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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1931. PAGE THREE . SPOTLIGHTS I went to see Frank Craven's play "That's Gratitude." After the show Mrs. Craven and Grantland Rice took me .up to Frank's apartment. Other friends dropped in, and pre sently Frank himself arrived gen uine, whimsical, modest, totally un spoiled. Seeing him in his own home made it easier to understand his success. Everything was simple and old fashioned and sincere. When he writes a play he just picks a situ ation out of an ordinary American home, and then he walks on the stage and is himself. On the way home another thought struck me. He is the author of the play, and his name is printed on the program and written in front of the theater in elecrtic lights. Yet it is a play without a star. At least five other characters are Just as important as he is. He is on the stage no more than they are, and they are given just as many good lines. He might have written the piece so as to monopolize the spot light, and it might have been a success or it might have been a flop. But being the sort of chap he is, he is content to be in the background a good share of the time. His royal ties will reward his good sense. Years ago Cameron McKenzie wrote a short story entitled "The Man Who Was It." The story told about a business that had been making good profits for many years. The president took life very easy. He played golf, travelled in Europe, and let the boys assume responsibility. After his death a young and very efficient executive was brought in, who decided that everything need ed tightening up. When the pur chasing agent was about to sign a big contract, the new Boss jumped Into the negotiations himself. When the sales manager had a large or der to close, the Boss said: "I'll pack my bag and go with you." When the production manager made plans for rearranging the plant, the Boss revised his plans. He worked about twenty hours a day, and was always criticizing his predecessor who had seemed to work so little. The result was that his associates being robbed of both responsibility and credit, lay back and let him do it. He worked himself into a nerv ous breakdown, and the business went on the rocks. I am told that the Jesuits had this motto: "A great deal of good can be done in the world if one is not too careful who gets the credit." Wise leaders recognize this gold en principle and profit by it. The foolish hog the spotlight, and fre quently go to smash. RISKS The first reaction of everyone who read about the accident to the submarine "Nautilus" which dis abled it while it was cruising on the surface from America to Eng land, was how fortunate it was that that did not cocur while the ship was under the Arctic ice. Perhaps Sir Hubert Wlikins and his crew are not proposing to take any more serious risks than did many of the pioneer aviators. In the case fo flying it was fairly easy for anyone, however, to recognize the value of these early experiments if they should prove successful. It is difficult to see any possible value to humanity, or Importance to sci ence, in the effort to reach the North Pole by a submarine boat. It looks, to an Impartial observer, as if human life were being risked merely to provide thrills, just as a circus performer provides them. RADIODYNAMICS That is the word coined by John Hays Hammond, Jr., and now ac cepted by the patent office and Con gress, to mean the control of energy at a dsitance by means of radio. Hammond began to experiment vwith radiodynamics when he was a student in Yale in 1909. He invented a method of controlling a boat on the surface of the water and a tor pedo under the surface by radio impulses over a long course without a pilot on board. This is something quite different from transmitting power by radio. Only enough power can be trans mitted to set a piece of machinery in motion or stop it. The machin ery must have its own Independent power plant. The day may come when actual power can be sent through the air, but that is a long way in the future. SPORTS Interest in collegiate football is declining, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching reports. There is a very decided difference between sports participated in by students for the benefit of the stu dents themselves, for the mainten ance of their health and the up building of their morale, and sports undertaken as a means of advertis ing partclular colleges or of making money. Nobody is suggesting that all In tercollegiate sporting contests should be abolished, but it is cer tainly true that public Interest in them is declining, and it is probable that they will play a, less Important part in college life in the future than in the past. PIGEONS A blue homing pigeon flew B03H miles from Salisbury, N. C, to New York City in 13 hours, 11 minutes