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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEB. 5, 1931. PAGE THREE TRYING TO GET MORE THAN THERE IS This is the story of two men who are now about forty-five years old. They graduated in the same class at college. One of them came to New York and took the first job he could get, which happened to be in the stock-room of a large corpora tion. He lived in an attic, did his own washing, and fought tooth and nail. After a while, as the business grew and older men dropped out, he was promoted, until he is now a vice-president. He has a home in the suburbs, and a fine family, and is accumulating a comfortable for tune. The other young man was equally attractive and talented, but he had a different idea. Said he: "I'm not going to be tied down. Why waste the best years of my life in a stuffy office? I'll wan der around and Bee the the world while I am young; there will be plenty of time for work later on." Well, he has wandered around the world. He has been to interesting places, had romantic adventures, met unusual people. Now he is through with his travels, and at forty-five wants to settle down. But, though the other man has tried to help him, it is almost im possible. He knows no trade, has mastered no tools, has no business experience to offer. He is out of life, and he can't get in. He thinks that Fate has played him a mean trick. He envies the success of his friend, and he is tend ing to grow bitter. All of which suggests that much of the trouble in. human affairs comes from trying to beat the game from trying to get out of life more than there is in it. 'The gods," said Emercon, "sell everything to men at a fair price." They sell business success, but the price is several tough years of work. They sell pleasure and adventure, but the price of these is also meas ured in years. They sell the thrill of speculation, but the price is that few win and many lose; and even the winners oftem sacrifice their nervous sys tems and their health. They sell family life; and they sell divorce. Any man may choose the thing that he wants to buy, but no man may choose them all. And whoever makes his choice and then wakes up to regret that he did not choose otherwise is in tough luck. We can be sorry for him, but we can not do much to help. STOCKBR1P6E 1 HUMIDITY The hot-air furnace is coming back into popularity, partly because it has been improved so that it is not the dust-spreader which it used to be, and partly because it is the simplest means of warming a house with air which is properly humidi fied. The most recent improve ments in furnaces provide a water tank twice as big as used to be thought necessary, with the result that less fuel is needed to keep the house temperature comfortable. Hu mid air always feels warmer than dry air at the same temperature. The most modern factory and of fice buildings have no windows which can be opened. All of the air breathed by those occupying them is drawn through a water bath to wash it and humidify it, heated or cooled to the same temperature the year around and pumped by fans Into every room, while other fans draw out the foul air. Some day this system will be available for dwellings and we shall all live more healthfully. WORRY It's an old saying that worry kills more people than work ever did. Now comes Dr. William Mayo, fa mous surgeon of Rochester, Minn., and points out that doctors, espec ially surgeons, die from heart dis ease because they worry about their patients and suppress their emotions. Most people worry about some thing. Worry Is the little sister of fear. Most of us are afraid of things which we need not he nfraid of. When you're up on your toes you're not down in the mouth. T HE world Is rich In re- X wards for the energetic. There never wns a time In the hlHtory of the world for mak ing money like that which in vites the "DOER' 'today." It's the DOKltS who wear a beaten path to the bunk door. A checking necount with The Farmers & Btnckgrowers Is an asset to energy. FARMERS & STOCKGRGWERS NATIONAL BANK There Is No Substitute for Safety More people are afraid of making a bad impression on others than of any other one thing. The secret of long life, apparent ly, is to do nothing which will give cause for worry later on. But if we were all wise enough to do that this would be a different sort of world than it is. UNEMPLOYMENT One lesson which we have learned from the present condition of unem ployment is that industry and so ciety are not yet organized to take care of emergencies which throw people out of work. Many able minds are working now on plans which may prevent such wholesale unemployment in future. It is certain that we can prevent the recurrence of similar emergen cis only by closer coordination of all industry and business, so that production in private enterprises and development of public improve ments can be planned ahead of a long-time schedule. ALASKA It won't be long before there is a motor highway all the way from Seattle to Fairbanks, Alaska. The commissioners appointed by the President to study the feasibility of such a road have made some in teresting discoveries about Fair banks. It is exactly half way around the world from