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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCT. 22, 1936.
Highways, Living Facilities
Found Good in Germany
Editor's Note This is one of sev
eral articles written for this news
paper by Eric W. Allen, dean of the
University of Oregon school of jour
nalism, who is now traveling in
Europe on a fellowship granted by
the Oberlander Trust of the Karl
Shurz memorial foundation.)
MUNICH, Germany. If this
home letter develops into a series,
they will not become political until
the end. After all, there is much
in any country besides politics and
Munich is the heart of the Hitler
region where political and social
questions are to be handled (if at t lilacs.
to be immediately replaced with a
sapling.
Travel in Europe is quite differ
ent from travel at home at least
from the viewpoint of one who has
just driven from Eugene to New
York and thence across Europe
through France, Belgium, Ger-1 hibita is a large special book filled
"Rock of Marne" Papers
Placed in OSC Museum
The most important documents
connected with the career of the
late Major General U. G. MacAlex
ander, as well as valuable war me
mentos are on display in the Hor
ner museum at Oregon State col
lege where they have been added to
the permanent collections.
One of the most Interesting ex-
many, Czecho-Slovakia, Austria and
the Austrian Alps, and Germany
again. Here I sit in my private
sitting room facing a row of win
dows from which I can see nothing
except the five or six acre palace
garden of the former kings of Ba
varia and the spires of a cathedral
rising above the elms, oaks and
all) with some degree of discretion
for vecry good and sufficient rea
sons. Hitler was born on the Austrian
border, which we have crossed twice
in the last few days. His father
was one of those comfortable, easy
going Austrian frontier guards who
stamp your passports, take a look
at your baggage, decide not to ex
amine it too closely, and send you
comfortably on your way with a
"gruss gotf salutation. Hitler him
self we saw some weeks ago in
Berlin. But no more of this until
later.
Yesterday was our second entry
into Germany. We first crossed
the entire country from Belgium to
Czecho-Slovakia by the admirably
paved, somewhat narrow and
crooked ancient roads, that wind
their tortuous way through anoth
er village about every four miles.
Pedestrians and bicyclists (and
there are unnumbered thousands of
bicycles), school children and geese,
oxteams and small carts drawn by
human hands or by dogs hitched
between the wheels, pay not the
slightest attention to the autoist
This time we entered by one of
the first of the new Reichsautobahn
to be completed. These extremely
modern roads are largely the work
of an organization that corresponds
to our CCC. They are planned to
cross Germany with a network like
the wires of a flyscreen, and they
are coming into use very rapidly.
The new highways are very wide
they might be called eight-lane
roads, but at the high speeds used
they operate more as six-lam
three lanes going and three lanes
coming with ten or twelve feet of
grass and landscaped shrubbery In
between. There are no grade
crossings from end to end, no ser
vice stations, no signs, nothing to
distract and there is no speed limit.
They avoid all towns and villages.
Every scar made by cuts or fills has
been carefully grassed and land
scaped with trees and shrubbery.
The latter applies to all European
roads. By ancient habits the plant
ing of a double row of trees is part
of every construction job, and every
tree that dies or becomes ripe and
is cut for lumber or firewood has
It is raining cats and dogs and
is what we would call a December
day in Oregon and that is why this
letter is being written. Within
there is comfortable steam heat in
our three very large rooms, with,
altogether, fourteen electric lights
that can be turned on if the day
becomes darker. In the sitting
room are a big club-style leather
couch, another couch covered with
a big fur robe and an aggregation
of sofa pillows, this well appointed
polished desk, two large rugs on
the polished oak floor, two very
large and comfortable easychairs,
three tables, a bookcase and set of
drawers besides the drawers in the
desk, flower pots with flowers in
them, and, outside, a thirty-three
foot balcony (exclusively ours)
which cannot be seen into and from
which nothing unlovely can be
seen an immense awning is ready
to be lowered if the sun comes out
and gets too bright and all this,
together with our nine excellent
meals, costs the three of us just
two dollars a day apiece just about
what the meals alone would cost in
large American cities.
The European ideal of housing,
both as we experience it, and as we
observe the vast amount of newer
rehousing and resettlement work
carried out in the seventeen years
since the war, largely by govern
mental initiative, appears to us to
be high. A vast amount of re
housing both urban and rural, was
carried out by the democratic and
socialist governments after the
war, and now under the dictator
ships in the various countries
subject is still a matter
public interest.
The social democrats built large
community dwellings; the present
idea makes for the decentralization
of industry spreading factories in
to the country and erecting separ
ate cottages for workers where
each can have a garden. They
all seem very clean and neat and
well kept We have seen hundreds
of developments of both kinds. But
of this, more later. It is a compli
cated story; one should not jump
to the conclusion that the general
economic condition is good; the
contrary is the fact.
with the commissions and citations
that marked General MacAlexan-
der's career from the time he was
appointed as a cadet to the United
States military academy until he
was commissioned to one of the
highest ranks in the army. His com
missions bear the original signa
tures of Presidents Grover Cleve
land. William McKinley, William
H. Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren
G. Harding, and Calvin Coolidge.
The citations contained in the col
lection include some of the highest
awards from the French, Italian
and American governments. One
large display case contains 25 items
of war mementos, including a bul
let-scarred helmet worn by him In
the battle from which he received
his nickname of "Rock of the
Marne."