and 51 seconds the other day. This was not quite a record for the 600 mile annual pigeon race, but It comes very close to it. A large part of the homing pig con's time In flying long distance, however, Is taken up In the bird's questing, or circling at high alti tudes, to find landmarks to guide it back to Its home nest. The bird has no mysterious sixth sense or hom ing Instinct. It cannot llnd its way home at night or in a dense fog or conditions of low visibility. Like almost all birds, however, It has telescopic powers of vision beyond anything which human beings can easily Imagine, according to Dr Casey Wood, famous oculist, who has devoted many years to the study of the eyes of birds. The homing pigeon memorizes land marks near Its home loft, and, as It is given longer and longer flight trials, it learns the lay of the land at greater distances, until it knows the country so well that when lib erated within 500 miles from home on a clear day, it can see some re membered landmark in the direc tion of its home. ROCKETS Prof. Robert H. Goddard, of Clark University, who has been ex perimenting with and talking about propelling aircraft by means of rockets, has taken out patents on a rocket-proprelled airplane. The plane is expected to rise from the ground like any other plane, its pro pellers being turned by a turbine engine, for which the gas from a succession of rockets will furnish the power. When it gets into the rarified upper atmosphere the en gine will be cut off and the propul sive force will be that of the rock ets themselves. Prof. Goddard is no idle vision ary. Just what he has got in his desert laboratory in New Mexico he is not teling the world as yet, but if anyone in this country is going to succeed in flying by means of rockets Prof. Goddard will prob ably be the first. ODD---BUT TRUE Or- th (Q)M by Nancu Hart GOOD WITH NUTS Hickory Nut Macarpons Mix one cup meat nuts, chopped tine, with one cup of sugar, one-half cup flour and one egg. Drop on but tered tins and bake in quick oven. Hazelnut Cake Nine ounces of flour (a pint of sifted flour, heaping measure), four ounces of butter, four ounces of sugar, four ounces of chopped ha zelnuts, four eggs, teaspoon of van illa, quarter teaspoon of salt, tea spoon of baking powder. Bake in shallow pan in medium oven and when cold, ice with boiling icing. Good Salad A smart tea-room serves' this combination, which is indeed deli- clous: A mound of potato salad on a lettuce leaf or two on a plate, and lying against the mound, on each of its four sides, a boneless, skinned sardine. This is really a very delicious luncheon combina tion, and one that would be of the easiest for home preparing. With Mint An attractive confection can be made from mint leaves. Select reg ular leaves and boil them for a min ute only in a syrup made from one cup of sugar and a quarter cup of water. The syrup should have been boiled a few minutes before the mint leaves are added. Take the leaves from the syrup and let dry for four or five hours. Have ready an unbeaten egg white. Dip each leaf In this and dust with fine gran ulated sugar, and let dry on the top of stove or in an open oven. l'lirsnip Suuto Having boiled the parsnips, cut them in long narrow strips like cig arettes, Put them into a saucepan with a large lump of drippings or butter, and shake occasionally until the butter absorbs and the edges of the parsnips become slightly brown ed; do not allow them to fry crisp. Chop a tnblespoonful of parsley fine, stir it, with pepper and salt, into the parsnips, and serve. Shepherd's I'io Cut cold mutton into Inch dice and place In a baking dish. Cover with hot gravy. A thinly sliced onion may bo added if liked. Boil, mash and season 1 quart of pota toes and henp on the pudding dish Bake in an oven until the potatoes are browned. Spinach Au Uratln Chop two cups of drained spinach I 'I i ; w w , 1 ri l m hi f : : :i rt r PARROT NfW LWB A0O fcND CAN TrXVX tAOST OP THrT TlrAE , ?S K WILL NCtf.M WAV TNvc,KUON "THE rAEfUm& O? VJAtT ARMSTRONG COUNTY. SOUTH DrK0Tr, WITH AH rfc.Ef 0? Nl.E5 HrS MO POST r HE rWNVATED CARTOON THAT SHOWS ON THP SCREEN P0r 6 MINUTES IS COMPOSED OE 8,640 1 FRAMES AND REQUIRES THE NAKNG 0? 4,000 L TO 8,000 DRAWINGS, tACH OE WHCH MUST GO THROUGH FROM 6 TO 0 DVfFERENT PROCESSES TO GET T ON THE EltrA Joyce Caldwell and Mrs. Clair Caldwell visited Mrs. Clara Smith Saturday. Mrs. Fred Markham, Frank Markham and Bert Beneflel were Hermiston business visitors Satur day. Leola Beavert was a Pendleton visitor Friday. Mrs. Jess Oliver and children mo tored to Goldendale, Wn., Saturday to visit Mrs. Oliver's mother. Floyd remained with his grandparents for a few weeks visit Little Ethel Oliver received a fall while playing at the Wilson home Sunday evening, dislocating her el bow. The arm is badly swollen but not serious. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Thorne of Stanfield, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Isom and O. Coryell were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Isom Sun day and during the evening Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Chapman and Mr. and Mrs. George Kendler of Umatilla were guests. Another shower worthy of men tion was given Mrs. Wesley Chaney Thursday afternoon which was en joyed by everyone present Re freshments were served the guests by the hostess, Mrs. Bessie Strader. der. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Grimm are the proud parents of a boy born Monday. Mother and baby are do ing well. Shop Assistant "The gentleman wants to know if that sweater will shrink." Boss "Is it too big for him?" Shop Assistant "Yes, sir!" Boss "Of course, it will!" Smart- Btuxuia cof. and add a little salt and pepper and two cups of medium thick white sauce. Butter a baking dish, put in a layer of this, then a layer of bread crumbs and a layer of cheese. You will need one half up of grat ed yellow cheese. Continue until all ingredients have been used. On top place a layer of crumbs and a sprinkling of cheese; dot with but ter and bake. IRRIGON MRS. W. C. ISOM. Frank Leicht was a business vis itor at the R. V. Jones home Mon day. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dodge of Se attle, Wn., and Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Brace, Dorothy Dill and Roy Elli son, all of The Dalles, were visiting Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brace and fam ily this week. Mrs. Ed. Beusel and Mrs. John Pace of Hermiston visited with Mrs. W. C. Isom Thursday. Mr. Pace was in the vicinity looking after his bee interests. Mr. L. Wisdom who has been ill for some time passed away Mon day at Heppner hospital. Funeral services were held in Heppner. Those attending from here were Chas. Beneflel, Fred and Tom Cald well, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Grimm and Chauncey Grimm, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Grabeil and Mr. ajid Mrs. Em niett McCoy. Mrs. Amy Collins was a Pendle ton visitor from Sunday till Thurs day. Mrs. E 1 r o y Lamoreaux and daughter Virginia, Mrs. Geo. Kend ler, Sr., and Mrs. Geo. Kendler, Jr., spent Friday afternoon with Mrs. W. C. Isom. Mrs. Bessie Strader of Portland is here for an extended visit with her daughter, Mrs. Wesley Chaney. Mrs. Frank Leicht and children, Nellie and Frankie, motored to Chewelah, Wn., Saturday for a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. Bar ney Encirioe. Nellie will remain for Restless CHILDREN CHILDREN will fret, often for no apparent reason. But there's al ways Cnstoria! Harmless as the recipe on the wrapper; mild and bland as it tastes. But its gentle action soothes a youngster more surely than a more powerful medicine. That's the beauty of this special children's remedy I It may bo given the tiniest infant as often as there is need. In cases of colic, diarrhea or similar disturbance, it is invaluable. A coated tongue calls for just a few drops to ward oil constipation; so does any siiwicstion of bad breath. Whenever children don't eat weU, don't rest well, or have any little upset (JiLs pure vcjjetable prepara tion is usually nil that's needed. several weeks to visit with her aunt. Wiley Beneflel went to Acme, Wn., where he will spend the sum mer with his sister, Mrs. Carl Had dox. Mr. and Mrs. Gar Showltz and family and Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Jergensmire and family, all of The Dalles, visited over the week end with their relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brace. Helen Jergensmire is is here for several days visit with her cousin Florence Brace. Mrs. Tom Caldwell went to Boise, Idaho, recently for several weeks visit with relatives. Irrigon has been having showers the past week but the most interest- From Headaches Colds and Sore Throat Neuritis, Neuralgia Don't be a chronic sufferer from headaches, or any other pain. 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If we who enjoy the fruits of their sacrifices are to measure up to their superb standard of patriotism we shall do It only thru like vision, energy and thrift Today, we honor those who pointed the way. Farmers and Stockgrowers National Bank Dhere is No Substitute lor Safety P ure Made from Heppner's Artesian Water Leaves no sediment when it melts. DELIVERED ANYWHERE IN TOWN. Regular Delivery. Morrow County Creamery Company Phone 872 HUSTON'S iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiniitiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiMiiHiiiiiiiiiiiimTniii GROCERY UIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMHIIIIIIIiiiiHitlHIIIIIIUIiilllHtllllMIIIIIItllllllllllllltllllllllllllllllfllllMtllfllini E. R. 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