HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1932.
PAGE THREE
U. O. Ceremony Will Honor Mothers
ODD BUT TRUE
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When We Come to
Restock.
I had occasion recently to visit
an Ohio city of thirty thousand
people. Its industries are running
only half time, and everybody is
hard up, but cheerful.
Funds have been raised to take
care of those who must have fin
ancial help. And on the second
floor of the city hall I saw an exhi
bit that gave me something to think
about.
The women of that city have
ransacked its homes, from cellar to
attic. Literally They have requi
sitioned every old suit, overcoat,
dress, hat and pair of shoes. Not
a single garment has escaped them.
The second floor of the city hall
looks like the basement of a de
partment store, and the plies of
goods are melting away very fast
The closets of the community are
bare.
Yesterday my wife received a
note from our daughter, who is In
a girls' school in New England,
saying: "Send up all the old clothes
you have. We are gathering them
for the people in this neighborhood
who need them."
I said: "That's a fine spirit for
the youngsters to have. You must
send up a good big bundle right
away."
"But I can't," she protested.
"Why not?"
"I have already sent out every
single scrap of used clothing we
had in the house. As for shoes,
you'll find when you look in your
closet that you will have to buy
some. I looked over your collection
and took them all.
Speaking the other day to a
group of bankers about the motor
industry, my friend R. H. Grant of
General Motors pointed out that
fewer automobiles were sold in 1931
than went to the scrap heap, and
that every month of subnormal pro
duction is merely piling higher the
total future demand.
A leader of the tire industry told
me their surveys indicate that there
are more badly worn tires on cars
today than ever before.
The railroads are having to use
much equipment that ought to be
junked, or extensively repaired.
All this means a type of "con
sumption" which is very different
from that of the years 1924-1929. In
that period we thought of a "con
sumer" as one who used an article
until it was a little shabby and then
traded It In.
The dictionary definition of "con
sumer" is "one who . . . destroys,
one who uses up an article."
We are destroying things now,
using them up completely. There
certainly is going to be a whale of
a lot of business in this country
some day
When we come to restock.
JEFFERSON
It seems to me a pity that the
name and fame of Thomas Jeffer
son should have been claimed for so
long by one political party that his
statesmanship and wisdom are ob
scured by being viewed through
partisan spectacles.
Of course, the Democratic party
has no more right to claim descent
from Jefferson than have the So
cialists. There is no political party
In America today which embodies
any of the essentials of Jefferson's
doctrines in its party principles. He
was absolutely opposed to govern
mental interference with prlvlate
business or attempt by government
to regulate the lives and conduct
of individuals. He believed that
mankind' got along best when ev
erybody was free to work out his
own destiny and to reap the re
wards of his own intelligence and
industry.
It seems to me that all political
parties today would do well to
swing back to Jefferson's stand
ards. They won't do it, of course.
Some wiser man than I once said
that a political party is an organ
ization which exists for the purpose
of putting its members on the pub
lic payroll. We are suffering now
from too many tax-eaters, but the
politicians keep making new jobs
for their followers.
INCOME
The difference between the In
vestr and the speculator is that the
Investor thinks in terms of Income
and the speculator thinks In the
terms of price.
I lunched the other day with a
real Investor. He hasn't a very
large surplus, but every time he
can get $100 together he buys some
dividend paying stocks, usually sev
eral shares for his $100. He showed
me the list of his recent purchases
the solldest business and indus
trial Institutions in America. And
even though some of them have re
duced their dividends, he can count
on better than ten per cent a year
on his Investments.
"They may go lower," he said. "I
don't care. They may go higher. I
know that If these companies fall
everything is sunk, and I am con
fident that isn't going to happen.
I'll be enjoying a good income in
my old age and my heirs will have
something to cash in on, and that's
all I am concerned about"
I think one of the troubles in this
country today is that too many peo
ple think they have lost money be
cause they can't cash In today, for
as much as they paid for their in
vestments, and too few are think
ing of secure income for the fu
ture instead of big profits for tomorrow.
ANTIQUES
I went the other night to the an
nual national exhibition of an
tiques. I saw some beautiful things,
but also a lot of junk that gave me
a pain In the neck.' Apparently,
anything that dates from before
1900 Is an antique nowadays. Am
azing prices were asked by dealers
for cobblers' benches, horse-shoers'
kits, wooden churns, tin dippers
and other every-day things that are
still to be found In more or less
profusion around almost every
farm and village.
One dealer boasted to me that he
could prove that some very cheap
glassware, such as I always saw on
the table at home, was mado as far
back as 1882. And he wanted sev
eral dollars apiece for Items that
used to cost a quarter, merely be
cause they were "antiques."
My wife and I have bought a lot
of antiques. Our old farmhouse is
nearly a hundred and fifty years
old, and it pleases us to furnish it
with old pieces, when we can buy
them cheaper than we could buy
equally good new stuff, and if they
are still useful. But we never buy
anything merely because it is old.
CONTENTMENT
I had a letter the other day from
my old friend, Walter Scott Merri
weather, whom I hadn't seen since
he was ship news reporter on the
old New York Herald, fifteen or
twenty years ago, and everybody
called him "Skipper." Instead of
sticking around in the big city af
ter the old Herald was sold, he
went down to Charleston, Missis
sippi, and bought a country news
paper. The Mississippi Sun is one of the
best local weeklies that I see, and
"Skipper" Merriweather is one of
the most contented men I know. I
don't know how old he is, but forty
seven years ago he was a sailor in
the United States Navy and served
on the old freighter Constitution.
