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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOV. 5, 1931. PAGE THREE WINDOW DRESSING DUMMIES On my first business job it was necessary for me to call one day at the office of a bankrupt company which had gold in small units all over the country. Its literature had followed the fa miliar pattern, pointing out how much you would be worth if you In vested one dollar in telephone stock in 1895, or if Ford had asked you to lend him a nickel in 1900. Perhaps the officers were irre sponsible rather than, deliberately crooked. They were sure that their enterprise was destined to make fortunes for every one associated with it, and they backed their judg ment with their own money. But that did not mitigate the suffer ings of the people who crowded the office on the day of my call. A station agent and his faded lit tle wife from a country town in Pennsylvania. They had invested $15,000, their savings of a lifetime. A poor preacher from South Car olina. The $6,000 which he had saved by incredible economies had been his only bulwark against the poorhouse. A school teacher; a dentist; many men whose gnarled hands and bent backs were eloquent of heavy bur dens. They wept; they cursed; they threatened, but it did no good. No one of them ever recovered a cent Walking away from all that trag edy, I resolved never to be associat ed with any company which financ ed itself by selling stocks to the public, not even if George Baker were the president and J.. P. Mor gan the Bales manager. Everybody whose name gets ad vertised a little is invited to go on boards of directors. It has happened even to me. I have a nice form letter that says "no." To be on the board of a business with which you are not Intimately connected means that you attend a meeting once a month, vote on a lot of things that you know nothing about, receive $10 or $20, and go away. The public, reading your name, believes that you are direct ing. Actually you are not In England most boards are made up of the men actually con ducting the business. Once a year the chairman has to stand up be fore the stockholders and answer questions about every detail of the operations. In this country the habit of be ing a director is a piece of business vanity. A man with a lot of di rectorships after his name thinks of himself as a "big shot" Many of these famous dummies have lost money and sleep during this depression. It will be interest ing to see whether the return of good times will not bring many resignations. Directors should direct. Window dressing dummies should go out HISTORY "Does democracy lead to Commu nism?" was the subject of a college debate. The students decided in the negative. Another night they de bated the question: "Do morals tend to decline as civilization advances?" and they decided that in the affirm ative. What interested me was to dis cover the reports of these debates in the old folio minute-book of the Jefferson Society at the University of Virginia, in the handwriting of Wood row Wilson when he was a student there in 1879! The very same questions that are held as im portant today were important fifty two years ago. The decline of mor als with the progress of civilization, , has been a live topic since the days of King Solomon, and every gener ation has decided that its own mor als are worse than those of its an cestors. Of course, that isn't true. The "good old times" were pretty bad old times if one takes the pains to dig up the evidence. Most young people, however, don't know any thing about the morals of their an cestors, and are keenly aware that they themselves are not always models of propriety, so they con clude that the world is steadily be coming more immoral, LIGHT Perhaps the most marvelous achievement of applied science is the discovery of a method of taking photographs in the dark. When all visible light has been shut off It is still possible for Infra red rays to be present, though the eye cannot detect them. But a pho tographic plate which Is sensitive to infra red rays has been produc ed and by its aid perfect portraits have been made of people who seem to be in absolute darkness. This suggests many things. It has long been suspected that the eyes of night birds and animals were sensitive to the infra red rays, enabling them to Bee in what appears to human beings to be to- The. With all its pleasures and sorrows, the race Is run. To the living remains the task of fitting observance. Expert assistance Is needed. Not only a faithful adherence to the best practices but a sympa thetic consideration for one's feeling should follow. May peace attend, Vhelps Funeral Home Telephone 1832 Heppner I' s: Oregon tal darkness. And the possibilities of getting photographs of people who believe themselves to be en tirely concealed by the darkness are interesting. One of the first practical applications of this dis covery that has been proposed is an automatic burglar trap which will photograph anybody prowling in the dark where he ought not to be. APPLES Every autumn some part of the world has a bumper crop of apples and the other parts have none. This year the New England crop has been small, .but the other day in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia I found apple growers wondering whether they were going to be able to get the cost back out of the big gest crop in history. Ex-Governor Harry Byrd of Virginia Is reported to have 200,000 barrels of apples in his orchard, said to be the largest in the world. In Germany this year the apple crop has been so large that signs along the roadside near the orchards invite the people to help themselves, taking care not to orean uie irees. The old fashioned dried annla haa almost disappeared as an item of commerce but modern canning mpthnria tnlrA Mrs nf siirnlita nnnla crops and make substantially fresh uppies avanaDie 10 everyDoay all the year around. INSURANCE The most heavily insured man in the world Is Pierre S. Dupont, of Wilmington, Delaware, who carries seven