HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1932.
PAGE THREE
UNKNOWN
Buried in the middle of the sec
second volume of Lincoln Steffens'
autobiography are some paragraphs
on education for which I extend my
thanks.
"Thinking back over my school
and college courses," he says, "I
could see that one trouble with our
education was that it did not teach
us what was not known, not enough
of the unsolved problems of the
sciences, of the arts, and of life.
"It gave Ma positive knowledge
where there was no certain know
ledge, and worst of all, when we did
not particularly want it. We were
not curious as students, and we are
not curious enough now as men
and women.
"It seemed to me . . . that curi
osity was the beginning and end of
education."
If a copy of this paper happens
to fall into the hands of a college
president, I should like to suggest
to him the establishment in his col
lege of a lecture course on The
Unknown.
The first lecture might be by a
professor of physics. He would
doubtless start by dropping a pa
per weight on the desk, saying,
"That is something which no hu
man being understands. We call it
'gravitation,' but no man in the
world knows what gravitation is."
The second lecturer might well
be a professor of economics. He
would have to say something like
this: "We do not know why good
times come or why they leave. We
have many impressive phrases In
our business. We speak of 'gold
supply' and 'commodity prices' and
'speculation,' and so forth. We
make many charts. These charts
only tend to show that what goes
up must come down and that his
tory has a way of repeating Itself.
But why it repeats itself, we really
do not know."
The third lecturer, of course,
should be a philosopher or a the
ologian. He would say: "No one
knows how the universe started or
what is its object. Some men call
themselves philosophical pessimists
and pretend to know that it has no
meaning. Some of us prefer to
believe that it has a Maker and a
meaning. We feel that this positive
faith gives life more significance,
more cheer."
Such a lecture course would cure
the colleges of afflicting the world
with wise young men. The grad
uates would be humble, curious,
thrilled by the challenge of so much
to learn, so many things to try.
Also, they would understand why
no man needs to be ashamed to
say: "I do not know, but I believe."
LAND
The movement to tie Industrial
workers to the land is spreading.
Mr. Ford anounces that 20,000 ac
res in and around Dearborn is un
der cultivation by men who work
for him. The International Har
vester Company has begun to pro
vide "miniature" farms for its em
ployees who have been laid off on
account of the depression.
I heard again from one of my cor
respondents in Czechoslovakia, who
write me that the government pro
gram of requiring every Industrial
worker to live on enough land to
support his family in case of a shut
down is working out well.
In the- old days in England it
was an expression of the deepest
contempt to refer to anyone as a
"landless man." The man who held
no land, by ownership or lease, was
a drag on society. That is still
measurably true. The huge sums
that are being raised for unem
ployment relief are not going to
men who hold land.
The time will come when every
body will realize the folly of trying
to -separate human activity from
the soil.
MUSKRATS
. Somebody had the bright idea a
few years ago of introducing the
American muskrat into England.
They were intended to be bred in
captivity for their furs, but as any
one who knows anything about
muskrats might have anticipated,
some of them got away.
Now the muskrat has become a
MAGIC, MUSIC, FUN AND FROLIC
ON SECOND DAY CHAUTAUQUA
George Staples Company Provides Rollicking Entertainment
The best natured, fastest talk
ing, cleverest working magician in
America is coming to Chautauqua.
That sounds like a large order, but
George Staples is used to large
orders in his entertainment work.
He is a magician, cartoonist, and
ventriloquist all in one, and he car
ries with him a delightful assis
tant who furnishes a musical back
ground and part of the time a
musical foreground for his work.
Stnples is far different from the
ordinary nmgiciun. Hia aim is not
only to mystify but to keep his
audience in a good humor all of
the time. 'He conjures up goblins
and witches and ghosts and ogres
nil the time he's poking fun at
them and keeping his audience
fifat- .liifriliiniT the pdnrsi nf t.Vipir
chairs and then convulsed with
laughter.
He is a real radiator of enthus
iasm and good cheer to all around
him at all times. The Staples
Magical musical cartooning
ventriloquist combination is some
thing new in the Chautauqua world
and provides a happy combination
of entertainment for those who
want good entertainment and don't
mnnt. nnvthinir else to co with it.
