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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1932. PAGE THREE Faster Than Radio An unpleasant rumor began to circulate about a certain man. Such stories are an unsolved mystery. How do they start? What ia the magic which spreads them, magic more deadly than lightning, faster than radio. You hear the tale in New York; you climb into an airplane and as you climb down in San Francisco you hear a voice exclaim: "What do you know about So and So?" If the victim is famous and of enviable reputation, the broadcast ing is twice as rapid. In the in stance referred to this was the case. Here are the comments of the first three men who hastened to tell me the story: Number One: "It Just shows that you never can tell. Who'd think that old X would be up to such tricks?" Number Two: "I was terribly shocked. What in the world could he have been thinking about?" Both these broadcasters, you see, assumed at once that the man was guilty. Number Three spoke with hon est indignation. "I've known X for years. You can't make me believe COMMODITIES A hundred and fifty years ago a store in Albany advertised that it had for sale, "Tammies, half-thicks, Persians and pelongs, blue sagatha and red bunts, tickleburghs and black everlastings, and handker chiefs known under the names of bandanoe, lungee, romals, culgee, puttical and silk setetersoy." Who today knows what any of these commodities was? I wonder if historians 150 years from now, looking over such of our newspaper files as have not been de stroyed by time, will wonder what sort of things Americans of 1932 wore, which we advertise as step ins, three-in-ones, celanese, panties, and woolies. Those are just a few words I happen to catoh in looking over advertisements in today's pa per. SALARIES Senators and members of Con gress who have been making a gal lant fight against government sal ary reductions which would reduce their own $10,000-a-year stipends, might be interested in reading the newspapers of the year 1789, the year when our present form of gov ernment began and George Wash ington was first Inaugurated Pres ident A Boston newspaper started a loud cry of protest against the sal aries paid to members of Congress. They received the enormous stipend of $6 a day, and the Speaker of the House got $12. That according to the public opinion of the time, was twice as much as they were worth. Comparing anybody's expendi tures of today with those of even forty years ago, they seem wildly extravagant, but that is because the value of the dollar has changed ma terially in forty years, with the enormous additions to the world's gold supply that have been made in that time. GOLD Just as news comes that the gold deposits In the Witwatersrand in In South Africa, which in recent years has produced more than half of the world's annual supply of yel low metal, are beginning to "peter out," as miners picturesquely ex press it, comes the news of the dls- National Political ..iA Above is the interior of th Chicago Stadkau, scene of the Republican and Democratic par ties national conventions. Insert, right, is of James R. Garfield, too of the former president, and chairman of the powerful Re publican Platform Committee; and left. Senator Dickinson of Iowa, "Keynoter" who opened the Q. O. P. convention. (Ml P1 . i t M m m TfPSn vHll II P that he ever did anything crooked. I don't care what the story is. I simply will not believe it" The full facts came out a few weeks later and proved X an inno cent victim. But the damage had been done. There was a wise preacher in my boyhood who would say to the Sun day school: "Never believe what you hear and only half of what you see." Much of what our eyes tell us is untrue. I see the sun move every day around the earth but, it does not move. I see that my cane, when I thrust it into the water, is crook ed. But it is not crooked. Eyes are notorious deceivers. And as for the ears, they need to be po liced every minute by tolerance and sympathy and common sense. Mr. X, of whom I have spoken, had lived an upright life for forty years. Surely, this should have counted in his favor. Srrely, the answer of all his acquaintances should have been: "He's all right. He cannot have done it. We deny this libel." The discouraging thing was that two out of three seemed to be se cretly pleased that another good man had gone wrong. covery of what may turn out to be the world's greatest bonanza dis trict in northern Manchuria. O. L. Cranfelt, a mining engineer, reports that