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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOV. 20, 1930.
V LLAGE BEAUT FY NG
Many Communities Have
Set Splendid Example
for Others.
By CALEB JOHNSON.
A 36-square mile rural township
should have within its borders 1,000
families if it is going to have the
larger community life which rural
conditions at their best provide.
Common sense and a little fore
sight applied to community plan
ning in rural areas can make them
many times as profitable and at
tractive to live in as they are now.
These are the twin gospels of so
ciologists who have devoted years
to a study of the circumstances of
rural life. And they can cite you
example after example of what
community action can do when it is
in earnest about making an attrac
tive town.
The merit of community better
ment, however, is not the 36-mile
square township of the average
state. Rather, it is the village which
can function effectively for social
purposes.
General propositions with regard
to this work are easily stated. Vil
lages ought to be easily reached and
their approaches direct, durable and
enjoyable. Housing conditions
should be sanitary, convenient and
economical. Public buildings should
be built with a view to their rela
tionships to each other and the
needs of the community, both from
a viewpoint of doing business and
of attractiveness. Points of historic
interest should be preserved and re
stored. Dump heaps and congested
places should give way to open
spaces, and recreation spots in
abundance should be easily accessi
ble. Above all, a community plan
should be adopted, a plan which the
majority wants and will help to
make effective, and one sufficiently
flexible to allow for growth and
change.
One instance of community im
provement is Wamego, Kans., a
"farmers town" where big summer
picnics and Chautauqua courses at
tract hundreds of people from a
large territory. Although Wamego
has a splendid modern hospital fin
anced by local contributors, its pride
is the city park.
Since 1901 this little city of 1,700
persons has spent $2,500 for a 4
acre lake, i feet deep; $225 for a
children's wading pool; $1,900 for an
electric fountain with three basins
of stone gathered from nearby hills;
$1,400 for a women's rest house and
about the same for one for men;
$950 for a circular band stand; $400
for playground equipment; $125 for
three drinking fountains; $150 for
three stone dining tables; $100 for
two stone ranges; $125 for mount
ing a granite glacial stone hauled
in from nearby; and varying am
ounts for a dancing platform, ath
letic fields, camping grounds, bench
es and walks. The average annual
maintenance cost is only $1,500 a
year.
Over a period of 25 or 30 years
such expenditures impose no great
strain on such a community and in
many indirect ways the resulting
park returns direct financial bene
fit which will perhaps equal the ex
penditures. Even more striking in some ways
is Fairy Dell Highway Park In
Sauk county, Wis., where only $200
of actual money was spent in open
ing the park and a negligible main
tenance sum is contributed every
year by the county. A persistent
highway patrolman who organized
working bees and aroused the inter
est of the neighborhood resulted in
creation of a beautiful natural park
there. The work involved clearing
or unaemrusn, construction or a
dam, bridge pavilion, tepees, paths,
and pipipg of a spring. It has
drawn visitors from all over the
United States and from foreign
countries.
The Armada, Mich., community
fair furnishes another instance.
The plant at Armada is valued at
$16,000 and draws about 10,000 per
sons when the fair is on, although
Armada contains only 700 souls.
The Armada Agricultural Society
bought the grounds in 1878 and has
conducted more than 50 annual
fairs. Membership fees in the so
ciety are but $1.50 a year.
Few states have profited more by
village planning as distinct from
strictly county or rural planning,
than Massachusetts. Among the
Bay State towns which in recent
years have rearranged civic centers,
town halls, libraries, parks and oth
er community adjuncts into new
patterns are Weston, Hadley, Co
hasset and Stockbridge.
Stockbridge has probably had a
greater influence for good on the
beauty and cleanliness of other
towns than any village In the coun
try. This town of about 1,800 popula
tion is approached through an at
tractive stone railroad gateway, sta
tion and park. The visitor finds a
broad, leafy main avenue more tiian
a mile long. A 13-acre fenced field
contains baseball fields and tennis
courts. A 10-acre wooded knoll near
the center of the town has been
converted into a park and play
ground with a natural amphithea
ter where festivals are held annual
ly. There are triangular parks at
street corners and intersections.
All of these features and hun
dreds of others are due to the Laur
el Hill Association of the town, or
ganized in 1853 and said to have
been the first town improvement
society in this country. Before this
committee was organized, Stock-
bridge was a commonplace, rather
WE WANT YOUR
PRODUCE
Market prices paid for livestock,
eggs poultry, cream.
