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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1930)
HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, DEC. 25, 1930. PAGE THREE "A Form of Suicide" A certain friend of mine prosper ed mightily h his business and in vestments. I used to see him often, and it distressed me to observe that his increase In wealth had appar ently added nothing to his peace of mind. He had seemed to be always worried. His health was not too good. With each added million he developed a new complaint The other day I saw him again for the first time in nearly a year. His eyes shone. He was full of pep and plans a wonderful trans formation. "You know, I used to talk about retiring," he said, "and I had just about made up my mind to do It when the stock market crashed. Then I discovered that I couldn't afford to retire. "I've gone back to work, and it's the greatest tonic I ever had. I doubt now if I'll ever retire. When you come to think of it," he added, "idleness is just a form of suicide." The phrase is striking, but the thought which it expresses is not new. Many men have made the same discovery, and usually at the price of unhappiness. Charles Lamb, when released at last from his drudgery of desk work at the India ollice, cried out that he would not go back to his "pris on for ten thousand pounds." "I am free! Free as air!" he wrote ecstatically to a friend. "I will live another fifty years. Positively the best thing a man can do is nothing." Two years passed. Idleness lost its charm. Time, which had seemed to pais slowly when he was chained to a job, now hung around his neck like a millstone. With his days free for writing he actually wrote less than in the years when, with all their dull routine, he had been stim ulated by daily contact with the active world. "I assure you no work at all Is worse than overwork; the mind preys on itself the most unwhole some of food." So he wrote to the same friend. "I have ceased to care for almost anything. Never did the waters of heaven pour down on a forlorner head. What I can do, and overdo, is to walk. I am a sanguinary murderer of time. But the oracle is silent." Henry Thoreau, who saw many things clearly, looked forward to a time when every man's life would be reasonably divided between hard work and happy leisure. "Why should the hen set all day?" he asked. "She can lay but one egg, and besides, she will not have pick ed up materials for a new one. Those who work much do not work hard." Both idleness and unrelieved drudgery are forms of suicide. Somewhere between them is a hap py medium which is really living. BLASPHEMY The Lord Chamberlain of Eng land, who has the final say whether any play may be shown In English theaters, has banned "The Green Pasture," the play which received the Pulitzer Prize when it was pro duced in New York, where it Is still running. The ground of the objection is that in the play one character rep resents God, and that is forbidden on the English stage. True, the char acter is merely an ignorant Negro's conception of God as "somebody that looks like the Reverend Mr. Dubois," and the whole play reflects the simple literal interpretation of the Bible story in terms of their own race and experience, by the primitive Negroes of the lower Mis sissippi Valley. But that makes no difference In England; "The Green Pastures" can't be shown there. The reasoning back of that seems as wrong-headed as most of the reasoning, or lack of it, back of some efforts In America to keep re ligion from being taken lightly. Any religion which can't stand up under caricature or parody must be pretty weak stuff. WAR The movie magnates are fallling over themselves to produce films showing war scenes. That is quite all right war Is mankind's greatest adventure always has been and al ways will be. But when they talk, as some of them do, about such 111ms as "All Quiet on the Western Front" and "Hell's Angels" as be ing calculated to turn the minds of youth away from war and toward peace, they are, speaking in the ver nacular, all wet. Youth doesn't mind dirt and blood and (lunger and horrors, if there is TASTY, FRESH Shell FISH Eat them here now. Pre pared to your order. FOB A GOOD MEAL ANY TIME or Just A LIGHT LUNCH OB FOUNTAIN REFRESHMENTS ELKHORN RESTAURANT ED CHINN, Prop. the thrill of action attached to them. Youth cannot visualize the social and economic losses caused by war if it could, it wouldn't be youth. As well try to talk girls out