he found an area 350 miles long and nearly as wide in whioh all the indications are that there is more gold readily and cheaply obtainable than in any mining district that has ever been developed In the world's history. If this proves true and it is found feasible for foreigners to develop this new gold field, the inevitable result will be a great enlargement of the world's money supply with consequent increase of commodity prices and a new spurt of prosper ity. That is exactly what has fol lowed every great gold strike in the past. One of the important underlying causes of the present world-wide economic distress is the failure of the gold supply to keep pace with the increasing demand for money and credits based upon gold. HORSES Horses are coming back into use more rapidly than at any time since to war. Farmers are not return ing to the old horse and buggy, or using horses to haul commodities to distant markets, but they are finding, this year, that the good old reliable horse is a more economi cal source of power for plowing and general farm work than the mo torized tractor. It takes money to buy gasoline and almost any farm can raise enough fodder for the necessary horses. Up in my country where a great many of my farmer neighbors have not owned a horse for years, there is an active horse market. Horses which could have been bought for $100 or less a couple of years ago now sell from $150 to $200 each. FLAG Historians have finally decided that Betsy Ross did not design the flag of the United States. The thir teen horizontal stripes, according to the latest researches, was de signed by Washington himself, when he took command of the Co lonial troops at Cambridge in July, 1775, although it was not raised over his headquarters until Janu ary 3, 1776. It was called the "Grand Union' and was the English flag with the crosses of St George and St Andrew, and thirteen strlpe9 representing the thirteen colonies. That flag was used a good deal in the Revolution, and there was an other flag that had no stripes at all but thirteen red stars in a circle on a white field. Historians are casting doubt up on the supposed resolution of the Continental Congress of June 14, 1777, adopting the Stars and Stripes, because they cannot find any records of the Stars and Stripes in use before "May 1, 1795. If his tory Is so confused about things Pot Boils Again Succeeds McGraw, Below "Memphis Bill Terry, brilliant first baseman who now man ages the N. Y. Giants. He was named by John j. McGraw (above), who lead the Giants for 30 years. that happened in our own nation's early days, how much reliance can we place on the recorded details of the history of ancient Greece and Rome? BIG ENDOWMENTS MADE UNIVERSITY Gifts Received Through Various Sources Last Year Total $145, 000, Says Barker. University of Oregon, Eugene, June 22.-rCitizens of Oregon, educa tional foundations in the East and various organizations during the past year made gifts to the Univer sity of Oregon totalling approxi mately $145,000, it was announced here this week by Burt Brown Bar ker, vice-president of the univer sity. Substantial cash amounts, as well as objects of art, books and other material that is hard to estimate in actual cash were included in the list. One of the most noteworthy was the presentation to the campus by Mr. Barker of the statue, 'Pio neer Mother," which now rests in the beautiful woman's quadrangle between Susan Campbell and Hen dricks halls. The masterpiece of A. Phimister Proctor, noted sculp tor of New York, depicts the pio neer mother sitting at rest, in a contemplative mood, in the sunset of her life. It Is of bronze, heroic in size. Sums totaling nearly $20,000 in cash were given to the university during1 the year by Mrs. Gertrude Bass Warner, donor and director of the Murray Warner museum of Or iental arts. This fund was used for museum cases, salaries and travel study scholarships during the year. The oriental art collections, regard ed as one of the finest in the United States, will soon be housed in the Prince L. Campbell memorial mu seum, which was completed and dedicated at commencement The memorial museum, erected at a cost of $200,000 was the gift of friends of the university. Two important gifts, one of $7,000 for the purpose of developing re liable measures of art appreciation, and the other $7,500 to finance the summer session art center here, were made by the Carnegie corpor ation of New York. Another gift of $5,000 was made by the Carnegie Foundation for the advancement of