Phone for Prices
lone Cash Market
Dealers in Fresh and Cured Meats
Phone 32 IONE, OREGON
There is still money in
TURKEYS
even tho' prices are
. not as favorable
as a year ago.
Good Turkeys good
management good
feeding will "still show
a good margin of
profit.
PURINA
CHOWS
WILL DO THE JOB
HEPPNER
TRADING CO.
INC.
Phone 1482
Free Delivery in City Limit
IT'S THE
KICK
you get out of
Winter Red Crown
that makes you like
this gasoline.
Or have you tried it)
GEMMELL'S
Service Station
F. M. GEMMELL, Prop.
"Our Service Will Please Ton;
Yonr Patronage WU1 Please Us"
dirty and unattractive small town.
Its example can be followed by
almost any rural community that
wants the same things and sets out
energetically to get them.
HARDMAN.
Hardman is experiencing some
real winter. There is about four
inches of snowfall. The storm was
accompanied by a severe south
wind which drifted the snow to the
depth of three or four feet in places.
There is no sign of a break-up to
date.
Chas. Hackman and Miss Golda
Johnson departed for Portland Mon
day. They will spend several
weeks visiting relatives and friends
there.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Buschke have
moved to town" for the winter. They
have been employed for the last
two years on the Wright brothers
ranch on upper Rhea creek.
Mrs. Carl Leathers was shopping
in Heppner Monday.
Claire Ashbaugh was in town
Saturday from the ranch camp. He
reports 14 inches of snow at the
road camp which stopped work on
the Hardman-Spray road for an in
definite time.
Mrs. Floyd Adams from Heppner
spent the week end with home
folks here.
Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Johnson and
daughter Zetta were transacting
business in Heppner Monday.
John Allen is visiting relatives
and friends here this week.
Mr. Wehmeyer, Bert and Ken
neth Bleakman returned Monday
from the mountains where they
have been employed on the forest
reserve. They report 26 inches of
snow at Rock Springs where they
were camped, which made travel-
GLASSES
SPECTACLES
Why patronize a
traveling optician
when you can be
fitted by a local
optician who is in
Heppner 365 days
of each year.
ing very difficult They were two
days coming from Rock Springs
here, a distance of about 30 miles.
EXPRESSES GRATITUDE.
Editor Gazette Times:
Please permit me through the
columns of your paper to express
my sincere thanks to the voters of
Morrow county who voted for me in
the recent election. I also desire to
say that I bear the best of good
will towards those who did not pre
fer to vote for me. Believing in the
American principle of rule by the
majority, I cheerfully accept the
verdict of the election. I expeet to
continue to make my home in Mor
row county, and I shall be ever
ready to do anything I can for the
advancement of the best interests
of the county. Any assistance that
I may be able to render to Judge
Campbell in connection with the !
county business, I shall most cheer- j
fully render. I am grateful to all
who gave support and assistance
to me in the conduct of the office
of County Judge during my term.
Respectfully,
R. L. BENGE.
Giant Bronze Turkeys for Sale
May hatched toms; 17th of Oct
weigh 21 lbs. Also young hens at
reasonable prices if taken before
Nov. 20. Cora Burroughs, lone ,Ore.
33-36.
For Sale Auto knitting machine,
completely equipped and in fine con
dition; price reasonable. Phone
13F31, City. 28tf.
For Sale 15 head of Jersey cows
and heifers, some fresh now, all
fresh by next spring. Will sell one
or all. Daisy Butler, Willows, Ore.,
or phone Cecil. 35-38p.
Hay for Sale 350 tons first crop,
mixed barley and alfalfa.. Lambing
sheds, corrals, water furnished with
hay. LEE SAVELY, Echo, Ore. 36p.
Reliable Man Wanted to run Mc
Ness business. Wonderful opportun
ity. Make $8 to $20 daily. No exper
ience or capital needed. Write to
day. Furst & Thomas, Dept. F, 426
Third St., Oakland, Cal. 36p.
ROMANCE, Greta Garbo's great
est talkie, Star Theater, Sunday-Monday
Wanted Work as housekeeper,
on ranch or In camp; will work by
day. Mrs. E. Boule, city. 35-6p.