He went to see the Constitution
when she was tied up at Gulfport
recently, and wrote a mighty inter
esting article about it for his paper.
I know a lot of city newspaper
men who have no jobs and no in
come for their old age. I don't
know of a single country newspa
per editor who is actually in want.
COLOR
One of the next big revolution
ary Inventions will be a hand cam
era which will take snapshots of
moving objects in the actual colors
of nature. And that is going to be
followed by new printing inventions
which will enable newspapers to
print pictures in their natural col
ors as readily as they do now in
black and white.
I don't know how soon It will
come, but I know several people
who are working on it and who
think they are pretty close to it.
The world that our grandchildren
will inhabit will be far more bril
liantly colored than the one we are
living In now, just as ours is more
brilliant than that of our grandparents.
I II
PER MILE
ROUND TRIP
Between points In Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, Utah,
Nevada, California, Mon
tana (wet of and Including
Billing, Havre, Roundup),
Wyoming (west of and
Including Green River), and
point on Great Northern
In British Columbia. Mini,
mum adult fare SO cents.
Children half fare.
GOING
APR. 28, 29, 30, MAY 1
RETURNING: MAY 10
(Home by midnight that date)
Approximate
ROUND TRIP FARES
TO DESTINATIONS
100 aoo aoo iooo
MILES MILES MILES MILES
AWAY AWAY AWAY AWAY
2.16 1 4.32 1 1 0.80 1 21.60
Baggage Checked
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Mothers of University of Oregon students will be honored May 6,
7, and 8 by one of the most Impressive events held in recent years. Be
low is the statue of the "Pioneer Mother" which will be unveiled at that
time. The committee in charge is shown above, left to right, top Sam
Rotenburg, Portland; Marjorie Swafford, Oregon City; Esther Heyden,
Toledo; bottom Helen Raitanen, Astoria; Marian Chapman, Eugene;
and Aimee sten, St. Helens.
University of Oregon, Eugene-
Pioneers of Oregon, mothers of
students and all students them
selves will unite on the campus of
the University of Oregon May 6, 7
and 8 to take pare in the ceremony
of unveiling the statue of the "Pio
neer Mother," to be presented to
the University by Burt Brown
Barker, vice-president.
The occasion is deemed as an es
pecially fitting time to honor
mothers of students, since the
statue is that of an Oregon pioneer
mother. Special events are being
planned for the mothers, and they
will have places of honor at all
junior week-end events, as well as
at the unveiling ceremony. s
Pioneers will be honored at the
ceremony Saturday afternoon, and
will be special guests at all the
week-end activities. The statue, a
masterpiece by the noted sculptor,
A. Phimister Proctor, will have a
place of honor near Gerlinger Hall.
Slow Dairy Pastures
Keep Production Down
Most backward early spring pas
tures in eight years, taking the
country as a whole, served to keep
butter production early in April
below the volume Indicated by the
greater number of. cows being
milked, says the Oregon State col
lege extension service in the week
ly market review. Storing of but
ter is below normal for the season
with operators uncertain what
course to take.
Pacific coast production is down
about 10 per cent and eastern pro
duction about 4 per cent as a result
of the slow-starting pastures add
ed to curtailment of supplementary
feeding caused by financial consid
erations, says the report. The con
dition of pastures in states where
cows are normally on pasture by
April 1 Is substantially below that
In any of the previous eight years
for which records are available.
Although Oregon dairy pastures
are slower than average, future
prospects are favorable because of
a plentiful moisture supply. The
condition throughout the country
is most serious in those areas af
fected by drouth last summer.
Milk production per cow in the
United States on April 1 was about
5 per cent lower than on that date
in any of the last four years, and
some lower than in any April since
1925. Milk production per cow nor
mally increases 5 to 8 per cent be
tween March 1 and April 1, but this
year only 1 per cent increase has
been shown.
April storage holdings in the Uni
ted States indicate a reduction of
50 per cent from a year ago, and
about 25 per cent from the flve-year
average for April 1. The general
attitude of receivers for the past 10
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J. O. BAILEY
(Sttta Senator)
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Poiition No. 3
QualifiedVigorous Progressive
He It conscientious and has the confidence
and reipect of all the people.
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because . . .
Motorists who have long used Zerolene continue
to use it.
'Motorists who "try" Zerolene become regular
patrons.
Fleet owners and all large buyers of Zerolene
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with all anxious to keep floors
cleared. Some were inclined to
store top quality butter while oth
ers reduced prices to move the
goods.
3 years for $5 where can you get
more for your money? The G. T.
Hillsboro Low prices and the
necessity of producing good yields
of forage per acre and of provid
ing green pastures during the dry
summer months are factors caus
ing more and more dairymen of
Washington county to turn their
attention to alfalfa, says County
Agent W. F. Cyrus.
Mrs. Huff Did you see the John
son twins?
Huff Yeah.
Mrs. Huff Don't you think the
boy is the picture of his father; ?
Huff I sure do and the girl is
the talkie of her mother.
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