Teaching for the purpose of seeking methods to improve teaching in the field of nat ural science. The Carnegie Endow ment for International Peace also contributed $2,500 to finance the Third Bicennial Session of the Pa cific Institute of International Rela tions, which will be held in Port land this summer in connection with the summer school and in co operation with Reed college and other organizations. Various agencies and individuals contributed approximately $5,000 to the university school of applied so cial science, to aid the staff mem bers in social work and community organization projects. Funds from various endowments the university holds amounts to $10,844 during the year. The student loan funds were swelled by a total of $1,104.46. Other gifts of note Include the following: Dr. John Henry Nash, San Francisco, services in printing booklet, $1500; governor's commit tee for unemployment relief and faculty and staff of university for student unemployment relief, $2, 388.20; National Research council for geologic studies of Mount Hood, $750, and for studies of pre-Colum bian culture in Oregon $500; Fleish man Yeast company, yeast research $900; Associated Women students for foreign scholarship, $750; from various donors for research pro jects, $1,545. Several gifts for various purposes were also made to the medical school and the Doernbecher hos pital In Portland. It Is expected that a majority of the 445 families enrolled in the year round garden project will take ad vantage of this portable cannery to preserve their garden produce, A charge of a few cents per can will be made to cover cost of operation and supplies, to be paid in cash or In produce. Directing this program are Mts. Sara Wertz, home demon stration agent; H, B. Howell, coun ty agent; and a Pomona grange committee composed of George Wertz, Ernest Calhoun, Ben Cou- Charts Picture World Wheat Movement In Two Periods WORLD WHEAT INTERNATIONAL SHIPMENTS ORIGIN Yearly Average 1908-13 1926-31 MILLIONS WORLD WHEAT PRODUCTION, UHfs II II M I I ANNUAL WOULD I I 3 E SHIPMENTS II it """""T J w-ui Mil av. II MILLION BUSHELS (lotarlthmk: Verticil Sc.Hl CEN TS r i i n j buImel eoo - - io 700 "Nl.S. farm Prc . it0 -'Sfockt ... SOO w.-' 120 production 800 - ' - 100 4000 400 ,--. X, " 80 ... I I I I I J 1 AO 3000 300 9 2 5.28 ,8 27-28 1929-30 1831-32 Spokane, Wash., June 22. A gra phic picture of the world wheat movement for the five years as com pared with a similar period imme diately preceding the World War is presented in the accompanying charts. The charts are being dis tributed by North Pacific Grain Growers Inc. to point out that un less international trade in wheat in creases rapidly, it would seem ob vious that American growers must either continue to accept world prices for all their wheat, or re duce acreage and surpluses, or per fect a plan for obtaining a higher-than-world price for wheat con sumed within the United States. The "origin" side of Chart "A" indicates the extent to which other countries have gained on the Uni ted States in the wheat exporting field. While wheat shipments from the United States have increased 3.2 per cent, shipments from Canada have jumped 21.3 per cent, from Agentina 7 per cent, and from Aus- WEBF00T STATE IS DRY SUMMER AREA Weather Records Show Growing Season Lacks Rainfall, so Irrigation Fays Big. Many persons are convinced that the weather in Oregon is changing, and that the summers are getting drier than they used to be. Official weather figures checked by Arthur King, soils specialist at the Oregon State college extension service, do not bear this out, however. In fact, he has found that in the 60 years that records have been kept at Portland, only two "wet" summers GOING June 30, July 1,2, 3, 4 RETURNING July 12 (Horn by midnight that date) for information about tries: over-the-holiday fares, call on or address Local Agent VPS M union pacific DESTINATION Yearly Aversgs 1926-31 1908-13 Of autHIL STOCKS, AND U. S. FARM PRICE tralia 4.6 per cent The United States and Canada now contribute more than one-half the total world shipments, Argen tina, about one-fifth; Australia, about one-seventh, and the remain der comes from all other exporting countries, including Russia. The extent to which Russia regains her pre-war Importance as a wheat ex porter will determine the adjust ments other exporting countries will be forced to make, unless the total international trade in wheat is increased appreciably. The "destination" side of Chart "A" indicates the rising import ance of