For Sale 100 head 3-yr.-old fine
wool ewes, 350 head 5- and 6-yr.-old
fine wool ewes. Lotus Robison,
Heppner, Ore. 28tf.
$15,000,000 In crease in1
State Farm Income Looms
With the Oregon farm price in
dex, published monthly by Oregon
State college, now at 83 per cent of
the 1926-1930 average, compared
with 69 a year ago, and better crops
on the whole than last year, it Is
evident that farm income will be
larger than last year, says a report
on the agricultural situation just re
leased by the agricultural extension
service. The report says it would
be difficult to estimate the increase
accurately at this time but a figure
of $15,000,000, more or less, above
the 1935 Income from crop and live
stock production is suggested.
An Incomplete estimate recently
released by the government placed
1935 cash farm income in Oregon at
$92,560,000, including $3,301,000 in
,AAA benefit payments. A consid
erable number of crop and animal
products were not included in the
estimate, such as flax fiber and
seed, vetch seed, several kinds of
grass and other seeds, turkeys, fur
bearing animals, honey and bees
wax, peppermint oil, filberts, an4
several other items of more or less
importance.
According to the government fig
ures, an average of 50.7 per cent of
the cash farm income in Oregon
from 1926 to 1935 has been derived
from animal products and 49.3 per
cent from the sale of crop products.
dictator- I
tries the J
of wide 1
Practical Education Need
Superintendent Points Out
By LUCY E. RODGERS,
County School Superintendent
Every child, regardless of race,
belief, economic status, or physical
handicap, should have an oppor
tunity for the fullest development
in mental, moral, and physical
health, and in attitudes, knowledge,
and skills that are essential to hap
piness and good citizenship.
It is the purpose of our schools
to provide enriched curriculums that
will prepare youth for the cultural;
vocational, recreational, and civic
responsibilities of life. No more im
portant problem oenfronts our na
tion today than to provide an educa
tional program that will meet the
needs of youth both in and out of
school. If such a program is to
move forward, it must be continu
ously changing and improving. If
a sound national health program is
ever inaugurated, it must come thru
education. If juvenile delinquency
is ever removed, it must be done
thru education. If transportation
on our highways is made safe, it
must be done thru education. If we
are to get more out of life, if we
are to have a more satisfying social
insurance, if we are to have a keen
er appreciation for the arts and
sciences, all of these must come
thru speeding up educational op
portunity and advancing teacher
welfare.
The relationship between the
school and the community needs
strengthening. The values of par
ent and teacher organizations, of
public forums, of community dra
matics and concerts and of gymna
siums and playgrounds are being
recognized and utilized more and
more. The frontiers today are not
in new and unexplored lands, but in
the realms of human advancement
We must grow up with ourselves;
we must find new resources within
our personalities, new materials
thru the physical sciences, and new
adjustments by means of our social
sciences.
We must conserve the experience
of the pioneers for the sake of our
new experiments. Like the auto
mobile driver, we must see what is
behind us without taking our eyes
from the road ahead. We need our
historical background as a safe
guard for our "left turns." We must
maintain the virtues of our found
ers, but we must find new fields of
application. When we teach the
lessons inculcated in character ed
ucation, we must make them felt
not only in the home community but
also in the state and nation, in bus
iness, in government, in work, and
in play. Not only must we practice
the Golden Rule, but we must also
be sensitive in our imaginations so
that when we apply it we will nave
a sympathetic idea of what we
would want done to us if we were
in the other fellow's place. We need
an education that will help our
sense of sin catch up with our va
rious and new opportunities for sin.
Modern means of communication
have enlarged our horizons, and we
view provincialism with sarcasm.
But after all, it is the home commu
nity that makes America. As the
community, so is the nation. There
is no question but that better homes
and better schools make better com
munities, and better communities
make a better nation. Better com
munities can be achieved only thru
equal educational opportunities for
every boy and girl in our great com
monwealth.
Oregon Crops, Prices
High;U. S. Yields Down
The composite yield of 33 princi
pal crops in the country as a whole
is estimated 17 per cent under the
1921-30 average, and total produc
tion 20 to 25 per cent below what
would probably have been produced
with normal weather, says the Sep
tember agricultural situation re
port of the OSC extension service.
This situation, plus increased con
sumer purchasing power, has boost
ed the general farm price level in
Oregon to 82 per cent of the 1926
30 average 16 points, or 24 per cent,
above August, 1935. In addition,
Oregon crops taken together are
slightly above average.
The report contains special sec
tions on a number of commodities
of commercial importance in Ore
gon, particularly potatoes. Owing
to the nearness of the principal
marketing season for potatoes, con
siderable space is given to an an
alysis of factors which affect prices
for this crop.
The principal factors which are
related to the price level for potar
toes in Oregon from year to year
are the size of the U. S. crop,
the general level of food prices, and
the percentage of the total crop pro
duced in the western states. Other
factors of local and seasonal nature
also affect potato price levels and
trends.
