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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUG. 27, 1931. PAGE THREE rBARTQN !y ARE ALL THE CHANCES GONE? You run across all sorts of sur prises in the course of a business week. For instance, the vice-president of a big chain store organiza tion was telling me a business story. And what do you suppose he based it on? The Bible. He has charge of the company's personnel. It is a job to sort over a hundred young fellows in order to find the one who will start at small wages, work long hours, and fight his way up to the top. The prizes are big, but the bat tle is hard, and only the toughest survive. The part of the Bible to which the vice-president referred was the Feeding of the Five Thousand. Five thousand tired and hungry people. The Lord said, "Feed them." His disciples, who were practical men, were aghast. "We can't do It," they protested. "It would take too much money." Others urged: "Send them away." Finally a boy was discovered in the crowd with five small loaves and two fishes. Said my friend: "All they had to work with was what tliut boy had." "So with our company," he con tinued. "It's one of the leaders, yet there isn't a really brilliant man in it. We've all come up from the ranks. "We can get money to do any thing we need; but money alone won't do it. "We can get materials and equip ment "But all we really have to work with is what our four thousand boys have. They are going to de cide what this business will be in the years to come." When we had this conversation business was booming and all big industries were employing more people. Since then we have had a heart-breaking period of unem ployment But, good times or bad times, the search for ability goes on. At the bottom of the depression the presi dent of one great industry asked me if I knew where he could find a twenty-flve-thousand-dollar man. The president of another said: "We have installed a system of compul sory pensions. We must make sure that this business will continue in the future to be run by young men." The size and the set-up of busi nesses change, but their message to youth is just the same: "Come on with your five loaves and two fishes. All we have to go on Is what you boys have." Smith is on the New York State Civil pension roll. Much of the worry of middle age would be eliminated if everybody could look forward to a peaceful old age not dependent upon charity. Perhaps the incentive to thrift would be Impaired, but I doubt that And I believe that eventually some such system will be adopted every where. SEAPORTS Chicago got greatly excited a short time ago when the Swedish freighter "Anna," with a cargo of ENGINES A young man named Cramer as tonished the world the other day by flying from Detroit to Greenland without telling anybody that he was going. The important thing about that flight is that he didn't use any gasoline. His engine is of the Diesel type, which uses any thing in the form of oil for fuel. As he put it, he could fly It on but ter or whaleoil if necessai-y. The best gasoline engines today are only 8 per cent efficient that is, they utilize only 3 per cent of the power in the fuel. Crude oil engines of the Diesel type are more efficient than that but still are far from perfect. The next thing In engines will be one in whicn tne waste of energy necessary to con vert reciprocal motion, into pro tary motion will be done away with. CONTRAST The city of Chanute, Kansas, is probably the most prosperous com munity in America, if not in the world. Its people pay no taxes whatever. The city of Fall River, Massachu setts, is in the hands of a receiver, because of inability to meet its obli gations out of tax receipts. Chanute gets enough revenue from municlpally-owned gas, elec tric and water utilities to pay all the running expenses of the town as well as support an airport and a brass band. The ctiy is run by business men. Fall River has been run by politicians for generations. The principal argument against public ownership of public utilities is that they would be run for the benefit of the politicians instead of for the benefit of the people. That is not always the case, as Chanute is proving. PENSIONS Today every man who served in any of our wars before the World War Is receiving a pension. Soon all the World War veterans will be on the pension roll. Employees in ho civil nervine of the Federal Government now get pensions at the age ot 7U. Most siat.es proviue pensions for dependent mothers. Mnnv Btnlps have