His coming is a real highlight in
Chautauqua history.
BABY SLEEPS
By DR. A. B. GRAY, Heppner, Ore.
While nation mourns and skys are dark
Our fears at last come true.
A sweet, fair haired, blue eyed tot has passed ;
Clean little soul of days in numbers few-
Now some hawk-taloned hands reach out for more.
Peace to the minds of parents stunned by deeds so bold.
May they weather through the grief of this repugnant crime.
We dare not guess just how they feel ; accepting lies for gold,
Gold now tainted by these smirching hands of grime.
Fond, saddened parents your loss we too shall share.
We know more than a hero's card you hold;
Withstanding all and grief like this to bear,
Inside a heart of gold.
Endearment in the minds of all advance
From day to day these trying hours to wait.
Hope, then fear, then hope again perchance.
But lo! Sad news; and death has been the fate.
A sickening pang now grasps the world in awe.
More than two parents have some haunting fear
Of this black and blood-besmirching claw
Of HELL'S most vile crime so near.
Well planned and organized; the deed was done.
One head contrived while daring dupes marked rime,
This blue-print plot to slay this only son.
May their wretched hearts more wretched be for such a
wretched crime.
Are we to sit thus idly by with all this bloody thrall,
While they build up a dire domain 'midst our fair land;
While "bootleg racketeering" makes it's daily call
And crumples every pride there is in man?
VILE RACKETEERING .GUILT Speak up; don't lie:
Whence came the stones of your foundation?
Then with a snarl and bloodshot evil eye,
Responds: '"Tis built on prohibition."
"Our trade in rum has made us strong,
Defense well groomed by clever minds.
It's bread and butter for our throng,
' Our lives and work 'round it entwines.
"Well organized we stand, and armed
To mock your laws, and tender
New babes and mothers yet unharmed
To us may soon surrender.
"We breed no conscience guide nor moral code
We do not love nor fear our fellow tribe.
Torture, bruise and kill is still our mode;
We thirst for blood; for big and better bribe."
Stop! You say: "Too hot to handle." Wretched fool,
Why juggle this clean baseball phrase?
Where were your brains when you were cool
Not to forsee this bad and complicated phase?
Alas! Vile racketeer! This blemished cash
And all your rash, inhuman blackened heart may gain
Forever doomed to take a fatal crash
Then flounder in despair and want again.
Your sacrifice, Oh, fair haired baby boy,
Made so Christ-like in it's teaching,
May put from man such sad unjust decoy
With truth and faith and hope beseeching.
national pest. Most of England is
none too high above sea level, and
for a couole of thousand years its
people have been building dams and
ikes to keep the surlace water un
er control. The muskrats are
playing hob with these embank
ments and great farm areas have
been flooded. Parliament has pass
ed a law making muskrats outlaws,
to be shot on sight, but who ever
saw a muskrat in the daytime wltn
in rifle range?
Somedav we'll learn the foolisn-
ness of moving animals from their
native lands. The English spar
row and the starllne have become
pests in Eastern North America.
The water hyancinth, imported
from Australia, blocks navigation
in our southern rivers. And in Aus
tralia the English rabbit years ago
became tne most pestuerous ana
prolific of vermin.
CANDLES
Arabella Brideeman died the oth
er day in England at the age of 106.
She had lived her last 100 years in
one house, in which there was nei
ther gas nor electricity. Candles
alone served her need of light.
Sometimes I think most of us
would be better off if we left the
bright lights for the playhouses and
public places and contented our
selves In the home with candles
and lamps. There wouldn't be so
much temptation to sit up late, for
one thing. We might not do as
much reading, but we might live
longer.
VETERAN
William Creamer the other day
celebrated the seventieth anniver
sary of his service In the employ
of a single New York store. He
is nearly 81, and he went to work
for Arnold, Constable & Co., when
he was ten, and is still working
there.
Famous men and women of what
seems a distant past were among
the customers whom this veteran
of commerce has served. Mrs. Ab
raham Lincoln, Mrs. U. S. Grant,
Mrs. Cleveland were among the lad
ies who bought things at his coun
ter; he remembers a lady named
Roosevelt who had as her son, a
chubby little boy, with her when
she came to shop, and the store
clerk has lived a dozen years and
more since that little boy passed
on after having been President of
the United States.
