HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUG. 20, 1931.
PAGE THREE
"I WAS WRONG"
Like many other business men, I
subscribe to a confidential bulletin
issued by a private news agency in
Washington.
It contains interesting comment
on affairs both here and abroad,
gathered from official sources and
from important visitors to the Cap
ital. No one Is quoted by name and
hence the writers of the bulletin
can exercise considerable freedom.
Sometimes their information is
useful.
In a recent number they answer
ed certain questions as to how they
get their news. I quote the follow
ing paragraph:
"For example, take the Washing
ton predictions as to when business
will recover. There have been two
kinds. First, the formal, publish
able statement of officials, which
the newspapers have carried. Sec
ond, the unofficial, private, more
sincere views which the Washing
ton correspondents have known but
were under obligations not to print
We have sent you the latter. Our
advices have been less wrong than
most, but not particularly good at
that, and this is one example why
you should not trust our letters
100."
That made a great hit with me.
If the writers had said: "We mis
led you a little about the time of
the business recovery, but we were
not responsible. The officials de
ceived us;" or, "While we were
wrong on the business recovery,
still our competitors were much
worse" if they had written any
sort of alibi at all, every word of it
would have lessened my confidence.
But when they come out frankly
and say: "We were wrong, and you
should never depend on us one hun
dred per cent," then I begin to
think they must be pretty smart
men.
I have never forgotten an exper
ience with one of my first employ
ers, a man who is now at the very
top of his profession.
In those days I was getting $40 a
week, and he was earning $40,000 a
year. He lived in a fine apartment
on Park Avenue, and I lived in one
room in the Y.M.C.A.
One morning early I was called
out of bed to answer the telephone.
It was my employer. He said:
"After you left the office last
night I hunted up some additional
information on the subject we had
been discussing. I tried to reach
you during the evening, but you
were out I am calling you now to
let you know that you were right,
and I was wrong."
You can Imagine what that did to
me! I would have Jumped off the
roof for that boss, and I never meet
him even now without an impulse
to raise my hat
Little fellows feel that they must
be Infallible in order to maintain
the world's respect. It is a badge
of bigness to be able to say frank
ly, "I was wrong."
erybody votes.
The oldest of all republics is San
Marino, in the Italian Alps, which
has existed unchanged since 400 A.
D. and is still governed by the Ro
man laws and customs. But San
Marino Is not a pure democracy in
the sense that Appenzell Is, and
neither is Andorra, that other tiny
European republic which is entire
ly surrounded by Spain but which
la under the protection of the
EDISON
The last time I talked with Mr.
Edison I asked him how long he
was going to keep on working.
"I'm never going to stop," he
said, "unless my stomach goes back
on me. There's where most men
give out first, in their digestions.
"There's only one rule for keep
ing young," he went on. "That Is
to watch your digestion and never
stop working. That's the Import
ant thing never stop working.
Keep your mind active. The brain
is more durable than any other
part of the body."
Mr. Edison was 81 when he said
that, and was launching into a new
line of research with the enthus
iasm of a boy. He was as Interest
ed in everything new as he was
when he was twenty.
GANGSTERS
As long as the gangsters in the
big cities confined their activities
to shooting each other up there was
very little public protest But when
five children were shot, one of them
fatally, in a New York gang battle,
the authorities began to get active.
It is my guess that the clean-up
movement In New York at least
has actually started, and that there
will be less tolerance of murder and
less sympathy for murderers In the
future.
In the long run, law and order
are always triumphant If that
were not so the world would be in
a state of anarchy today. There
would be no organized crime if all
of the organized forces which are
supposed to prevent and punish
crime were faithful to their ap
pointed tasks.
APPENZELL
Newton Baker drove thousands
of people to their encyclopedias
the other day when, in the course
of his speech at the Institute of
Politics, he said that "of course,
Appenzell is the only pure democ
racy." Not one out of ten thousand
of those who heard or read Baker's
speech had ever heard of Appenzell.
It is one of the little independent
states which form a part of the
Swiss Federation. It Is up in the
northeast of Switzerland, and has
about 70,000 population. The only
government it has is a sort of mag
nlfled town meeting at which ev-
Give Hogs a Clean
Place to Live.
CLEAN HOG QUARTERS
FAY.
Even if you have well-bred
hogs and feed a good ration
you can't let the living quar
tres and other things slip by
uncontrolled.
Clean pens and pastures
keep down disease and pro
mote growth.
Remember that your home
grains alone lack the proper
proteins and minerals.
PURINA PIG and
HOG CHOW
will furnish what they lack,
and make cheaper pork.
Heppner
Trading Co.
Ino.