old-aue Denslon systems. Nearly all school systems now retire agea teacners on pen nlnno fnnv Indimtrles rjension old ntnnlnvMfl Firpmpn. nolicemen and other municipal employees In the big cities all get pensions after a elven term or service. n.ven ai Save the Little Pigs Spend a little time and give the sow a clean place In far row in. Sprinkle pens and runs with a one per cent tar dip solution. Use clean dry straw for bedding, not too much nor too long. DON'T use dusty bedding; it causes pigs to cough. See that sow's teats, sides and legs are clean before pigs are born so they will not have sore mouths, bull nose, sniffles and worms. PURINA PIG and HOG CHOW fed to sows before farrowing will assure you fully devel oped and healthy pigs. Heppner Trading Co. Inc. PHONE 1482 HEPPNER ICE Made from PURE Artesian Water Morrow County Creamery Co. Two heads are better than one. It takes a lifetime to save what you could lose In a poor Investment In a single day. It Is easy enough to spend money, but not always so easy to And a good Invest ment, Our bank offers you safe and sound advice in the matter of securities. It Is cheerfully given as a part of our ser vice. Farmers and Slockgrowers National Bank There is No Substitute for Safety barbed wire and sardines entered the Chicago River with the Swed ish flag flying. It has long been Chi cago's dream to become a seaport Chicago enthusiasts picture a deep- water channel from the St. Law rence through the Great Lakes to the very heart of the United States. That is an engineering possibil ity, but whether it would pay Is an other question. Ocean transporta tion is always a risky venture. Very few ship-owners are making money these days. The demand is con stant for greater speed and quicker "turn-around" between ocean ter minals. The passage through any inland waterway is necessarily slow. However, Chicago has set her heart on becoming a seaport and what Chicago goes after she usual ly gets. PARALYSIS The East this year is having an other epidemic of infantile paraly sis. The West is compartively free from this terrible scourge. It is one of the few diseases of which the exact cause is still unknown to science, and for which no effective preventive measures have been de vised. Cure is uncertain, and com plete recovery practically unknown. While it cripples the bodies, espe cially the legs, of its victims, in fantile paralysis sometimes seems to sharpen the brain. Governor Roosevelt of New York was infect ed by this disease, Which seldom attacks adults, eight years ago. He is able now to walk without leg braces, with the aid of a couple of canes, while his mind is as active as ever. I know one girl who was infected in the 1916 epidemic who refused to be licked by her affile- 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 Touj Your Patronage Will Please TJ" tion and has succeeded in estab lishing herself as a fashionable milliner, making annual trips to Paris. One of the most seriously crippled boys I ever saw, a victim of paralysis at the age of seven, graduated this year at the top of his class in a western university. It is small consolation to a moth er whose child is deprived of its normal physical life by infantile paralysis, to realize that it still has a chance to develop its mental ac tivities, but there is always that ray of hope. Spring Grain Estimates Cut; Pastures Are Poor Sharp cuts in the government es timates of spring grain crops, but an increased output of some others, compared to a month ago, are de scribed in the August report on the agricultural situation by the Ore gon State college extension service. Growing conditions in July were especially unfavorable for spring sown crops, pastures and ranges. Approximately 400,000,000 bushels were lopped off of the estimated combined output of spring wheat, corn, oats, and barley. Substantial reductions were made In the pro duction estimate for hay and po tatoes. On the other hand, winter wheat estimates were increased 7 per cent. Unusually small crops of flaxseed, hops and onions are expected. The In Silence Silence hovers over all, yet the feeling of temporary chaos may be overcome. There is a faithful servant ready to assist to take the present responsibility, and greatly smooth the way. The weight of many things now lightens; unobstruslvely, and sliently is ushered in another day. Whelps. Funeral Home Telephone 1333 Heppner : :: Oregon What is home without good foods? This question need never worry you fa you make your selection at onr stores. Here yon