stock NO. 10 PAIL $1.33 BEANS IT 10 79c Macaroni EFra 45c SALMON SOAP I CESE I COCOA CI HAL Fancy Pink P. & G. Armour's Hershey's a sperry for that sal- Naptha Med. Cure breakfast product monloaf. 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