of loving as to talk boys out of fighting. And the more war pic tures are shown on: the screen, the more eager will the generation which was too young to fight In the last war be for a new war in which they, too, can share in the excite ment of battle. AUSTRALIA Australia has made one more step, and a long one, toward complete Independence of the British Em pire. The King of England has ap pointed a native Australian, Sir Is aac Alfred Isaacs, as Governor Gen eral of the Commonwealth. The theory of the British govern ment of its colonies in the past has been that while the people might elect their own legislative bodies the j head of the Government must be somebody sent out from "home." j No Canadian has ever been the ' Governor-General of Canada, no In dian Governor-General of India. Great Britain is having plenty of i trouble keeping what it has, and rather than risk a revolt which would set up Australia as a com pletely independent nation all pre cedents have been broken. POSTAGE The Postmaster General wants to increase the rate of postage on let ters from two cents to cents each. Probably nobody would mind it very much. Nobody made a great fuss when we went to three-cent postage during the war. The main difficulty would be in making change. The Post Office cost the taxpayers of the United States nearly one hun dred million dollars last year. That is what we paid over and above postage stamp payments. More than half of the loss comes from carry ing free mail matter for members of Congress and Government de partments. The cost of postal service ought to be paid by the people who use It The business house that has a stamp bill of thousands of dollars a week is getting something for nothing from the taxpayer who writes only one letter a month. Moreover, the business house is us ing the mail for purposes of busi ness that is, to make money. AGE There has been a great deal of talk spilled loosely about the inca pacity of men over 40 to do their share of the day's work. At the New York State Industrial Safety congress the other day one of the industrial leaders said: "It is the old, trained employee who mak es us our money. They are the ones it is hard to replace. The time when a man begins to be worth something is around 45." Anybody who will think the mat ter over will realize that this is true If business consisted in playing ten nis or golf, or prize-fighting, no doubt young men would easily crowd out the old ones. But the "leg-work" which most jobs require is no strain, upon the heart and muscles of men of sixty, while the intelligence and fidelity which are acquired only through experience both on the job and in the art of getting along in the world, are qual ities that youth seldom possess. HUMORETTES Windjammer I graduated in playing the saxophone from a cor respondence school. Bamboozle Well, you sure lost lots of your mail. Cordelia Engaged to two men at once? Does breach of promise mean nothing to you? Cornelia I'll say it does. I'm trying to figure out how I can sue them both for it Mrs. Watt Has Mrs. Bjones for given her daughter for eloping with that actor? Mrs. Howe I don't think so she's gone to live with them. qAs nineteen-thirty prospered, Then so will thirty-one, We hope to keep your custom, Success has justbegun'.t F.W. TURNER &C0. w5. 11 J 69 COMB Let's forget our cares and sorrows It's Christmas! owes CHRISTMAS awakens fond memories and proves that there is lasting joy In providing pleasure for our loved ones, friends and fellow men. FEACE ON EAKTH GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN. May that sentiment ever grow stronger, and may Christmas bring to you, one and all, much happiness. There is No Substitute for Safety Records Eight Heppner Students at U. 0. Cited University of Oregon, Eugene (Special) There are eight students from Heppner registered in the Un iversity of Oregon fall term. They are: Merle Becket, a sophomore In the school of business administration, graduated from the Heppner high, and this year a member of the uni versity band. Katherine Bisbee, a freshman in physical education. She played freshman hockey and volley ball. Glen Wedell Castcel, a freshman in the English department, gradua ted from the Oregon State school for the blind. Marjorie Barton Clark, a junior in the English department She is a member of Chi Omega, and gen eral chairman of the women's rally committee this year. Claud C. Conder, a sophomore in political science. He was a member of the rifle team last