TUM-A-LUM TICKLE It
Published In the interests of the people of Heppner and vicinity by
THE TUM-A-LUM LUMBER CO., Phone 912
Volume 30
Heppner, Oregon November 20, 1930
No. 44
EDITORIAL
Being broke isn't so
bad. But worryfhg for
fear somebody will
discover that we are
broke makes us very
uncomfortable.
ilbebt uzna,
Manager, Editor,
We will now have
that popular ballad,
"We wouldn't fuel you,
Mister," rendered by
the cheap coal sales
man. The audience
will be - composed of
those that bought this
coal in an effort to
save money.
TUM-A-LUMP coal
is so full of B.T.U.'s,
which means heat pro
ducing power, that it
would be foolish to
use any other. Ask
our users.
Glenn Jones was in
town Wednesday haul
ing out coal for his
winter needs.
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Afptarancf and ttmfort art tttaUj advanctd
Tnfermante is smoother, mat thrilling than t
The Biht-90-Pfaett Motoring
Money Can Buy $1565
Everywhere you go, you will hear glowing trib
utes to the new Nash, Some refer to the car's
smooth, flashing speed and delightful ease of
control. Others 6tress its finer beauty and
luxury. All marvel at the wholly unexampled
value. Beyond these tributes, there is the
unmistakable fact that every one who ride in
or drives the new Nash desires to own it, A
demonstration will make you, too, one of the
new thousands now turning to the new Nash,
Eight-8o Serin
8-Cyi., lti'.Wbedbtm
$1245 to $1375
Eigh-oo Serie
8-CfL, 1x4' and 133 Whedbej
$1565 to $2025
Sz-60 Series
6-CyL, iX'Wheelbue
$795 to $845
Eight-70 Series
8-CyL, Il6' Wheelbae
$945 to $995
I NEW DEAL FOR TODAY'S DOLLAR
Bergstrom & Kane
Use Tum-A-Lumber
Wood in your fire
place. Lots of heat
and no smoke.
Lady: My good man,
you should not ask for
money.
Dusty Rhodes: But,
lady, they gave me
two years the last time
I took it without ask
ing. Keep the cold out of
the house and the
cricks out of your
neck by installing insulation.
It isn't very pleas
ant to have the rain
run down the walls,
spoiling the wall paper
and forming puddles
on the floor. It may
only take a bunch of
shingles or a roll of
roofing to stop the
leak. Take advantage
of this nice weather
and fix those leaking
roofs.
Home is a place
where people go to
sleep. Burn TUM-A-LUMP
and keep the
house warm.
Aunt Maggie's Advice
to the Lovelorn
"Listen, Big Boy,
keep both hands on
the steering wheel."
Lester poolittle is
doing some repairing
at his home on Balti
more street.
When It's Cold
You want the best of wram clothing.
We have the best, reasonably priced.
WOOL BLAZERS STAG SHIRTS
$5, $7.50, $8.50, HO
SHEEPSKIN COATS
$10 and $13.50
LEATHER COATS
$10.50 . $15.00
WOOL SHIRTS
$2.95 1. $6.00
Large stocks of heavy underclothing, shoes,
over shoes and socks in fact everything' to
protect against the cold, at our store.
The Store of Personal Service
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Thanksgiving Delicacies
You'll find here a fresh, choice supply of all
those good things that make a well
rounded Thanksgiving dinner. '
MONARCH
FOOD PRODUCTS
Quality for 77 years, 1853-1930
ANOTHER VIRTUE
of our dignified and modern mortuarial service Is the inclusion
of a lady assistant. With a woman to aid at a time when even
the smallest of details mean much, your wants and desires are
tenderly cared for.
Plielps Funeral Home
Day and Night Phone 1332
Cut Flowers for All Occasions Heppner, Oregon
Ejected
from Your Own Home!
' You never know when Landlord Fire may
put you out. It may be months before the
house is again ready for use.
In such an emergency, Rent Insurance
provides mimediate funds for a temporary
home. Ask us, without obligation, haw lit
tle this adds to your fire insurance premium
F. W. Turner & Co.
Your Turkeys
Get them to market quickly,
economically. We pick them
up anywhere along our line.
$10,000 CARGO INSURANCE
John Day Valley Freight Line
(Incorporated)
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Worth Thinking
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There are many ways to be thrifty
besides merely saving the pennies, al
though we'll admit they are worth
saving. Here are a few of them:
Save the moments they are
worth something to you if used prop-
erly. Be careful of your health it
may save you money for doctor's
bills. Store wisdom away in your
mind where it will be valuable to
you. In fact, keep sound mentally
and physically. We can safeguard
your funds the rest is up to you.
Fir& National Bank
HEPPNER, OREGON