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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1931 PAGE THREE Whether We Feel That Way or Not A friend of mine tells me that he has recently added to his Income by working in the evenings as a press agent for an amusement park. It was his first contact with that great industry which has grown up out of the rather pathetic eager ness of folks to be happy to have their minds diverted from their work and worries. He said: "My job has been hard work, but it taught me one thing that is priceless how to look plea sant whether I feel that way or not" It reminded me of a conversation I once had with the press agent of a circus. In describing the freaks in the side-show, he remarked: "Every so often we have to send them away. They get sucker sore." "Sucker sore!" I exclaimed. "That's a new one on me. What's the meaning of sucker sore?" He explained that, in the parlance of the circus, a customer is a suck er. It is not a derogatory term, merely the conventional phrase. "The freaks sit there on their raised platforms, listening to the comments of the suckers who press around them all day long," he said. "The living skeleton hears the same rude Jokes H hundred thousand times. The fat lady is poked at with umbrellas, and kidded by smart young fellows who imagine that their wise cracks are something ab solutely fresh and new. "Day after day the freaks put up with it, smiling patiently. But ev ery day the strain of their suppres sed emotions grows greater, until finally they want to jump down off their platforms and bite the cus tomers. Then we have to send them away for a rest They are 'sucker sore'." Most of us can sympathize with the freaks; we, too, have been suck er sore. There have come days when our tired nerves rebelled against the demands of the cus tomers who give us a living; when we grumbled at the job for which we should have been grateful; when it seemed that all interest had gone from our work, leaving only dull routine. It is wise on such days to pull down the desk and walk out of the office, and say: "I will not be back until tomorrow." But even this cure does not al ways work, or can not always be applied. Soon or late we have to face the fact that life is a fight, not a picnic. And one of the ele ments of victory, in the words of my friend, is the capacity to "look pleasant, whether we feel that way or not." QUAKERS The Religious Society of Friends, whose members are usually called "Quakers," has just amended its book of discipline, removing some of the restrictions on the dress and speech of its members. It still ad heres to its fundamental tenet, which is simplicity in external things, as well as in spiritual things. President Hoover, the most dis tinguished member of the Society of Friends, habitually wears the plain est and simplest clothes that any President has ever worn, the dark Quaker grey being his favorite col or. But Quaker girls are no longer forbidden to dress modlshly, al though they are still warned against the extremes of fashion. The vitality of the Quaker sect has been remarkable. Its moral in fluence has always been powerful. And I have never heard of a Quak er in need of charity. SUNLIGHT Every scientist knows that the energy of the light rays from the sun, striking the earth, amounts to many million times the amount of energy developed by all the power plants in the world. Means of cap turing this solar energy has long been discussed. Now Dr. Bruno Lange, of Berlin, has found a meth od of converting this sun energy into mechanical power. Sunlight striking a new type of photoelectric cell sets up an electric current which will turn a motor. All that remains to be done to make the sun run all of the world's machines is to find a way of doing it cheaply enough. At present the cost of the aparatus is about two hundred and fifty times as much per unit of power generated as a modern steam or hydro-electric plu.it, but some day it will be cheap er than water power. FORD To me the most interesting thing about Henry Ford is his inquiring mind. No other lndivdiual, and few institutions, spend so much time and money in the effort to find bas ic remedies for social and economic evils as Mr. Ford does. When he has an idea that he thinks will work he doesn't have to ask any body else to finance it, but goes ahead and tries the experiment on a full-sized scale. His latest plan to insure continu ous employment to his workers is to shut down his plants for the an nual inventory in summer instead of In winter, and to give all of those laid off a chance to work on his own and other farms, thus increas ing agricultural production and maintaining the workers' Incomes. Mr. Ford has long believed that sixty days' work in the year is all that is really needed to produce most food crops. It will be inter esting to see how his experiment works out 534 1 The City of New York has begun to dig away part of the shores of The Kilowatt Kiddies Light YOUR WAY LIGHT .... how varied are your uses! Sun rivalling light floods every nook and cranny graced with the invisible influence of the Kilo watt Kiddies. In home, office, store or fac tory their revealing rays change darkness to noon-time brightness. The KILOWATT LAMP LIGHTERS are equally efficient in parlor, boudoir, bath or kit chen. The light they typify is the most econ omical illumination the human race has ever enjoyed. Brighten every corner of your home with6 light. The Kilowatt Kiddies cost least to maintain of any servant seen or. unseen! They are interior decorators, too, for the lamps they can light can be of cheerful colors also. Use the light of The Kilowatt Kiddies everywhere any time ! 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There are more people reading books in America today than ever before, and even obscure authors are earning more money than most bankers and business men ever get I know one newspaper man who wrote a book that was published a month ago, and which has already sold 13,000 copies. He gets twenty five cents for each copy sold, and it took him six weeks to write the book, which makes its first month's earnings high pay for a newspaper man. A recipe for riches: Write a book, but be sure it is an interesting book that people will want to read. 1928 Model W Case Hillside Com bine, all reconditioned and ready to take the field. 