year, and is one of the university band. Jon Conder, a junior in the school of music, graduated from the Hepp ner high school. He received the Phi Mu Alpha piano scholarship for 1928. Patricia Eileen Mahoney, a soph omore in the school of music, a member of Chi Omega, and a grad uate of Heppner high in 1929. John G. Parker, a freshman in the school of business administra tion, graduated from Heppner high school. "Why do you go out on the front porch whenever I sing? Don't you like to hear me? "It isn't that I want the neigh bors to see that I'm not beating my wife. Slowboy If I knew you better I'd kiss you. Miss Pepp If you'd kiss me you'd know me better. We cannot say the word we would Of deep appreciation; Wt tae this Way of wishing you A happy celebration! Pacific Power & Light Company HEPPNER, OREGON Christmas greetings! Happy greetings! We have tried to serve you well; Frost bells ring you, New Year bring you, All the joys your heart can tell! Elkhorn Restaurant EDWARD CHINN Proprietor The gay eat thing we have to aay To "friend and" patron too, Is Merry, Merry Chrijtmaj Day, And glad New Year to you! Heppner Planing Mill and Lumber Yard Transforming Tedious Tasks into Self-Done Service QUICKLY the kitchen is transformed into a light, clean-aired room by the use of Electric Cookery . . . basements become added livable rooms by Electric Hot-water heaters and fur nace tenders. . . into every room of the home electric, white magic flows to make it more cozily comfortable. Transformation of the home is bus one of Elec tricity's accomplishments. In industry it has made factories more efficient, increased pro duction and decreased costs. It has banished drudgery by dividing working hours nearly in half while multiplying productive effort and leisure. Pacific Power and Light Company "Alivays at your Service" Visitor I believe your village is very healthy, is it not? Inhabitant It is tile healthiest spot on earth. Visitor And yet your cemetery is pretty full. Inhabitant Yes, but they are the graves of doctors and undertakers who have died with broken hearts. NOTICE OP PiNAL SETTLEMENT. Notice is hereby given that the under signed has filed her final account s admnistratrix of the estate of Millard F. Parker, deceased, and that the Coun ty Court of the State of Origin for Morrow County ha.- appointed Mondav. the 2nd day of February. H:i. at the hour of lu o'chnk in the foremjon of said day. as the time, and the county court room in the court hnuw at Hepp ner. Oregon, as the place of hearing ancj settlement of said final account. Objections to .-aid final account must be filed on or before sitM date. TKANME B. PARKER. 41-45. Administratrix. We cannot see you each alone, And that's the very reason, We come in print to wish you all Good wishes for the season! ! Peterson's Jewelry Store ii Christmas and tit e New Year-, A gay old comhinatioru, And so this card of greeting, friends. Sincere congratulations! Humphreys Drug Company REAL PRE-IHVEHTORY SPECIALS If you wish to please the mealtime appetite of your family or guests, come to our stores and choose PERSONALLY the foods that grace your table. Nationally-known and advertised brands of quality foods, excelelnt varieties of seasonable fruits and vegetables verythlng is here to make your meals more inviting. Friday, Saturday and Monday Specials SOAP Crystal White laundry soap: the nation's fa vorite. 12 BARS 49c SALMON Alaska pink, de licious in many ways, especially as a loaf. 2 TALL TIS 25c SUGAR Pure Cane, ac cording to the present market this is a real saving. PER 100 LBS. $5.59 COFFEE, MacMarr, more popular every day, 3 LBS. COFFEE, Economy, well fJQr worth the price, 3 LBS. 51 MILK Darigold brand A real western product 11 TALL TINS 99c HONEY fi Pure Strained 5-LB. TINS 64c 10-LB. TINS $1.24 PRUNES Medium Size and Juicy 10 LBS. 73c 25 LBS. $1.73 SHORTENING No. 10 Pails $1.25 CRISCO 6-lb. Pails S1.55 SPUDS Govt inspect ed Netted Gems. 50 LBS. 99c 100 LBS. $1.75 PANCAKE FLOUR MacMarr Brand, the very latest In flour mixtures 2!a-LB. rKG. 19c 10-LB. BAGS 59c SOAP Oxoydal Pow- h der, the very latest for fan cy silks and woolens. 2 LG. PKGS. 43c KRAUT, Llbby's sold in bulk. 2 QCARTS best, OCl (OCOAMT, sweet and )Qf moist, sold in bulk, LB. avv CORN FLAKES Jersey Brand, large flakes and crisp. 6 LG. PKGS 49c Spaghetti New shipment, cull, fine quality, sold In bulk. 3 LBS. 29c COD FISH Roflco Brand Boneless 2 LBS. 45c Happy New Year A. R. REID, Proprietor to One and All tltllMIIMll f flfrrfl