I often envy the man who has the
patience to stick to one Job, to live
simply and within his means and
take life as it comes, but I have
always commiserated them because
their lives seemed to me to lack
the essential elements of romance
and adventure. But William Crea
times when brewing was allowed,
but the brewing industry- employed
only 78 men for each $1,000,000 in
vested. These are the figures for
1914.
The latest wet claim put forth in
congress as to the revenue to be
derived from beer is that the beer
tax would amount to only $375,000,
000 instead of the boasted $500,000,
000 claimed a short time ago. It
would be necessary for the beer
drinkers to drink over $2,000,000,
000 worth of beer in order that the
revenue might reach the above fig
ures. Now, if a beer drinker should
have an income of $150 per month
and spent enough out of that to
buy only two pints a day, he would
be buying less of milk, meat, fruit,
dry goods, and household goods.
How would that result in any in
creased prosperity for the dairy
man, the butcher, the fruit raiser,
the dry goods merchant, or the
seller of household goods? And
this does not take into account the
fact that the drinker would be low
ering his efficiency. The persons
who put up such arguments for
beer as a revenue producer must
think that the dealers in milk,
meat, fruit, dry goods and house
hold goods would rather have a
smaller trade in order to give the
beer vendors a chance to collect the
revenue.
The number of persons engaged
in the automobile industry increas
ed from 1914 to 1919, a five-year
period, 346 per cent, and reached
the number of 703,580. During the
next five years the number increas
ed to 3,119,563, and in 1930 had
reached the significant number of
5,056,000. The increase con not all
be attributed to prohibition, but if
the liquor business had absorbed
the amount of money it did prior
to 1919, there would have been
thousands upon thousands fewer
automobiles made and the number
employed in the industry would
have been much smaller. No econ
omic study can justify the claims
of the wets.
EIGHT MILE FOLKS TO PICNIC.
A school picnic is annonunced for
next Sunday at the Akers grove on
Eight Mile. This grove is situated
a mile north of Eight Mile postof
fice and a big basket dinner will
be one of the features. In the af
ternoon a ball game is scheduled
between Dry Fork and Eight Mile
teams, and this promises to make
a lot of entertainment. Mrs. Chas.
Furlong, who was in town Tuesday,
states that there will also be plenty
of ice cream and cold drinks avail
able at the post office store and in
reach of the picnic grounds.
For Rent 402 acres summer
grazing land known as South Jones
prairie. Mrs. Henry Jones, 399 E.
16th St. N Portland, Ore. 6tf.
Local ads ir the Gazette Times
bring results.
POLITICAL
Announcements
mer seems to be one of those rare
souls who can find romance wher
ever he may be, and in his mem
ories of the famous folk of old
days he has something to enjoy in
his old age that is more precious
than anything money could buy.
UTILITY
I take my hat off to the Hartford
Electric Light Company. This Con
necticut concern has the right idea
of what a public utility could and
ought to be. It has never merged
or sold control to any power com
bination or holding company. It
has stuck to its business for which
it was chartered, that of supplying
electric light and power to the peo
ple of Hartford. It has earned
good profits and paid good divi
dends, but it hasn't had to pay in
terest on inflated capitalization.
So when the hard times hit Hart
ford, the company was able to say
to its customers: "You're having
trouble meeting your bills; we'll
give you three months credit, if
you need It"
If every local lighting company
were as independent as that one,
nobody would be shouting now
about the "power trust."
W. C.T.U. NOTES
MARY A. NOTSON. Reporter.
Of all the nonsensical wet talk
which is being broadcasted that ut
tered by one of the labor leaders
to the effect that an armed revolu
tion may occur If "something is not
done about reestablishing the sale
of liquor" Is about the limit. He
goes on to say that the wets have
no way in which to give expression
to their wishes. This is an abso
lute falsehood. The wets have the
same way open to them, which the
drys had in securing the adoption
of the 18th amendment. The con
stltution provides tha method for
Its amendment; that method was
followed by the drys. The talk of
armed revolution, or rebellion,
need not surprise anyone who is
familiar with the methods of the
liquor crowd. The first armed re
bellion in this country occurred
during the time Washington was
president and wes staged by the
whisky distillers of Western Perm
sylvanla. Hence, you might expect
some wet to threaten a rebellion
The wets, In the main, have not
maintained a very high standard
as law-abiding citizens.