1927 Model W Case Hillside Com bine, thoroughly overhauled and ready to take the field. Run 3 sea sons. Terms. PEOPLES HARDWARE CO., 6tf. Heppner, Ore. Husband: From the glimpse I had of her this morning, I rather like our new cook. There seems to be plenty of go about her. Wife: Yes, she's gone. Weanling Pigs for Sale. Sterling Fryrear, 10 mi. south of Heppner. 8 IRRIGON MRS. W. C. KOM. Shirley, Josephine and Belle Fred rickson gave a party for the high school students Tuesday night at the home of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Smith. The evening was spent in playing games and pulling taffy after which a bounte ous lunch was served by the hosts. The youngsters departed for their homes at a late hour voting it an evening long to be remembered. Miss Edith Stallard and Miss Lucy Case put on a health program Tuesday evening. It was in the form of movie illustration pictures and was greatly appreciated by those present Mrs. A. D. Aldrich entertained the H. E. club ladies Thursday af ternoon by special Invitation, serv ing a delicious lunch of ice cream, cake and coffee which everyone en joyed. Those present were Mrs. Bert Dexter, Mrs. Jene Dexter, Mrs. W. C. Isom, Mrs. F. Fredrickson, Mrs. Sam Smith, Mrs. Roscoe Wil liams, Mraj Don Brooks, Mrs. E. Fagerstrom, Mrs. Frank Leicht and Mrs. A. C. Houghton. The club la dies! are hoping soon to welcome Mr. and Mrs. Aldrich Into the Grange. Don Rutledge is driving a Ford car which he purchased recently. Friends here are sorry to hear that Mrs. Frank Bra'ce again had a relapse and is at the Hermiston hospital. She is having several teeth removed which Dr. Christoph erson thinks will be a benefit to her health. Donald Isom was absent from school Friday on account of illness. Mr. and Mrs. Bowluare, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Warner and Mrs. Jas. Warner motored to Pendleton Fri day. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Kendler Jr. of Umatilla spent Friday evening in the Isom home. Several representatives from the grades attended the track meet at Heppner Saturday but won only seconds and thirds. The teachers for the coming year have been decided upon by the school board. Merton Dawald will again fill the superintendent's po sition and Mrs. Dawald will teach in the high school. Henry Wier has also been retained for the seventh and eighth grades. 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Those in charge are planning to get Rev. Paine of Hermiston to deliver the address as this is the request of the graduates, who are Robert Walpole, Verdie Leach and Shirley Frederickson. Everyone is cordially invited to attend. Highway Beautification Plan Told by Sawyer Preservation of the beauty of Or egon highways through the elimin ation of roadside advertising in non-commercial locations, by giving additional protection to wild life of the state, and by the provision and maintenance of parks along the highways to provide rest and com fort for the tourist traveler was ad vocated by Judge Robert W. Saw yer of Bend, former state highway commissioner, In speaking over KOAC, the Oregon State college station, recently. Already the Forest Service has broadened its policy so that hereaf ter the timber in its control on the Oregon highways will be left and me traveler will be presented with the appearance of an unbroken for est, Judge Sawyer said. The new law to ea into effect In June protecting the sea lion is one step toward the preservation of wild life, he pointed out "Highway beautification is taking the interest of the people in every state in the Union," he said, "but in Oregon beautification does not mean entering upon extensive pro grams of roadside gardening and tree planting. It means only the pre servation of what we have, or where the beauty is beginning to go Decause or advertising, that it be recovered by doing away with the advertising. Oreeon is beautiful already, and its roadsides are largely Deautirui, but they will re main so only as we see that they are kept undeflled and unspoiled." Future Farmers Hold Annual Session at OSC More than 250 boys representing the Smith-Hughes agricultural de partment of 30 high schools of the state took part In the three-day an nual convention of the Future Far mers of America on the Oregon State campus last week. Nine of these boys were selected by the executive council of the or ganization to be honored with the "Oregon Farmer" degree, Indicat ing that they are considered the most outstanding in Smith-Hughes work in this state. Those named were Neil Hoffman, Ontario; How ard Robertson, Forest Grove; Cleo Latham, McMinnville; Palmer Tar vend, Silverton; Richard Carter, Newberg; Millard Magness, Day ton; Emil Craft, Canby; Wayne Mc- Fetridge, Enterprise, and Hugh Hanna, Independence. C. C. Hulet, master of the Ore gon State grange, was voted an honorary degree. Dick Rockhill, Dayton, waa judg ed champion orator in the state fi nals of the Future Farmers public speaking contest, with Laurence Kent, Cottage Grove, second. Rock hill, whose subject was, "Why I Choose to Become a Farmer," is en titled to enter the regional finals at Boise, Idaho, this month. Officers were all chosen from the nine who received the Oregon Far mer degree. Magness la the new president. Carter, vice president; McFetridge, secretary; Robertson, treasurer, and Hanna, reporter. Mary S.: I wonder what cause the flight of time. Liba D.: It is probably urged on by the spur of the moment P ure ICE Made from Heppner's Artesian Water Leaves no sediment when it melts. DELIVERED ANYWHERE IN TOWN. Regular Delivery. Morrow County Creamery Company Phone 872 I imagine me trying to do my spring cleaning without plenty of hot water... When it comes to spring cleaning, hot water is as neces sary as an electric sweeper. But think how it slows things up when water has to be heated on a range or in the fur nace. Surely, you won't do it this slow, cumbersome way again. Not when just $5 down installs- an electric water heater that will provide you loads of hot water all the time. Think of it constant hot water with out building a single fire, with out even turning a heater on and off. Electricity for hot water is so inexpensive. 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