PHONE 1483
HEPPNER
Made from
PURE
Artesian
Water
Morrow County
Creamery Co.
A Wise Investment!
A wise investment is one that
earns a reasonable rate of In
terestand safety.
OUR CERTIFICATES
OF DEPOSIT
represent Just such an Invest
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est and are as safe, as our
bank, Itself,
Don't let your dollars Idle
away their time when they
should be earning.
Farmers
and Stockg rowers
National Bank
There Is No Substitute for
Safety
French government and a Spanish
bishop.
FASHIONS
Paris dressmakers have decreed
tight corsets, smaller waists and
longer skirta for women. Ameri
can women say they won't stand
for It but they will. Woman's
greatest fear is that she will look
different from other women.
That goes for men, too. Men's
fashions don't change aa often as
women's, but they are just as fool
ish. Fashion says we must wear
coats in the presence of ladies. No
matter how hot the weather a man
without a coat is not admitted to
the best restaurants, hotels and
theatres. That Is absurd, but it
derives from ancient custom, which
originated in the effort to distin
guish a gentleman from a working
man. A servant could go coatless
but the coatless gentleman' might
easily be mistaken for a servant
Nothing is truer than that the
clothes make the man. When King
Christian of Denmark was found
dead in the street in Copenhagen,
a few years ago, nobody recognized
him because he was wearing ordin
ary clothes instead of royal regalia.
In the genuine democracy every
body would dress as he pleased,
but everybody would choose to
dress just like everybody else. Ths
only place today where democracy
in dress prevails Is in fashionable
restaurants where it is impossible
to distinguish a customer from a
waiter.
RUSSIA
George Bernard Shaw came back
from Russia enthusiastic over what
he had been permittetd to see. Lady
DON'T
FORGET
We can give you a
real grease job or
fix that blowout in
a hurry.
Have You Tried the
New Standard Gas?
GEMMELL'S
Service Station
P. M. GEMMEIX, Prop.
"Our Service Will Please Ton;
Your Patronage Will Fleaae Us"
Astor, who accompanied him, was
equally enthusiastic They saw, as
all visitors to Russia see, what the
authorities permitted them to see.
If one thing can be mors certain
than anything else, it Is that the
truth about Russia and the condi
tion of the people does not get out
of Russia. Neither does the truth
about the rest of the world get Into
Russia. All Russian newspapers
are controlled and practically edit
ed by the Soviet government News
from America that is permitted to
be printed presents this country In
the most unfavorable light and is
intended to make Russian workers
and peasants believe that they are
the most fortunate people in the
world. News coming out of Rus
sia Is controlled also by the gov
ernment '
This results in making intelligent
people in each country highly sus
picious of the other. There Is no
chance for a friendly understand
ing between Russia and the rest of
the world until freedom of speech
and of the press are established In
Russia.
$S0 REWARD.
I will pay $50 reward for the
arrest and conviction of the party
or parties stealing my horses from
my place at the Tub Springs, Mor
row Co. They are branded MC on
right shoulder.
22-28p. JAMES CARTY.
The
Final Trayer
Before the final prayer is
spoken much must be done.
The Bpirlt of helpfulness may
enter the home and a feeling
of tenderness with it A cer
tain calm orderliness takes
form, and everything is fol
lowed through appropriately
and kindly. And the mists
slowly clear away.
Vhelps
Funeral Home
Telephone 1531
Heppner : :: Oregon
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FRIENDS
it
KEEPING
THE OLD
Each day finds an ever Increasing number of satisfied customers
happi!) wending their way to our stores, choosing from our com
plete btocks of quality foods, economizing through our low prices.
enjoying our helpful service. These customers have found here a
warmth and friendliness a natural honesty an unassuming gen
erosity which sets our stores apart from all others. That's why
we are "making new friends and keeping the old." Won't you join
this thrifty throng? A hearty welcome awaits you here always.
Values Fri., Sat, and Mon.
Bacon
Mild cure, medium weight
Lb. 23c
Raisins
Fancy seedless
?28c
ts?vP 3 Cans 25c
MALT large CAN 33C
S1EY io-Lb. Pail 98c
Peanut Butter 3HN 9Qp
HOODY'S IN BULK 1Ua f S
Purex
Water softener and bleach
ot... 19C
c
Jellwell
For fine desserts
3 20c
First shipment of CANNING PEACHES arrives
today. Be sure to place your order.
MAC MARR STORES
Phone 1082 Hotel Heppner Bldg. We Deliver
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When top hands go up for
Heppner's Ten
Exhibition
The whole town's talking,
and working, too, to pre
pare for the best time ever
The bronc's are rearm
Carnival spirits appearin
Bob Fletcher's for dancirv
Heppner's band will be playin
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