Another piece of nonsense Is the
claim that restoration of beer will
restore prosperity. The cold facts
are that the brewing Industry was
a very poor employer of labor. The
average number of men employed
for each $1,000,000 capital invested
In Industry was 308, during the
FOR REPRESENTATIVE, 22ND
DISTRICT.
I am a candidate for the nomin
ation for Representative, 22nd Rep
resentative District, comprising
Gilliam, Morrow, Sherman and
Wheeler counties, subject to the
will of the Repubican voters at the
Primary Nominating Election, May
20, 1932.
EDWARD E. RUGG,
(Paid Adv.) Heppner.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
To the voters of the Republican
Party:
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the office of County
Commissioner at the Primary Nom
inating Election to be held May
20th, 1932.
FRANK S. PARKER.
(Paid Advertisement)
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
To the Republican Voters of Mor
row County: I hereby announce
that I will be a candidate for the
nomination to the office of County
Commissioner at the Primary Nom
inating Election, May 20. I prom
ise, if I am elected, I will do all in
my power to cut the expenses of
the county and carry on the work
to the best of my ability and for
the benefit of the taxpayers.
CREED OWEN.
(Paid Advertisement)
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
To the Republican Voters of Mor
row County: I hereby announce
that I will be a candidate for the
nomination to the office of County
Commissioner at the Primary Nom
inating Election to be held May 20,
1932. ARNOLD PIEPER.
(Paid Advertisement)
FOR COUNTY SCHOOL
SUPERIN TENDENT.
I hereby announce that I will be
a candidate for the nomination to
the office of County School Super
intendent at the May Republican
Primary Nominating Election to
be held May 20, 1932.
MRS. LUCY E. RODGERS.
(Piid Advertisement)
FOR SHERIFF.
To the Republican Voters of Mor
row County: I hereby announce
that I will be a candidate at the
Primary Election, May 20, 1932, for
the office of Sheriff of Morrow
County to succeed myself.
C. J. D. BAUMAN.
(Paid Advertisement)
FOR COUNTY CLERK.
To the Republican Voters of Mor
row County: I hereby announce
psMwasima in mMmsmtn
Henry J. Bean
Present Chief Justice of the Su
preme Court Formerly circuit
judge and district attorney in Pma
tilla and Morrow counties.
Candidate for reelection as jus
tice of the Supreme Court, Position
No. 2 on the nonpartisan judiciary
ballot. Election May 20, 1932. Re
publicans, Democrats and others
all vote together for supreme court
judges.
Asks the support of old and new
friends of all parties in Morrow
County.
(Paid Advertisement)
that I will be a candidate for nom
ination to the ofilce of Clerk of
Morrow County at the Primary
Election to be held May 20, 1932.
PAUL M. GEMMELL.
(Paid Advertisement)
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
To the Republican Voters of
Morrow County: I hereby announce
that I will be a candidate to suc
ceed myself for the office of coun
ty commissioner at the primary
election to be held May 20, 1932.
G. A. B LEA KM AN.
(Paid Advertisement)
FOR COUNTY CLERK.
I hereby announce to the voters
of Morrow county that I will be a
candidate for the office of County
Clerk on the Republican ticket at
the Primary Nominating Election
to be held May 20th, 1932.
GAY M. ANDERSON.
(Paid Advertisement)
FOR SHERIFF.
I wish to announce to the voters
of Morrow County that I am a can
didate for Sheriff on the Republi
can ticket
I was born in Morrow county and
expect to die in Morrow county.
But while I live I wish to mingle
with, and serve Morrow county peo
ple. If It is the will of the voters to
elect me, I will serve to the best of
my ability, enforcing the law at all
times. GLEN R. HAD LEY,
Boardman, Oregon.
(Paid Advertisement)
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Children half fare.
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