importing countries, other than European countries. These include China, Japan, Brazil, Cen tral American nations and Egypt. They appear to offer a potential source of future increases in wheat importation, with price an import ant element. It is interesting to note practically all of the countries named are so-called "silver coun tries." occurred in the first 30 years while there were six in the last 30. "It seems that our 'unusually dry summers' occurred just as often in the past as they do now, which means about every year, and there is every reason to believe they will continue that way," says Mr. King. He has been using these rainfall records to show that irrigation in the Willamette valley need to be considered no more unusual than in many other sections of the state where it is taken as an accepted farm practice. "The average rainfall for the Mk i " acMarr 2 PRICES EFFECTIVE Fri.-Sat.-Mon., aP-CL F-sh and FORMAY . I lb. xne periect snortening lor an BEANS REDS OR WHITES 10 LBS 39c BACON EASTERN CORN FED PER LB 16c SALAD OIL MILK ttrJr LCI Ol ID MACMARR 49-lb. $ PRIMROSE Blended nC rLUUK Hard Wheat Sack... TI.UV 49-lb. Sack fOC whole Willamette valley for the im portant crop growing months of May, June, July and August is only ii Inches, based on records at Mc Minnville, Portland, Salem, Cor vallis and Eugene," says King. "The irrigated Milton-Freewater district gets only W inches less in this four-montha period. Baker, where irrigation is an accepted practice, gets only three quarters of an inch less summer rain. At La Grande where irrigation is com mon, the summer rainfall is a half inch more than the Willamette val ley average, while at Joseph in the irrigated Wallowa valley, summer rainfall is Vh inches greater. "It is interesting to compare the Willamette valley summer rainfall with that of the great drouth area in the middle west," King adds. "Arkansas was the driest state dur ing the drouth of 1930, records show. Yet the rainfall there for June, July and August 1930 was just over five inches, or a half inch greater than the average for four months in Oregon. Because of our soil we can raise excellent crops despite dry summers, but it is not to be wondered at that supplemen tal irrigation even in the so-called wet Willamette valley gives such profitable returns." Local ads Id the Gazette Time bring results. .AraraQDra3is n FOR G.E. Hotpoint Electric Range all white enamel 16-inch oven four units temperature control Now Now is the time to buy a Hotpoint electric range for as low as $10 down! PACIFIC POWER & LIGHT COMPANY "Always at Your Service!" I PHONI Stores, Inc. we Dei; roasted MAC MARR'S ground RY wonderful mild blend 3bS. 5 21c, 2 lbs. 39c 3 lbs.59c, 6 lbs. $1.13 purposes does not smoke Sugar FUSE CANE C. ft H. and SEA ISLAND 25sr$1.20 100$465 Buy in bulk and save 2?C GAL. Per Tin 6c Per Case$2.60 r New Potato Variety Grown. Oregon City The Katahdln po tato, hailed in a recent issue of the Country Gentleman aa a new va riety of exceptional promise, is not entirely new to Oregon as already W. H. Zivney, president of the Ore gon Potato Growers association, has grown this sort for a year and is planting the increase again this year. A start of this seed was ob tained last year through County Agent J. J. Inskeep from the Ore gon Experiment station. It has been found to be resistant to both mild and rugose mosaic, two of the worst virus diseases of potatoes, and is an excellent cooking potato. The Katahdin potato is round short, the tubers smooth and with shallow eyes. NOTICE OF FIHA1 ACCOUNT. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned, Administrator of the Part nership Estate of Harry Rood and A. C. Ruby; Harry Rood, deceased, has filed his final account with the County Court of the State of Oregon for Mor row County, and that said Court has set as the time and place for settle ment of said account, Monday, the First day of August 1932, at the hour of Two o'clock P. M. in the court room of said court in Heppner, Oregon. All persons having objections to said final account must file the same on or before said date. A. C. RUBY, Administrator of the Partnership Estate of Harry Rood and A. C. Ruby; Harry Rood, deceased. Den? EXAMPLE - (3)75 Cash PHONE 1082 iver : BROOMS Need a new broom. Highest quality at lowest prices. 75c Broom . 49C $1.00 Broom 69C $1.25 Broom 89C Toilet Paper ZEE BRAND Fine tissue 4 Large Rolls 20C June 24-25-27 BEST 3 lbs. 80C SOUP VAN CAMP'S TOMATO 4 RsGE 25c COCOA GOOD QUALITY BULK 25c LBS. ...... w tant and Pete Dorsay,