million dollars of life insur ance. There are fifteen men in America who carry more than five million dollars. There are 391 who have a million dollars or more of insurance. Life Insurance, on the whole, is increasing steadily. There is no other way in which the average man can leave his family an in come sufficient for their needs. And In times of stress, a lfie Insurance policy on which the premiums have STAGTA SAVINGS ACCOUNT EAR.LY AMD WATCH IT GROW m "It takes a heap o' pennies in the bank to make it count." WWW But while the kiddies are ac cumulating all those coins from various sources, they are being trained In forming a habit that is worth far more to thorn than cash. Rich or poor, as a parent you should appreciate the Idea. Get them a Home Bank and GIVE THEM A FAIR CHANCE. Farmers and Stockgrowers National Bank There Is No Substitute for Safety been paid to date is the best possi ble basis for a loan. With all of the business depression and the failure of hundreds of banks, I have not heard of a single life Insurance company that has failed to meet its obligations. NEW RASPBERRIES FOUND VALUABLE MONROE In Virginia the other day I saw the homes of the third, fourth and fifth Presidents of the United States, Jefferson, ' Madison and Monroe. Each stands on a moun tain top looking out over broad, beautiful valleys. Madison inherit ed great wealth and built himself a veritable palace. Jefferson was an architect and his splendid man sion, Monticello, is one of the most beautiful buildings I have ever seen. But a couple of miles from Monticello is a modest little one story cottage which cost Mr. Mon roe just a thousand dollars to build. Somehow this affected me more than did the palaces of Jefferson and Madison. It seemed to fit in better with our scheme of democ racy. Other presidents were born and reared in even humbler cir cumstances than Monroe, whose father was a carpenter, and who made with his own hands some of the crude furniture that still re mains in the Monroe cottage. But even Lincoln had acquired a com petence before he became prsident, while Monroe Vas always a poor man. Theresa Do you intend to accept Harry. Matilda That all depends upon circumstances. Theresa What circumstances? Matilda Why, his, of course! 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Darrow, senior pomologist of the bureau of plant industry, who is doing special co operative research work at Cor vallis, announces that the Lloyd George variety ia hardier and more productive than Cuthbert, that its fruit ripens about 10 days ahead of the Cuthbert and that, the plants bear a fall crop amounting to as much as a ton to the acre on the tips of the new canes. The berries of this new variety are the largest of any commercial variety yet tested, the largest being We carry of full line of tDAIRY and POULTRY FEEDS ... 9 We have the right feed for finishing tur keys for the market at low cost Steam Rolled and Dry Ground Bar ley and Wheat always on hand. Special Rabbit Feed now in stock. Heppner Trading Co. Inc. PHONE 1488 HEPPNER HELP! How often have we heard this cry in onr ears. Someone in trouble, someone hnrt, someone tick, someone dyinar. etc. and a train, someona hungry. 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They are uniform in size, hold the size well through the sea son, and are mora Arm than the Cuthbert. Its weaknesses are that its flavor is hardly as appealing to some as the Cuthbert, and it is not quite as sweet. Its canes are some what shorter, though more produc tive per foot This variety originated as a chance seedling in England and was introduced there in 1920, since when it has become the leading sort. It was later introduced into New York where it has been rec ommended by the state experiment station. Eastern nurseries have cer tified stock. The Chief variety is recommend ed because of its exceptional hardi ness and productiveness, combin ed with excellent flavor and earlier ripening, exceeding the Cuthbert by two weeks at Corvallia. The berries are too small for general commercial canning use and the plants are subject to wilt For lo cal market purposes its bright red berries that do not turn dark, and its good quality and productiveness make it worth planting on a small scale at least, says Dr. Darrow. Oswego Recent organization of a homemakers' radio club of 13 members in Oswego with Mrs. Ed na Schiewe as chairman brings the total number of clubs In Clackamas county to nine, according to the re port of Thelma Gaylord, county home demonstration agent This is the largest number of clubs to be organized in any one county in the state. Altogether there are 30 ra dio clubs in Oregon and Washing ton tuning in on the Tuesday after noon family life discussions sent out over station KOAC. Grants Pass That the Josephine county food conservation project is effective Is evidenced by the fact that at one field alone more than 50 families called for tomatoes and took them away in 100 or 200 pound lots. This exchange and distribu tion or food among needy families is carried on through the granges of the county and is under the di rect supervision of Sara Wertz, home demonstration agent, and Herbert Howell, agricultural agent Oregon City Eighteen different communities in Clackamas county are actively participating in 33 dif ferent home economics project meetings this year according to the program and calendar recently re leased from the office of Thelma Gaylord, home demonstration agent This calendar was formulat ed and approved by the county ex tension committee which Is com posed of seven women and headed by Mrs. G. W. Thiessen of Milwau-kie. Dfit I hmiiiiiiuisi nvi si 1 m ore than Indemnity Your fire insurance dollar provides far more than you realize. Of course it protects you from financial loss in case of fire. But it does so much more that it ranks as one of the most effective dollars you spend. Merely as indemnity, Stock Fire Insurance is one of the cheapest neces sities. 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