Preliminary estimates indicate
that the 1936 potato crop wil be one
of the smallest, if not the least, in
relation to population, during the
past 16 years. Wholesale food prices
are about the same as a year ago,
but the western percentage of po
tato production is above average. If
the final potato estimate should be
no greater than the September 1
government figure, total production
this year would approximate 244
bushels per 100 people in the country
as against 299 as the 1921-35 aver
age. In some previous years the
final estimates have been changed
quite materially compared with the
September 1 estimate.
The report contains data show
ing the total production of potatoes
per 100 people in each of the past
10 years, the western percentage
each year, and other data of value
to those who produce market po
tatoes. While the difficulties to be
encountered by anyone who under
takes to estimate potato prices are
pointed out, nevertheless some help
ful rules and data are presented to
aid those who face this problem in
determining their marketing pro
gram. More Growers Brand Turkeys
Redmond The increasing num
ber of turkey growers in Deschutes
county has made the branding of
the birds even more important than
formerly, because in addition to
danger from theft there is also more
likelihood of two flocks becoming
mixed, says County Agent Gus
Hagglund. Mr. Hagglund reports
that 37 growers now have registered
brands in Deschutes county.
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ROBERT A. JONES
Democratic Candidate for
SHERIFF
General Election November 3, 1936
Born and raised in Morrow County.
Graduate of Heppner High School.
For an Hontst, Efficient and Economical
Administration
SLOGAN:
A New Deal for the Sheriff's Office and
a Square Deal for Every Citizen
of Morrow County.
(Paid Adv.)
RoyW.Ritner
FARMER and STOCKMAN
With 16 Years of Legislative Experience
is your logical
choice to
represent you in
CONGRESS
Develop the
Columbia for
lower freight rates
As a wheat farmer and
stockman, Boy Ritner
fought for many years
for lower freight rates
made possible with wa
ter transportation.
ROY W. RITNER STANDS FOR
A balanced national budget
Export subsidies for surplus crops
Adequate old age pensions
Paid Adv. by Republican State Central Committee, Lars Bladlne, Sec.
The animal products in order of im
portance were milk 18.1 per cent,
sheep, lambs and wool 11.0 per cent,
cattle and calves 10.2 per cent, eggs
and chickens 6.3, hogs 4.4, horses
and mules .4, and mohair .1 per
cent.
Wheat ranked first among the
crop products with 15.3 per cent of
the ten year average cash farm in
come, small fruits 3.9 per cent, hay
3.7 per cent, apples 3.7, hops 3.5,
truck crops 3.2, potatoes 2.9, prunes
2.7, pears 2.0, oats 1.5, cherries 1.2,
greenhouse products .9, clover seed
.5, walnuts .5, nursery products .4,
peaches .2 per cent. Forest farm
products accounted for 2.5 per cent
Upward trends on a relative ba
sis were indicated in respect to milk
production and sheep among the
animal group, and in hops, truck
crops and greenhouse products In
the plant group. Total receipts are
still below the level of the first part
of the 10-year period, but substan-
tially above the figures of 1934, 1933,
1932 and 1931.
German Magazine Quotes
O. S. C. Professor's Work
The work of the O. S. C. engin
eering experiment station in the
study of water troubles in steam
boilers has just received unusual
recognition in one of the leading
magazines of Germany, Die Warme.
This magazine, considered an im
portant technical publication among
European engineers, devotes a half
page to a review of the bulletin by
R. E. Summers, assistant professor
of mechanical engineering at O. S.
C, entitled, "Boiler Water Troubles
and Treatments, with Special Ref
erence to Problems in Western Ore
gon."
A new approach to scale forma
tion problems was reported on in
the bulletin, which has since influ
enced practically aii research In this
field. It had long been considered
that scale deposits were the result
of using hard water, while Dr. Sum
mers' study shows that some of the
worst scale deposits to deal with oc
cur with western Oregon soft wa
ter and consist of deposits of dis
solved silicon. His findings proved
so important that many industrial
firms, including leading railways,
have sent specialists to the college
to study his findings.
LANDON TALK SLATED.
Governor Alf M. Landon, repub
lican presidential candidate, will
give a radio address beginning at
6 p. m., Saturday, over Columbia
network.
POLITICAL NOTICE.
Please write my name In the
space under the Superintendent of
Schools. Thank you.
(Paid Adv.) MARIE CLARY.
Everything . .
that was promised
has been fulfilled
THE NATION HAS BEEN LIFTED FROM BLEAK
DESPAIR TO HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY
J Property rights have been made secure.
L- Foreclosures have ceased, while money
has been made available by government
loans at greatly reduced interest rates.
jL- Taxes (so much talked about), unpaid
and in arrears, almost universally four
years ago, are now almost entirely paid.
There is NO idle labor in Oregon and
wages have been materially increased.
Jc Prices of farm and dairy products are
exceptionally good.
)( Bank deposits are absolutely safe. In
sured by the federal government.
c There are no mobs and no hunger
marchers.
For these great and beneficient accomplishments, the
President is entitled to uour gratitude and support
Paid adv. by Morrow County Democratic Central Committee, D. M. Ward, Chairman
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