Petrograd, Russia, and only a little farther north. It is nearer to Japan and the Philip pines than Honolulu is. An extremely interesting map of the "top of the world" has been published in this connection by the U. S. Department of the Interior. It shows how the world would look if you could view it from a point di rectly above the North Pole. Any body who wants a copy of that map can get it free by writing to Chief Clerk, Department of the Interior, Washington. Alaska is going to be one of the important regions of the United States in time, and it is worth any body's time to study it now. WIND German scientists have discovered that the effect of high winds on vegetation is to retard growing. Trying to find a way of protecting fruit trees, bushes, vegetables and flowers from the effects of wind, they tried screens made of ordinary wire netting such as is used for fly screens. The effect was remarkable. The screen lets enough air through but breaks up a gale into a gentle breeze. It does not need to sur round the plants, but only to pro tect them on the windward side. Vegetation protected by screens of this sort are reported to have grown fifty per cent faster than those unprotected and to have yield ed larger crops. the following: "The seven provinces having government control with a population of 10,000,000 spent $160,- 000,000 a year for liquor." The British Columbia Liquor Board stated: "Since the opening of the beer parlors the sales of hard liquors have increased 50 per cent." The Saskatchewan Board In 1927 reported that the sales of hard liqu or had increased 33 per cent in the preceding two years, and that the arrests for drunkenness had in creased 125 per cent in the first eight months of government control. The Montreal Star stated that W. C. T. U. NOTES. MARY A. NOTSON, Reporter. In 1928, the combined reports of the seven Liquor Control Boards of the Provinces of Canada contained mm tie iw 1 K "A-HtIA T JL HERE are tests and tests but here's a test we want you to make for yourself with your eyes wide open. Just come into our bright, clean food stores any day in the week and compare our prices and quality foods with those found in other stores. You'll readily agree that paying c;inh here not only pays In fresher, higher quality foods but in actual dollars and cents us well! Saturday & Monday Specials Almonds Fancy soft shell. Note the price. 2 LBS. 39c COCOA Excellent quality breakfast cocoa. Sold in bulk. 2 LBS. 19c n J L Jell-Well The nation's fa vorite dessert to d a y. Assorted flavors. 4 Fkgv. 29c P & G. Large Size Laun dry Soap. 12 BARS 49c COFFEE The famous MucMarr it just simp ly can't be excelled in quality. 3 Lbs $1.00 FLOUR MacMarr A product of Sperry'a it's quality repeats its sales. 49-Lb. Sack $1.25 MINCEMEAT l7lnf: n1eLBs.28c PRUNES FANCY FRENCH PETIT 3 LliS 29c ITALIAN FRUNES 25 LBS $1.85 Mayonnaise Best Food product the mayon naise with the egg base. Pts. 33c; Qts. 65c DCArVIC MEXICAN REDS 10 LBS. 54c OATS Sperry'a extra cream rolled oats. 9-LB. BAG 47c m D COFFEE M Our Economy, the M bent in low price Wq coffees. 3 3 LBS. I 69c il JU umnwu mA' rr CHEESE P Full cream loaf cheese. 5-LB. LOAF $1.15 KAlflJiry Fancy Breakfast, med- QOn JLMHijn ium wejght pERLB.OAlU Pancake Flour MacMarr Quality 2'2-H). Pkjr 19c No. 10 Bag 59c Baking Powder Crescent Brand A real quality product. 3-LB. TIN 79c CABBAGE Solid while heads med. size. PER LB 3c drunkenness among women had In creased 53 per cent The Saskatchewan Board also as serted that bootlegging had increas ed 111 per cant during the first year of government control. The Brit ish Columbia Board reported: "As much liquor is sold by bootleggers as is sold by government stores." The convictions for bootlegging in Canada increased from 8,519 in 1922 to 19,327 in 1929, an increase of 127 per cent The government sales in the seven provinces having govern ment control stepped up from $160, 000,000 to nearly $193,000,000, an an nual increase of 20 per cent, from 1928 to 1929. The brewers have been making loud complaint;) to the government that the home brew, concocted by the people in their homes, is inter fering with the legalized traffic. Is it not sad to think that there is an increase in drunkenness among women in Canada under gov ernment control? And is it not sur prising that there is so much boot legging in Canada? And is it not amazing that the consumption of "hard liquors" increased after beer was allowed to be sold by the glass in four provinces? The Alberta Lkf uor Board states: "Our greatest problem is moonshine in the coun try districts." Who would have sup posed that there were any moon shiners or bootleggers in Canada? We may expect to hear from the temperance (?) advocates In the United Statets on some of these matters. They will probably suggest to Canada that the remedy for their ills is to repeal the 18th amendment in this country. 3 years for 15 where can you get more for your money? The G. T. 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Roberts, Associ ate Professor in Economics, University of California, Berkeley, California. OUTDOOR ADVERTISING ON THE PACIFIC COAST HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES Copyright 1931 by Foster nnrt Kleiser rYimpnny