find uniform high quality foods always fresh, tempting and delicious with an appetising wholesome flavor. Almost one-half million customers who daily choose their foods at our stores have banished this question forever. Yon, too, can be free of this worry. Choose your foods at our stores I "WHAT IS HOME WITHOU1 tMOOD FOODS" Extra Specials for Saturday and Monday MILK MacMarr, a Western product 14(alltins98c SALMON Alaska pink, fine quality 4 tall tins 49c COFFEE Per Lb. OOp Another real special on the Famous MacMarr Blend. ssssf CORN MacMarr 3 tall tins J-P The Better of the Best Golden Bantam Del Mais. -A. PAR Pure concentrated soap K; 39c ' BEANS Clean Mexican Reds tfs. 45c C SHORTENING 8 lbs QQr White and fluffy always fresh. CRACKERS 3-lb. Box QQr Tru Bin Salted or Plain. J s CHEESE Oregon full cream " 5-Lb. Loaf $1.10 PEACHES Get your supply for canning; now. The price is right. MAC MARR STORES Phone 1082 Hotel Heppner Bldg. We Deliver hot weather reduced the prospect ive output of dried prunes and wal nuts slightly. Apple prospects Im proved a little. The condition of pastures for the whole country on August 1 was the poorest on record except for last year and 1911, according to the re port. Conditions were worst from Ohio westward, with range condi tions bad in several western states. The high temperatures and dry pastures caused more than the us ual decline in milk production per cow during July. Figures are given in the report showing that although 3 per cent more butter was manu factured during the first half of 1931 than a year ago, the excess was all in the first four months. Storage holdings of butter are now substantially smaller than a year ago and below average for this time of the year. Egg stocks are considerably lighter than a year ago. OVER LABOR DAY Fares apply between points In Oregon, Washlngton,ldaho,Utah (except oast of Ogdenl, Nevada, California, Montana (west of and Including Butt and Havre), Wyo ming (wsst of and Including Granger), and soma points in British Columbia. Minimum adult faro 50 coats. Children half far. " GOING: SEPT. 3, 4, 5 RETURNING: SEPT. 14 (Homo by midnight that data) Approximate ROUND TRIP FARES Freshman Week at O.S.C. Will Begin September 21 Opening date of Freshman week at Oregon State college has been set for Monday, September 21, ac cording to the annual college cata log which has just been issued. A week will be devoted to getting the beginning students acquainted with what is expected of them In college life before the old students will re turn to register September 26. All schools and departments of the instructional division of the college will function as usual this fall, the catalog says, although drastic savings have had to be made by enlarging classes. Increas ing teaching loads and by elimin ating for this biennlum all expendi tures for equipment, Improvements and all other needs not of an emer gency nature. Appointment of new deans In the schools of commerce and agricul ture is expected to be announced in the near future. Mama But, Johnnie, if your ear ache is better, why do you keep on crying? Johnnie I'm waiting for D-dad-dy to c-come home. He's never s-seen me with a earache. TO DESTINATIONS 1000 MILES AWAY 21.60 100 200 SOO MILES MILES MILES AWAY AWAY AWAY 2.16 4.32 10.80 Baggage checked. Tickets good oa all trains and tm all cars. In Standard and Tourist Sloepers, add regular sleeping car charges. Ask local agent for details union pacific The Heppner Gazette Times ANNOUNCES FREE Exchange and Employment Service to the People of Morrow County Reader Advertisements offering commodities in exchange for commodities, will be run free of charge for two insertions and if require ments not then satisfied, will be rein serted on notice from advertiser. Mr. Farmer, if you have machnery to trade for stock; eggs to trade for pork, or vie versa; or anything to trade for something else, this service is at your disposal FREE Use It! Also any reader advertisement by peo ple seeking employment, or by people desiring to employ help, will be run without charge to be discontinued af ter two week's insertion unless order is given for continuance. Only 'J Days till (old Morrow County's Own WILD WEST SHOW BEGINNING Thursday, Sept. 3 1:30 Each Afternoon Admission : $1 and 50c Each Day No Extra Charge for Grandstand. Thursday Friday Saturday School Children Admitted Free Friday HEPPNER SCHOOL BAND WILL PLAY Dancing Each Evening FLETCHER'S ROUND-UP ORCHESTRA PRIZES FOR ENTRIES IN BIG PARADE SATURDAY Carnival Amusements